CHEMISTRY 110 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I INFORMATION SHEET Fall 2012 Instructors: Professor Ashok Kakkar Otto Maass Chemistry Building, room 313 Tel: (514) 398-6912. Professor Tomislav Friscic Otto Maass Chemistry Building, room 425 Tel: (514) 398-3959 Professor Scott Bohle Otto Maass Chemistry Building, room 233A Tel: (514) 398-7409 Professor Ariel Fenster Otto Maass Chemistry Building, room 110 Tel: (514) 398-2618 Course information: All general queries related to CHEM 110 should be directed to Professor Ashok Kakkar. All Course Related Information is on MyCourses at: http://www.mcgill.ca/mycourses/ "Mycourses" can also be reached through mymcgill from the main McGill page Login: McGill ID AND Minerva PIN OR McGill username AND McGill password For information on the use of D2L go to https://home.mcgill.ca/mycourses/students/start/ Select General Chemistry 1 - Fall 2012 - CHEM-110-001 - Cross-Listed If you are having trouble logging on to D2L, please contact IST Customer Services (ICS) (514) 398-3398 or by e-mail from the D2L page: http://www.mcgill.ca/webct/students/help/ Please do NOT e-mail the lecturers as they will not be able to help.
Lectures: CHEM 110, Section 1 Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10.35 to 11.25, Leacock 132 CHEM 110, Section 2 Tuesday, Thursday 11:35-12.55, Frank Dawson Adams (FDA) auditorium Important: You can attend any of the sections without making any change to your registration. All the sections are on a joint class list and all write the same exams at the same time. Textbook: Required: General Chemistry Principles & Modern Applications, Petrucci, Herring, Madura and Bissonette, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 10 th Edition. Available at the McGill Bookstore: Petrucci: Bound Copy+Student Solutions Manual+Lab Safety Videos $179.95 Petrucci: Unbound Copy+Student Solutions Manual+Lab Safety Videos $125.95 Calculator: The required calculator for the course is SHARP EL150RB, and it is available from the McGill bookstore for $9.99. Note that this is the only allowed calculator for the course/exams. Library Reserve: Copies of the textbook will be on reserve in the Schulich Library of Science and Engineering, Mastering Chemistry: Purchasing the textbook gives you access to the online Petrucci learning system, "Mastering Chemistry". The site can be accessed from webct or from www.masteringchemistry.com. Student Response system {"Clickers"): A student response system (SRS) will be used in this class to increase student interactions and improve learning. (Available at the McGill Bookstore for $54.29 new and $37.50 used; the McGill Bookstore will buy them back for $25) Important: The clicker data are recorded anonymously and are only used to provide feedback. For information on the use of clickers go to www.mcgill.ca/it/learning
Outline of Topics: Professor Friscic (4 weeks) Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure: Early Atomic Theory, Atomic Spectra, Quantum Theory, Bohr atom, Quantum and Wave Mechanics, Quantum Numbers, Electron Configurations Petrucci: 8.1-8.12, plus lecture notes The Periodic Table: Overview of the Periodic Table, Ionic and Atomic Radii, Ionization Energy, Electron Affinity, Electronegativity Petrucci: 9.1-9.7, plus lecture notes Professor Bohle (4 weeks) Bonding I: Lewis Structures, Covalent and Ionic Bonding, Resonance, Polarity, Dipole Moments, Bond Energies, VSEPR Theory. Petrucci: Chapter 10, plus lecture notes Bonding II: Valence Bond Theory, Hybridization, Molecular orbital theory, Metallic Bonding Petrucci: Chapter 11, plus lecture notes Intermolecular Forces: Dipole-dipole Interactions, Hydrogen Bonding, London Forces, Ionic and Network Covalent Solids. Petrucci: Chapter 12, plus lecture notes Professor Kakkar (3 weeks) The Transition Elements and the Bonding in their Coordination Compounds: Metallurgy and the iron Triad, Werner's Theory, Ligands, Nomenclature, Crystal field theory, Spectrochemical series Petrucci: Chapter 23-1,-2,-3, and -5. Chapter 24-1 to -7, plus lecture notes Elements of Descriptive Chemistry: Properties, Preparation and Uses of Some Metals and Non-metals (i.e., Calcium, Aluminum, Carbon, Silicon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur). Selected examples from Petrucci: Chapters 21 and 22. Professor Fenster (2 weeks) Nuclear Chemistry: Natural and Artificial Radioactivity, Rate of Radioactive Decay, Nuclear Fission and Fusion, Radiation and Application of Radioisotopes. Petrucci: Chapter 25, plus lecture notes Tutorials: During tutorials, many problems will be solved and the emphasis will be on the application of the material covered in the lectures. Attendance is voluntary but highly recommended.
Tutors: Tina Lam, E-mail: tina.lam@mail.mcgill.ca Timothy Morse, E-mail: timothy.morse@mail.mcgill.ca There will be three optional tutorials a week: Wednesday, Thursday: 16:30 to 18:00, Burnside Room 1B36 Friday, 17:00 to 18:00, Otto Maass Chemistry Room 217 Laboratory Lab Instructor: Jean-Marc Gauthier Otto Maass Chemistry Building Room 1 E-mail: jean-marc.gauthier@mcgill.ca Laboratory starts the week of September 10, 2012 with a Safety lecture & Info session; nothing to bring or prepare. Come to the Lab (Otto Maass Room #1 Basement) according to your scheduled lab section. For any question related to the labs see J.M. Gauthier (Otto Maass Room #1 Basement). Lab coats and safety glasses will be available for sale from the Holmes Room in the Basement of the Otto Maass Chemistry Building during the hours posted. These items will be required for all lab experiments. The lab manual can only be printed off D2L. The laboratory counts for 20% of the course. If you fail the lab and pass the course you get an "Incomplete" (K) grade. Lab exemption. If you previously failed the course but passed the lab, you could be eligible to lab exemption if you retake the course within 3 years. Contact J.M. Gauthier to confirm your eligibility and obtain authorization. Be aware that, when exempted from labs, only midterms and final exams count in your course grade (lab grades are NOT transferred from previous years). Examination: Two 2-hour midterms and one 3-hour final examination will be held. Midterm 1 Friday October 12, 2012, 6:00 to 8:00 pm Midterm 2 Monday November 12, 2012, 7:00 to 9:00 pm (About 10-15% of the questions will come from the section covered for midterm 1) Final Exam Date to be announced by the University Important: Only the Sharp EL510RB non-programmable scientific calculator will be allowed during exams. It is available from the McGill bookstore for $9.99.
Illness: Only certified medical excuses will be accepted for missed midterm examinations and laboratory experiment. When getting a medical excuse, the doctor must write clearly and print his/her name, date, reason for the excuse and their phone number on the certificate. No make-up mid-term examinations will be provided. Only one mid-term examination can be excused. If the second mid-term is also missed, the student will receive an incomplete (K) for the course. Grading system: Laboratory 20% Midterm 1 20% Midterm 2 20% Final exam 40% Grading system if only one midterm is written (with medical excuse) Laboratory 20% Midterm 1 or 2 30% Final exam 50% Grading system for students with lab exemption: Midterm 1 25% Midterm 2 25% Final exam 50% Important Student language rights: IN ACCORD WITH MCGILL UNIVERSITY S CHARTER OF STUDENT RIGHTS, STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUBMIT IN ENGLISH OR IN FRENCH ANY WRITTEN WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE GRADED. Academic Integrity: MCGILL UNIVERSITY VALUES ACADEMIC INTEGRITY. THEREFORE ALL STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE MEANING AND CONSEQUENCES OF CHEATING, PLAGIARISM AND OTHER ACADEMIC OFFENCES UNDER THE CODE OF STUDENTS CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES (see www.mcgill.ca/integrity for more information). Change to evaluation scheme: IN THE EVENT OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THE CONTENT AND/OR EVALUATION SCHEME IN THIS COURSE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Staff-Student Mentoring Program Open to all students looking to enhance their overall university experience by connecting with a University staff member. For more information: http://mcgill.ca/mentoring