Chemistry 14C: Structure of Organic Molecules - Winter 2017 Version 56 Instructor: Dr. Steven A. Hardinger Office: Young Hall 3077C harding@chem.ucla.edu Office hours: Monday and Tuesday 2:00-2:50 PM Teaching Assistants: Jordan Dotson, Matthew Fontana, and Olivia Irving TA Email addresses, office hours, etc. on course web site. What Is This Course About? Continuing studies in structure of organic molecules; emphasis on biological applications. Resonance, stereochemistry, conjugation, and aromaticity; spectroscopy (mass spectrometry, IR, NMR); effects of structure on physical and chemical properties; survey of biomolecular structure. Summary: Theory, determination, and influence of the structure of organic molecules. What Tools Will I Need? Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function, 6 th or 7 th edition (Vollhardt and Schore) and Study Guide. Chemistry 14C Lecture Supplement, 10 th edition: Copies of PowerPoint lecture presentations; the skeleton of your lecture notes. Older versions of the Lecture Supplement are not useful. Chemistry 14C Thinkbook, 14 th edition: Concept focus questions, discussion section problems, and practice problems. Older versions of the Thinkbook are not useful. Any molecular model kit. Recommended: HGS Molecular Structure Model Set (Ackerman bookstore) Web site: http://web.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/index.html Not the CCLE web site. Ø Announcements and other course materials here. Ø Access to Chemistry 14C Course Discussion Board, a place to post questions and answers. Ø Students who make copious use of the web tools earn higher grades. Weekly Course Activities Schedule (next page) Ancillary Materials - Also useful for Chemistry 14D so why not invest in your education? Organic Chemistry as a Second Language (Klein) A four-color pen Exams and Grades Midterm exams (100 points each): Mondays February 6 and 27, 6:00-7:50 PM Final exam (200 points): Monday March 20, 8:30-10:30 AM Not 8:00-11:00 AM A = 100 85%; B = 84 70%; C = 69 50%. More details on course web site. The lowest exam score will not be dropped. Exams cannot be taken at an alternate time or date. There will be no make-up exams, unless you have presented a superior and documented reason. This reason must be presented before the exam is given, except for serious medical emergencies. Extra credit is available: course discussion board (10 pts) and error bounty points (unlimited number). Check the course web site. If you wish to request an accommodation due to a suspected or documented disability, please inform your instructor and contact the Center for Accessible Education (CAE) as soon as possible at A255 Murphy Hall, (310) 825-1501, (310) 206-6083 (telephone device for the deaf). Website: www.cae.ucla.edu.
Chemistry 14C Lecture Supplement Contains PowerPoint slides used in lecture Is the starting point for your lecture notes Bring Lecture Supplement to lecture every day Chem 14C Course Thinkbook ("reader") Lists suggested reading and problems from textbook and ancillaries. Concept Focus Questions (CFQs): These are designed to help you focus on key concepts and organize your study of course material. Contains Discussion Section Problems (DSPs) for discussion section Bring Thinkbook to discussion every day Practice Problems (PPs): You should explore as many of these as you can. Many of these practice problems were drawn from old exams to give you a feeling for style and format of exam questions. There is no better way to master organic chemistry than to do as many problems as possible. Experience has shown that students who make copious use of the Thinkbook earn higher grades. Discussion Section Activities Discussion sections and office hours start after lecture on Wednesday Jan. 11 Why? A time to further explore lecture topics and focus on difficult details. Develop problem-solving skills. Discussion section activities may include Discussion Section Problems (written by the instructor). These problems are included in the course Thinkbook. TAs will use problems in discussion, based upon their assessment of your learning needs. Solutions will be available on the course web site about one week after the corresponding topic is covered in lecture. Unlike the problems in the course Thinkbook or text, DSPs problems are presented without solutions immediately available to encourage your thorough consideration of the problem before turning to the solutions. Consider this format as exam practice! Discussion section attendance is not mandatory but experience has shown a strong correlation between active attendance, mastery of the course material, and a good grade. Attendance = Taking notes, asking questions, solving problems, thinking. Attendance Sleeping, doing LS homework, passive listening, or playing cell phone games. You may attend any discussion section that you wish. However, because course enrollment is very high, you may be asked to return to your assigned section if sections become too crowded.
Read about these other topics on the Chemistry 14C web site Course philosophies and inspirational quotes: "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" -- Thomas Alva Edison, 1903 "If there is no struggle there is no progress." -- Frederick Douglass, 1857 "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." --John F. Kennedy, 1962 Exam and Study Hints Study organic chemistry for at least one hour every day that ends in day Advice from previous (successful) students (on course discussion board) Start studying and seek help ***early*** in the quarter Instructor and Teaching Assistants office hours, discussion sections, and email addresses Course announcements Organic Chemistry Tutorials Old Exams Bruincast lecture videos Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry And all sorts of other good stuff! Seven quarters worth! Not an excuse to avoid lecture. >2000 illustrated and hyperlinked entries Homework to complete before next lecture Explore course web site Starting reading textbook. Get page assignments from Thinkbook. Read Concept Focus Questions (Thinkbook) and PowerPoint slides (Lecture Supplement) before lecture. Reading before lecture makes lecture content more meaningful.
Chemistry 14C Winter 2017 Lecture and Exam Schedule Suggested reading, practice problems, etc. can all be found in the course Thinkbook. Date January 9 Lecture Topic Course Introduction Topics in Molecular Structure January 11 Lecture 1: Molecular Structure - Introduction and Review January 13 January 16 Lecture 2: Resonance Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - Campus closed January 18 Lecture 3: Conjugated Molecules - Part 1 January 20 Lecture 4: Conjugated Molecules - Part 2 January 23 Lecture 5: Introduction to Aromaticity January 25 Lecture 6: Stereochemistry - Part 1 January 27 Lecture 7: Stereochemistry - Part 2 January 30 Lecture 8: Biomolecules Survey I - Carbohydrates Laboratory Determination of Structure February 1 Lecture 9: Mass Spectrometry - Part 1 February 3 Lecture 10: Mass Spectrometry - Part 2 February 6 Lecture 11: Infrared Spectroscopy - Part 1 February 6 Exam 1 (6:00 7:50 PM) Topics: Lectures 1-8 Location: Check the course web site February 8 Lecture 12: Infrared Spectroscopy - Part 2 February 10 Lecture 13: 1 H-NMR Spectroscopy - Part 1 February 13 Lecture 14: 1 H-NMR Spectroscopy - Part 2 February 15 Lecture 15: 1 H-NMR Spectroscopy - Part 3 February 17 Lecture 16: 1 H-NMR Spectroscopy - Part 4 and Solving Spectroscopy Problems - Part 1 February 20 Presidents Day Holiday - Campus closed February 22 Lecture 17: Solving Spectroscopy Problems - Part 2 February 24 February 27 Lecture 18: 13 C-NMR, 2D-NMR, and MRI Lecture 19: X-ray Crystallography February 27 Exam 2 (6:00 7:50 PM) Topics: Lectures 9-17 Location: Check the course web site
Structure Controls Everything March 1 Lecture 20: Noncovalent Molecular Forces - Part 1 March 3 No lecture March 6 Lecture 21: Noncovalent Molecular Forces - Part 2 March 8 Lecture 22: Introduction to Structure and Reactivity - Organic Acids and Bases - Part 1 March 10 Lecture 23: Introduction to Structure and Reactivity - Organic Acids and Bases - Part 2 March 13 March 15 March 17 Lecture 24: Biomolecules Survey Part 2 - Lipids Lecture 25: Biomolecules Survey Part 3 - Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins Lecture 26: Biomolecules Survey Part 4 - DNA Final Exam Monday March 20, 8:30-10:30 AM Not 8:00-11:00 Location: Check course web site Topics: Part A - Lectures 18-26 --or-- Part B: Lectures 1-26
Weekly Course Activities Schedule: Chemistry 14C Winter 2017 Revised 01/09/17 Print your own copy of this schedule at the course web site: http://web.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/index.html JD = Jordon Dotson MF = Matthew Fontana OI = Olivia Irving Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8 AM Chem 14C Lecture WGYoung CS50 Discussion section 1D (OI) Boelter 4413 Chem 14C Lecture WGYoung CS50 Chem 14C Lecture WGYoung CS50 9 AM Discussion section 1A (JD) WGYoung 1044 Office hour (OI) WGYoung 3077F 10 AM Discussion section 1B (JD) Boelter 5280 11 AM Office hour (JD) WGYoung 3077F Discussion section 1F (MF) WGYoung 3069 Noon Office hour (MF) WGYoung 3077F 1 PM Discussion section 1C (JD) Math Science 5217 Discussion section 1E (OI) WGYoung 3069 Discussion section 1G (MF) WGYoung 3069 Discussion section 1H (MF) Dodd 175 2 PM Office hour (Dr H) WGYoung 3077C Office hour (Dr H) WGYoung 3077C Discussion section 1I (OI) Bunche 3143 3 PM