Welcome to Organic Chemistry! This is your GOTO site for where we are in the coures. Homework assignments will appear here before they appear in Moodle.

	Mon	Wed	Fri
	Sep 5	Sep 7	Sep 9 Mod1 1 Organic Structures and Structure Drawing Reading: Sections 1.1-1.5, 1.8  Discussion Topic(s): 1   online practice: lewis
	Sep 12 Mod1 2 Resonance, Hybridization, and Electron Density Reading: Sections 1.6, 1.9-1.13  Discussion Topic(s): 2-3	Sep 14 Mod1 3 Bronsted-Lowry Acids and Bases; Predicting Acid-Base Reactions Reading: Sections 2.1- 2.5  Discussion Topic(s): 4-5   online practice: acids and bases	Sep 16 Mod1 4 pH vs pKa; Lewis Acids Reading: Sections 2.8, 19.10  Discussion Topic(s): 6-7
	Sep 19 Mod1 5 Functional Groups Reading: Sections 3.1-3.2  Discussion Topic(s): 8	Sep 21 Mod1 6 Intermolecular Forces; Boiling Point and Solubility Reading: Sections 3.3-3.4,3.8  Discussion Topic(s): 9	Sep 23 Mod1 7 First Exam Reading: Sections 1-3, 19.10  Discussion Topic(s): 1-9   online practice: lewis   acids and bases   sample exam 1
	Sep 26 Mod2 8 Hydrocarbons Reading: Sections 3.2a (review), 4.1-4.6  Discussion Topic(s): 10-11   online practice: quiz1   quiz2	Sep 28 Mod2 9 Alkane Conformation: Ethane and Butane Reading: Sections 4.8-4.10  Discussion Topic(s): 12   online practice: butane	Sep 30 Mod2 10 Alkane Conformation: Cyclohexane Reading: Sections 4.11-4.13  Discussion Topic(s): 13   online practice: cyclohexane   drawing cyclohexane chairs   drawing equatorial and axial substituents       seeing trans and cis   ring-flip movie
	Oct 3 Mod2 11 Stereochemistry of Compounds Reading: Sections 5.1-5.6  Discussion Topic(s): 14-16   online practice: RS   RS answers	Oct 5 Mod2 12 Diasteriomers and Meso Compounds Reading: Sections 5.7-5.11, 5.13  Discussion Topic(s): 17   online practice: isomers	Oct 7 Mod2 13 Measuring Optical Activity and Enantiomeric Excess Reading: Sections 5.12  Discussion Topic(s): 18-19   online practice: optical rotation handout
	Oct 10 Mod2 14 Second Exam Reading: Chapters 4-5  Discussion Topic(s): 10-19	Oct 12 Mod3 15 NMR Spectroscopy -- Theory and Chemical Shift Reading: Sections Spect C.1-C.4  Discussion Topic(s): 20-21   online practice: NMR_PREDICT	Oct 14 Mod3 16 NMR Spectroscopy -- Integration and Splitting Reading: Sections Spect C.5-C.10  problems DUE: hw1.pdf   Discussion Topic(s): 22-23   online practice: NMR_PREDICT
	Oct 17 Fall Break	Oct 19 Mod3 17 NMR Spectroscopy -- C-13 and puzzle work Reading: Sections Spect C.11  Discussion Topic(s): 24   online practice: NMR_PREDICT   NotreDame Puzzles	Oct 21 Mod3 18 Infrared Spectroscopy Reading: Sections Spect B.1-B.5  problems DUE: hw2.pdf   Discussion Topic(s): 25   online practice: NotreDame Puzzles
	Oct 24 Mod3 19 Mass Spectrometry Reading: Sections Spect A.1-A.3  problems DUE: hw3.pdf   Discussion Topic(s): 26-27   online practice: NotreDame Puzzles	Oct 26 Mod3 20 Spectroscopy Workshop Reading: Chapters Spect A-C  Discussion Topic(s): 20-27   online practice: NotreDame Puzzles	Oct 28 Mod3 21 Third Exam Reading: Chapters Spect A-C  Discussion Topic(s): 20-27
	Oct 31 Mod4 22 Organic Reactions Reading: Chapter 6    Discussion Topic(s): 28-30  Module 4 Data	Nov 2 Mod4 23 Alkyl Halides and Their Fate (and curved arrows) Reading: Sections 7.1-7.6    Discussion Topic(s): 31-32  See Moodle for Topic 31 Naming Alkyl Halides and Topic 32 curved arrow video.	Nov 4 Mod4 24 The SN1 and SN2 Mechanisms Reading: Sections 7.9-7.14  Discussion Topic(s): 33-35
	Nov 7 Mod4 25 Secondary Halides: SN1 or SN2? Reading: Sections 7.7,7.8,7.15,7.17,7.18  Discussion Topic(s): 36-37	Nov 9 Mod4 26 Elimination -- E2 Mechanism and The Zaitsev Rule Reading: Sections 8.1-8.5, 8.8, 8.10  Discussion Topic(s): 38-40	Nov 11 Mod4 27 Reaction with solvent -- E1 Mechanism Reading: Sections 8.6, 8.7, 8.9  Discussion Topic(s): 41
	Nov 14 Mod4 28 Substitution and Elimination Summary Reading: Sections 8.11    Discussion Topic(s): 33-41  See Moodle for Important points.	Nov 16 Mod4 29 Fourth Exam Reading: Chapters 6-8    Discussion Topic(s): 28-41  pre-exam 4	Nov 18 Mod5 30 Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides Reading: Sections 9.1-9.6    Discussion Topic(s): 42  Module 5 data
	Nov 21 Mod5 31 Dehydration and Activation of Alcohols Reading: Sections 9.7-9.13  Discussion Topic(s): 43-45	Nov 23 Thanksgiving Break	Nov 25 Thanksgiving Break
	Nov 28 Mod5 32 Reactions of Ethers and Epoxides Reading: Sections 9.14,9.16  Discussion Topic(s): 46-47	Nov 30 Mod5 33 Alkene Nomenclature, Properties, and Synthesis Reading: Sections 10.1-10.7, 10.17  Discussion Topic(s): 48-49	Dec 2 Mod5 34 Alkene Addition - Markovnikov Rule Reading: Sections 10.8-10.12  Discussion Topic(s): 50
	Dec 5 Mod5 35 Halogenation and Hydroboration of Alkenes Reading: Sections 10.13-10.16, 10.18  Discussion Topic(s): 51-52	Dec 7 Mod5 36 Alkynes Reading: Chapter 11    Discussion Topic(s): 53-57  Start working on Synthesis Report	Dec 9 Mod6 37 Reduction Reading: Sections 12.1-12.6  Discussion Topic(s): 58-59
	Dec 12 Mod6 38 Oxidation Reading: Sections 12.7-12.14    Discussion Topic(s): 60  SAMPLE EXAM 5 SAMPLE EXAM 5 #2	Dec 14 Reading Day	Dec 16
	Tuesday, December 20, 9:00-11:00 a.m 39 FINAL EXAM; Synthesis Report Due	Dec 21	Dec 23