MPC: PS-211
at CSUMB:
45/101 or 13/102
after class and by appointment
Laboratory:
13/102
Corequisites: ESSP 311 and ESSP 311L are corequisite courses: concurrent registration is required
Texts:
REQUIRED:
► Carey, Organic Chemistry, 4/e,
McGraw-Hill, 2000 ISBN 0-07-290501-8
► Pavia, Lampman, Kriz, and Engel, Introduction
to Organic Laboratory Techniques: A Microscale Approach, 3/e, Saunders,
1999 ISBN 0-03-026566-5
► Safety goggles: LabSafety 1A-11567 or equivalent -- indirect vent, state-approved
(available at the bookstore) and
► calculator (capable of doing logs and scientific notation)
► HGS Molecular Model Kit #1003 available online for $25.00 at
http://www.maruzenusa.com/hgs/
[there are molecular model kits provided by the department for checkout which will suffice]
► lab notebook: permanently-bound, with sequentially-numbered pages
Nomenclature, structure, bonding, and reactivity of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, halogenated compounds, and alcohols. Fall semester of even years if sufficient demand.
Topic coverage will include structure, nomenclature, reactions and reaction mechanisms, and kinetics. The laboratory will provide the student with an opportunity to gain the skills necessary for laboratory investigations and procedures in organic chemistry, including instrumental analysis.
This course is the only organic chemistry course offered at CSUMB. Students entering such fields as biology, biochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, dietetics, dentistry, environmental science, medicine, medical technology, pharmacy, and toxicology will find that two semesters of organic chemistry are normally required in these programs. Accordingly, this course will be taught as the first semester of a two-semester sequence; students will have to arrange taking a second-semester course at another institution, such as Monterey Peninsula College, Hartnell College, Cabrillo College, or UCSC.
This course will cover chapters 1-14 in the Carey text. I strongly encourage you to read the relevant chapter before I discuss it in lecture because the lecture progresses at a pace appropriate for those people already familiar with the material. Since mastery of each topic area is a necessary prerequisite for understanding subsequent topics, the importance of regular attendance and maintaining a current reading schedule can not be overemphasized.
Your procedure for the lab experiment must be written in your lab notebook before entering the lab room.
Your lab textbook will not be allowed to be on your workbench at any time.
Before beginning your lab work, you must first show your procedure in the lab notebook to your instructor.
Prior to the first lab session, students must read pages 2-36 in the lab text.
Reports are due by the following lab session; they will be graded on the 12-point scale
Call and leave a message at 646-4152 BEFORE missing any session.
Missed exams must be made up by prearranged appointment.
It may not be possible to make up missed labs.
Quizzes and exams not promptly made up will count as F and included in the overall average.
Grades are assigned and recorded on the basis of a 12-point scale, where 12 = A+ down to 0 = F.
Grading:
Lab course
Since CSUMB records the lab grade
separately, it will be determined and reported as stated below.
This grade will also be incorporated into the lecture
component of the course.