Chemistry 110a - Organic Chemistry Course Objectives ...

Chemistry 110a - Organic Chemistry Course Objectives
Course Syllabus
You will be expected to become familiar with, and conversant in, fundamental
Pomona College aspects of organic chemistry.
Fall Semester 2015
Course Requirements
Lecture: MWF, 8:00 AM, Seaver North Auditorium
Instructor: Five 100 pt 50-minute lecture examinations will be given as follows:
Prof. Dan O'Leary, 621-8444
Office hours: Seaver North 114 1. September 18 (Review session 7:00 PM, 9/16)
Email: doleary@pomona.edu 2. October 2 (Review session 7:00 PM, 9/30)
3. October 16 (Review session 7:00 PM, 10/14)
MWF: 9:00-11:00 AM 4. November 6 (Review session 7:00 PM, 11/4)
Other times by appointment & drop-ins will 5. November 20 (Review session 7:00 PM, 11/18)
be accommodated when possible.
Introductory organic chemistry is a cumulative subject, and 110a exams will
expect an integration of fundamental ideas as they are presented.

Problem/Review sessions: W: 7:00 PM, SN Aud (exam weeks) An open-notes cumulative final exam (3 hr, 200 pts) will be held on Friday,
or SN 111 (non-exam weeks) December 18th at 9:00 AM. Guidelines for the preparation of final exam notes
will be provided in class.

Academic Coordinator: Lauri Bell, 621-8448 All exams must be taken. If this expectation is met, then the lowest non-final
exam score will be dropped and a percentage of 600 total points (400 from
Teaching Fellows: John Bryan, Alex Chang, Alice (Ah Yeon) the non-final exams, 200 from the final exam) will determine the lecture letter
Chung, Phillip Clayman, Colin Eckstein, grade, using a fixed scale. If any of the exams are not taken, then a
Marek Zorawski percentage of 700 total points (500 from the non-final exams, 200 from the
final exam) will determine the lecture letter grade, using a fixed scale. The
Required Course Material lecture grade is then converted to the Pomona College scale (A=12, B=9,
etc.) and combined in a weighted manner with the laboratory grade (similarly
Solomons and Fryhle, "Organic Chemistry", John Wiley & Sons, 11th Ed. converted out of the total laboratory points) to assign a grade for the course.
75% of the course grade constitutes the lecture material, while 25% reflects
your laboratory grade.

Solomons, Fryhle, and Johnson, "Study Guide and Solutions Manual to Lecture Grading Scale
Accompany Organic Chemistry, 11th Ed.", John Wiley & Sons.

Darling Molecular Model Kit A 88+ C 52-57
A- 82-87 C- 46-51
Optional Course Material B+ 76-81 D+ 40-45
B 70-75 D 34-39
Klein, “Organic Chemistry as a Second Language: First Semester Topics” B- 64-69 D- 28-33
John Wiley & Sons, 3rd Ed C+ 58-63 F <27

110a Material Available Online—Exam Review Sheets/Old Exams

http://pages.pomona.edu/~djo04747/110/

110a Course Calendar- Fall 2015 Exam 3 Material
Exam 1 Material
Topic
Date Topic Reading Date Ionic Reactions Reading
9/2 Introduction: Lecture and Lab. - 10/5 Ionic Reactions 6
9/4 1 10/7 Ionic Reactions 6
9/7 Background/Bonding 1 10/9 Alkenes and Alkynes I 6
9/9 Bonding 2 10/12 Alkenes and Alkynes I 7
10/14 7
9/11 Representative Organic 2 10/16 Exam 3 6-7
9/14 Compounds 2/3
9/16 3 Date Exam 4 Material Reading
9/18 Molecular Forces/IR 1-3 10/19 -
IR/Acid-Base Chemistry 10/21 Topic 8
10/23 No Lecture-Fall Break -
Acid-Base Chemistry 10/26 Alkenes and Alkynes II 8
Exam 1 10/28 No Lecture-Lab Midterm 8
10/30 Alkenes and Alkynes II 9
Date Exam 2 Material Reading 11/2 Alkenes and Alkynes II 9
9/21 4 11/4 9
9/23 Topic 4 11/6 NMR
9/25 Alkanes 4 NMR 8-9
9/28 Alkanes 5 NMR & Mass Spectrometry
9/30 Alkanes 5 Exam 4
10/2 Stereochemistry 4-5
Stereochemistry
Exam 2

Exam 5 Material

Date Topic Reading Important Policies and Procedures - Chemistry 110a
11/9 Radicals 10
11/11 Radicals 10 1. It’s all about pacing yourself! The key to success in this course is to
11/13 Alcohols I 11 learn the basic material and to apply it to solving problems. Read
11/16 Alcohols I 11 your lecture notes and the book and then try to solve the assigned
11/18 Alcohols I 11 textbook problems on your own—use the answer key only after
11/20 Exam 5 you’ve given a problem some thought & a trial answer. Set aside
10-11 some ‘O-chem time’ each day and do this on a regular basis
throughout the week. Most exams will incorporate a few assigned
Material to be Included on the Final Exam book problems, so you can consider working these problems as time
well spent.
Date Topic Reading
12 2. Review & Teaching Fellow sessions will be scheduled prior to
11/23 Alcohols II each exam. These are not mandatory but students in prior years
handout have found them helpful.
11/25 The Crixivan Story
12 3. Exam Grading. Look over your exam carefully when it is returned to
11/27 No Lecture – Thanksgiving Recess 12 you. If you have any questions about the grading, see me
- immediately in order to resolve any issues.
11/30 Alcohols II 13
13 4. Test Answers. Once the exams have been graded, the exam key
12/2 Alcohols II 1-13 will be posted online.

12/4 No Lecture-Laboratory Final 5. Make-up Exams will be arranged only in the case of verifiable
extenuating circumstances. If you miss an exam without a verifiable
12/7 Conjugated Unsaturated extenuating circumstance, you could receive zero points for that
12/9 Compounds exam and forfeit your right to a makeup exam.
12/18
Conjugated Unsaturated 6. To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please
Compounds & Course Evaluation contact Dr. Jan Collins-Eaglin if you are a Pomona student. She can
be contacted via e-mail at Jan.Collins-Eaglin@pomona.edu. If you
Final Exam, 9:00 AM attend another one of the Claremont Colleges, please contact your
home college’s disability officer.

7. Pomona College has an Academic Honesty Policy; please review it
(catalog.pomona.edu) and note that we will adhere to it.

8. To pass 110A, passing grades (D- or higher) are required in both the
lecture and laboratory components of the course. In cases where a
non-passing lecture or lab grade is earned, the maximum possible
course grade will be an F letter grade, or an NC grade if the course is
being taken with the P/NC option.

9. Students should feel welcome to see me for assistance with the
course material.