Syllabus

Required Text: McMurry, John and Castellion, Mary E., 2003. Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Fourth edition, Prentice Hall

Unit One ­ General Chemistry

Module I Introduction to Chemistry and Scientific Notation

1. Introduction to Chemistry and Scientific Notation
2. Assignments

Module II Elements and Atoms and Molecules and Compounds

1. Atoms & the Periodic Table
2. Electronic Structure and Configuration
3. Ionic Compounds
3.1. Ionic Compounds 2
4. Molecular Compounds
5. Covalent Bonds and the Periodic Table
6. Shapes of Molecules
7. Assignments

Module III Introduction to Chemical Reactions

1. Classification and Mass Relationships
2. Balancing Chemical Equations
3. The Mole
4. Mass Relationships
4.1. Mass Relationships II
5. Classification of Chemical Reactions
5.1. Classification of Chemical Reactions II
6. Energy, Rates and Equilibrium
6.1. Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
6.2. Free Energy: What Makes a Reaction Occur?
6.3. Reaction Rates
6.4. Effects of Temperature, Concentration and Catalysts on Reaction Rates
7. Assignment

Module IV States of Matter

1. Gases, Liquids and Solids
2. Kinetic-Molecular Theory and Gases
2.1. Boyle’s Law
2.2. Charles’s Law & Gay-Lussac’s Law
2.3. Avogadro’s Law and the Ideal Gas Law
2.4. Dalton’s Law
3. Intermolecular Forces
3.1. London, Dispersion & Hydrogen Bonding Forces
4. Liquids & Solids
5. Assignments

Module V Solutions

1. Solutions, Acids and Bases
2. Mixtures and Solutions
2.1. The Solution Process
2.2. Solubility
2.3. Units of Concentration
3. Acids and Bases
3.1. Bronstead-Lowry Theory
3.2. Dissociation of Water
3.3. Buffer Solutions
3.4. Acid Base Equivalents
3.5. Titration
4. Assignments

Unit Two ­ Organic Chemistry

Module VI Introduction to Organic Chemistry

1. Introduction to Organic Chemistry
1.1. The Functional Group
1.2. Alkanes and Their Isomers
1.3. Branched-chain Alkanes - Isomers
1.4. Nomenclature
1.5. Cycloalkanes
2. Alkenes, Alkynes & Aromatic Compounds
2.1. Alkenes
2.2. Structure of Alkenes
2.3. Kinds of Reactions
2.4. Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes
2.5. Halogenation
2.6. Markovinikov"s Rule
2.7. Review of Reactions of Alkenes
3. Aromatic Compounds and the Structure of Benzene
3.1. Nomenclature
3.2. Reactions of Aromatic Compounds
4. Readings and Study Assignments
5. Discussion
6. Assignments

Module VII Understanding Reactions in Organic Chemistry

1. Understanding Organic Reactions
1.1. Hybridization
1.2. Hybridization2
1.3. Ethene and ethyne
1.4. Polar Bonds
2. Reactions and Reactions Mechanisms
2.1. Kinds of Reactions
2.2. Polar Reactions
2.3. Bond Dissociation Energies
2.4. Energy Factors
2.5. Energy Diagrams
3. Stereochemistry
3.1. Stereochemistry 2
4. Assignments

Module VIII Alcohols, Halides and Amines

1. Alcohols, Halides and Amines
1.1. Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
1.1.1. Some Common Alcohols
1.2. Reactions of Alcohols
1.2.1. Oxidation of Alcohols
1.3. Phenols
1.3.1. Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols
1.4. Ethers.
1.5. Thiols
2. Alkyl Halides
2.1. Preparation of Alkyl Halides
2.2. Reactions of Alkyl Halides
2.3. Nucsub.htm
2.4. Elimination
3. Amines
3.1. Amines 2
3.2. Heterocyclic Amines
3.3. Properties of Amines
4. Assignments

Module IX Carbonyl Compounds

1. The Carbonyl Group
2. Carbonyl Compounds
3. Aldehydes and Ketones
3.1. Properties of Aldehydes and Ketones
3.2. Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones: Oxidation
3.3. Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones
3.4. Addition of Alcohols: Hemiacetals and Acetals
3.5. Other Examples of Nucleophilc Addition
4. Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
4.1. Properties
4.2. Carboxylic Acids
4.3. Overview
4.4. Reactions
4.5. Amides
4.6. Esters
5. Assignments

Module X Biomolecules

1. Biomolecules
2. Amino Acids and Proteins
2.1. Amno Acids
2.2. Acid-Base Properties of Amino Acids
2.3. Shape-Determining Interactions in Proteins
2.4. Tertiary Structure of Proteins
2.5. Chemical Properties of Proteins
3. Introduction to Carbohydrates
4. The Carbohydrates
4.1. Chirality in Carbohydrates
4.2. Drawing Sugar Molecules
4.3. The Structure of Glucose and Other Monosaccharides
4.4. Harworth Projections
4.5. Some Monosaccharides
4.6. Reactions of Monosaccharides
4.7. The Disaccharides
4.8. Polysaccharides
5. Lipids
5.1. Prostaglandins
5.2. Terpenes
5.3. Steroids
6. DNA, Chromosomes and Genes
6.1. Composition of Nucleic Acids
6.2. Nucleosides
6.3. Nucleotides
6.4. The Structure of Nucleic Acid Chains
6.5. Base Pairing in DNA (Watson-Crick Model)
7. Assignments