Advanced Organic Chemistry
Chemistry 447 - Winona State University - Spring 2005
Syllabus Course Outline Announcements Links Homework
Schedule
of Lectures: Monday and Wednesday 9:00-10:00 AM in Pasteur 309.
Instructor:
Tom Nalli, x2467, tnalli@winona.edu
Office:
PA 312B, Hours to be determined.
Primary Text:
Carey, F. A.; Sundberg, R. J. Advanced Organic Chemistry: Part A: Structure and
Mechanisms, 4th ed.; Plenum Press, New York, 2001.
Supplementary
Text: Brown, W. H.; Foote, C. S. Organic Chemistry, 3rd ed ;
Harcourt College Publishers: Orlando, FL, 2002.
Notebook
Computer: A Pentium-class laptop computer with Ethernet card (and an account
in good standing with the WSU laptop program) is required.
Software: You need not purchase any additional software for
this course. The Chemistry Department's networked version of HyperChem 7.5 will be used
extensively in the course.
Homework:
Problem sets will be assigned and collected for grading on a periodic basis. Homework
received after the announced due dates will be assessed a late penalty. Grades received on
the problem sets will contribute 30% to the final grade for the course.
Grading:
One midterm exam and one final exam will be given. The midterm counts 30%. The
final exam counts 40%.
Minimum Score Required: |
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| to pass course (D) | 50% | |
| for a C grade | 65% | |
| for a B grade | 75% | |
| for an A grade | 85% | |
Coverage:
Chapters 1, 3, 4, 9, 11, and 13 (or portions thereof) in the Carey text. The emphasis of
the course will be on molecular orbital theory and its application to questions of
structure and mechanism in organic chemistry. Topics include a review of chemical bonding
and structure, conformational analysis, molecular mechanics, predicting hydrocarbon
stabilomers, Huckel LCAO-MO theory, semiempirical MO calculations, aromaticity, concerted reactions and orbital symmetry,
perturbation MO theory, and linear free-energy relationships.