Lecture: Ryan - Monday 11:20 a.m. to 2:25

E-mail: ryanj@yosemite.edu

Lab: Bowlus - W from 11:20 a.m. to 2:25 p.m.

E-mail: bowluss@yosemite.edu

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COURSE SYLLABUS

Chemistry 11 is an introductory chemistry course intended for students who have had a limited chemistry background but have taken an introductory course in general chemistry like CHEM 10.  This course will introduce you to the structure, nomenclature, preparation, and reactions of common organic compounds and the biochemical aspects of carbohydrates and polysaccharides, lipids and membranes, amino acids and proteins, and nucleic acids and nucleotides.

Required materials

1.   McMurry, Castellion, Ballantine, Hoeger, Peterson. Fundamentals of General, Organic, and      Biochemistry, sixth edition, 2010.  ISBN: 0-13-605450-1 (fifth edition is fine too!)

2.   Garoutte, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, A Guided Inquiry, 2007.  ISBN: 978-0-471-76359-8

3.   Composition notebook for homework from text.

4.   Composition notebook for lab

5.  Safety Goggles for lab

Prerequisite

CHEM 10 – Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry

Grading Procedures

Grades are determined on a total point basis, distributed among the following activities:

Exam 1 - Chapters 12 to 14	50 points
Midterm Exam - Chapters 12 to 17	100 points
Final Exam - Chapters 12 to 18, 22, 24, 26	200 points
Reading exercise	50 points
ChemActivities	100 points
Homework	50 points
Chapter Quizzes	100 points
Laboratory Work (Must do all for credit in the course)	100 points
Formal Lab Reports (2 of them)	100 points
Lab Final	100 points
Total Points Possible	950 points

Where total points for a category (the sum of all exercises, for example) are more than those shown in the table, that total will be rescaled to the distribution given above.  Points for the laboratory (lab exercises and reports) will be determined by the lab instructor and combined with points from the lecture.  The final letter grade will be assigned based on this distribution:

100 - 90%                    A

89.9 - 80%                   B

79.9 - 70%                   C

69.9% - 60%               D

Below 60%                F

There are no make-up examinations.  If you don't take the final you will earn an "F" grade for the course, regardless of your performance in other activities.

If you decide this course is more fun than you planned to have this semester, it is your responsibility to drop the course.  I will not initiate or force a drop due to non-attendance.  You will be carried on the course roll and be assigned a grade based on your total points.

Software required – free download – Windows is best.

http://www.acdlabs.com/resources/freeware/

You will have to register and then confirm your registration to download the software.

 Mac is problematic but doable if you are pretty good with computers.

You can also purchase ChemDraw students edition but it is pricey – works with MAC.

Cambridgesoft ChemDraw Standard 12.0 (Student Edition) MacOS/ Windows $99.95 …

Lecture Schedule

Course Archived Lecture Table

Date	Start time	End time	**Subtitle *
8/29/2011	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	CH 12/CA28
9/5/2011	-	-	Holiday
9/12/2010	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	CH 13/CA31
9/19/2010	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	CH 14/Naming
9/26/2010	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	CH 15/Naming
10/3/2010	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	CH 16/CA32
10/10/2011	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	CH 17/CA33
10/17/2011	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	Review
10/24/2011	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	CH 22/CA34
10/31/2011	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	CH 18/CA36
11/7/2011	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	Review
11/14/2011	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	CH 24/CA35
11/21/2011	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	Review
11/28/2011	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	CH 26/CA39
12/5/2011	11:20 AM	2:25 PM	Biochem Review

FINAL EXAM TH December 12 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

*ChemActivities in PDF format

** Chapter Questions in PDF format in case you have a different version of the text.

Laboratory Schedule

Lab Thursday	Lab Title
8/31/2011	Introduction to Lab/ Safety
9/7/2011	Molecular Models
9/14/2011	Cyclohexene Synthesis
9/21/2011	Adipic Acid Synthesis
9/28/2011	TLC of Food Carotenoids
10/5/2011	Ester Preparation
10/12/2011	Soap it up
10/19/2011	*** MIDTERM *** Set up Fermentation
10/26/2011	Ethanol Distillation
11/2/2011	Amino Acid TLC
11/9/2011	Determination of Glucose
11/16/2011	Glucose Calculations Excel
11/23/2011	DNA isolation
11/30/2011	Isolation of Caffeine / Synthesis of Luminol
12/7/2011	Lab Final and Check Out

 Grading Criteria

Team ChemActivity Wiki – 10 points each (best 10 out of 13)

Laboratory Work - 100 points

Each lab is 10.

Lab Final – 100 points

You will have a lab final. You can use your laboratory notebook during the final. It is very easy if you take notes during the semester and have them in your notebook. It is extremely difficult if you have no notes in your notebook. The format will be similar to this:

1)      When you did _____________, what did you observe … and what does that mean to you.

It is therefore very important that you keep a very detailed lab notebook every week. Make no mistake; I will be very detailed in what I ask.

Formal Lab Reports – 100 points (2 at 50 points each)

The formal lab write up will enable you to demonstrate your skills of organization, data acquisition, and data analysis. The process of organizing your work into a logical and readable format will be invaluable in your upper division science classes and in your profession of choice. Learning to make organic structures in digital media will make your reports stand out among others. Really thinking about what the data means with well thought out cause and effect ideas will enable you to play an intelligent role in our society.

Please include the following in your formal write-ups – LABEL EACH SECTION

1) A title: Make this match the title I have already given the lab itself

2) A Purpose: Do not write this in future tense. You have already done the experiment. Write this as if you work for me and you are reporting on an experiment you have already done. This part needs to be specific as to the materials being used and the theories or laws that have been studied. Answer the question "Why is this lab important?" This must be written in good English style. Please note that stating, “The purpose of this lab is…” will give you no credit for the purpose section of the report. Read the paragraph above and realize it is a purpose. It is very important that you learn how to imply purpose in your writing.

3) A Body: This tells the reader what you did in detail along with the data that was collected. No calculations go in this section. This is just the hard data. Make sure you are reporting the numbers with the correct number of significant figures and with the correct units. Also, be sure to be specific as to what tools you used to acquire the data. Give brand names of equipment where appropriate. Do not just write what you where supposed to do (i.e. the procedure that I wrote for you!). This is not a "procedure" this is the body of your report. Someone who wants to know what you did and what you observed will read this section.

4) A Calculations section: This is where you show how the data was manipulated. Make sure you are reporting the numbers with the correct number of significant figures and with the correct units. In cases where you us excel or other computer programs to do multiple calculations, a copy of the formula page of excel is required with the actual numbers generated. Headings above the columns of numbers must tell the reader the units of the number (Ex: Volume/Liters).

5) A Results Section: Here you organize the final results that will most likely already be in the calculations area. Remember that doing the calculations and organizing and summarizing the results are two very different things. For emphasis, I would like you to understand that the results section is the “observation end” section of the report. Interpreting the results goes in the next section. What you want this section to do is allow the reader to see the overall results before reading the entire report.

6) A Conclusion: Here is where you do your thinking. The best conclusions tell the reader what the data and results mean. It is not necessary to make this section extremely long by restating what you did in the body. Rather, you can reference sections of the body by labeling data tables etc.