Trent University
Department of Chemistry
Chemistry 2100H Fall Term
Course Outline
LECTURER:
Prof. D.A. Ellis
Chemical Sciences Building, Room E112, 705-748-1011 Ext 7898
davidellis@trentu.ca
Office hours: Wednesday 11–12 a.m.
LAB COORDINATOR:
Dr. H. Al-Haddad
Chemical Sciences Building, Room D104, 705-748-1011 Ext 7422
halhaddad@trentu.ca
DEPARTMENT
SECRETARY:
Mrs. L. LaPlante
Chemical Sciences Building, Room D105, 705-748-1011 Ext 7505
On behalf of the Department of Chemistry, we would like to welcome you to your
second-year organic chemistry course. This outline is designed to provide you with information
about the course, to let you know what we hope to do, and to point out what we expect from you.
The chemistry course CHEM 2100H is designed to provide a general introduction to
organic chemistry for students who intend to follow a science program, primarily in the Life,
Health or Physical Sciences. It is also a recommended course for those applying for entry into
professional programs such as Medicine.
CHEM 2100H serves as an introduction to the principles of structure and chemical
bonding and their relation to chemical reactivity, with an emphasis on organic molecules. In this
course, a working knowledge of chemistry at the 1000 level will be assumed. We hope that you
will find this course interesting and challenging. We believe that CHEM 2100H will prepare
you well for other chemistry courses in later years. If this is to be your only organic chemistry
course, we trust you will have gained some understanding of the breadth of the subject and of its
importance in a wide variety of other areas of science.
TEXTBOOKS FOR CHEM 2100H
The required text for CHEM 2100H is "Organic Chemistry, 6th Edition" by John
McMurry (Brooks/Cole, 2000). "Organic Chemistry, 5th Edition" by John McMurry, also meets
the reading requirements for this course. However, students should note that there may be subtle
differences between these editions and furthermore, differences between the numbering of
sections and questions. While every effort will be made to inform students of these differences
during lectures, it is the students’ responsibility to ensure that they are reading the correct
material. There is also a supplement to this text: Study Guide and Solutions Manual by Susan
McMurry which contains complete solutions to the problems found in the main text. While you
are not required to purchase the supplement, we recommend that you consider using the
Solutions Manual with the main text. These materials are available from the Trent University
Textbook Store located on the main campus.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE COURSE
LECTURES
Make every effort to attend each and every one of the CHEM 2100H lectures since it is
here that the fundamental content of the course will be presented and elucidated.
TUTORIALS
Tutorials will be held every second week.
LABORATORIES
In this course, every student will be assigned to a laboratory group section by the
Chemistry Department. A lab class list will be posted outside of room D101 in the Chemical
Sciences Building, to inform students of their laboratory and tutorial section assignments. Each
student is expected to check this class list at the earliest opportunity, since the first lab class, for
which extensive preparation is required, will meet on Monday September 15 beginning at 1 p.m.
The CHEM 2100H Lab Notes will be posted on WebCT the week prior to your experiment.
Each student should obtain a copy of these notes for the laboratory. Students are expected to
equip themselves with the following additional materials for the laboratory classes:
- Indirectly vented chemical splash safety goggles and a lab coat.
These may be purchased from Trent University Bookstore.
GENERAL ASSISTANCE
Your lecturers, teaching assistants, laboratory instructor and demonstrators will all help
as much as they can. They do have other things to do, however, and cannot be available at all
times. Try to be reasonable, make appointments (and keep them) and you will find that extra
help is there.
ABSENCE
If you miss a test or a significant period of class work through illness or a related reason,
you should request consideration by submitting a completed Medical Certificate. The document
must be presented within one week of the date of absence. Only serious illness (or equivalent
reasons) will be accepted as justification for absence (note: the medical certificate, filled out by
your doctor, stating that you saw him/her on a given day is not adequate. Your doctor must
certify that you were too sick to attend the test, etc.).
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Official announcements regarding test locations, material covered for each test, test
results, and other important announcements will be posted on the board outside D101, and also
on the WebCT web site, http://www.trentu.ca/webct/welcome.shtml. It is absolutely your
responsibility to check these postings regularly for important announcements.
TESTS, EXAMS, MARKING SCHEME
One term test and a final exam will be held according to the schedule below. The test dates may
be changed. Any change in the schedule will be announced in the lectures, posted outside D101
and on the web site. The final examination will cover the entire course work.
tentative TEST SCHEDULE:
First Term Test:
*Final Examination: to be scheduled during the examination period.
*The actual exam date will be set by the Faculty of Arts and Science
MARKING SCHEME:
MARKING SCHEME
Laboratory
Term Test
Final Examination
30%
30%
40%
Final mark
100%
All assigned marks will be scaled to fit into this scheme
Course Outline – Textbook Material
The following outline gives a brief overview of the textbook material that will be covered:
Chapter
Topic
1
Basic Structure and Bonding in Molecules
2
Polar Covalent Bonds; Acids and Bases
3
Organic Compounds, Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
4
Stereochemistry of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
5
An Overview of Organic Reactions
6
Alkenes: Structure and Reactivity
7
Alkenes: Reactions and Synthesis
10
Alkyl Halides
11
Reactions of Alkyl Halides
Academic Dishonesty:
Academic dishonesty, which includes plagiarism and cheating, is an extremely serious academic
offense and carries penalties varying from failure in an assignment to suspension from the
University. Definitions, penalties, and procedures for dealing with plagiarism and cheating are
set out in Trent University’s Academic Dishonesty Policy which is printed in the University
Calendar and on the university web site at:
http://www.trentu.ca/deansoffice/policies_dishonesty.php.
Access to Instruction:
It is Trent University’s intent to create an inclusive learning environment. If a student has a
disability and/or health consideration and feels that he/she may need accommodations to succeed
in this course, the student should contact the Disability Services Office (BL Suite 109; 748-1281;
disabilityservices@trentu.ca) as soon as possible.
Chemistry Department Policy on Completion of Course Work:
The Department of Chemistry considers that completion of all components of a course is
necessary for a student to be given credit in that course. Therefore, it is the policy of the
Department that a student must complete, and hand in if applicable, all material associated with
each component of the course. This applies equally to work that is handed in or completed too
late to earn any marks in the course, in conjunction with the policy of the course instructor on
lateness. Students who fail to meet this requirement for reasons that would make it reasonable to
assign an ”incomplete” mark for the course should consult the instructor well before on which
final marks are due for the course in question. In the absence of an incomplete standing being
assigned, the student will receive a mark of “0” and an “F” grade in the course.