Chem 164/261 - Lecture Outline & Assignment #1

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Readings:

Organic Chemistry, L Wade, UA Custom Edition, 2013, Volume 1 (Chem 164/261)

• Functional Group List - Inside Front Cover (also Handout)
• Periodic Table – Inside Back Cover - know 1st 10 elements (up through Neon)
• Relative Strength of Acids and Bases – Table 1.5
• Chapter 1 - Introduction & Review (Structure, Bonding, Resonance, Acids-Bases etc)
• Chapter 2 - Structure & Properties of Organic Molecules (Orbitals, Hybridization, Functional Groups, Intramolecular and Intermolecular Forces etc)
• Chapter 3 – Infrared Spectroscopy (Electromagnetic Spectrum, Molecular Vibrations etc)

Problems:

Do Not turn in, answers available in "Student Solutions Manual for Organic Chemistry" for LG Wade.

Chapter 1:
1.1a; 1.2 to 1.12; 1.15 to 1.19; 1.27; 1.31; 1.34; 1.36; 1.54

Chapter 2:
2.1 to 2.11; 2.15; 2.16; 2.18; 2.20 to 2.22; 2.26; 2.28; 2.32; 2.35; 2.40; 2.42; 2.44

Chapter 3:
3.12; 3.15

Lecture Outline 1:
Nature of Chemical Bonds, Intermolecular & Intramolecular Forces

1. Introduction - Course Organization, Nature of Science and Chemistry
   
   
   1. What is Science?
      
      
   2. What is Matter?
      
      
   3. Basic concepts and definitions - atoms, moles, etc
      
      
      
      
2. Physical Properties and Purity
   
   
   1. Purity
      
      
   2. Comparison of Physical Properties
      
      
   3. Methods of Purification
      1. Crystallization
      2. Distillation
      3. Extraction
      4. Chromatography
      5. Molecular Filtration – Dialysis
         
         
         
         
3. Analysis
   
   
   1. Qualitative - Organic or Inorganic
      
      
   2. Quantitative - Calculation of molecular and empirical formula
      
      
      
      
4. Atomic Structure
   
   
   1. Theory - wave functions and orbitals
      
      
   2. Periodic Table - Pauli principle, Hund rule, Aufbau
      
      
      
      
5. Molecular Structure
   
   
   1. Ionic bonding
      
      
   2. Covalent bonding
      1. Molecular orbitals - Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO)
      2. Hybridization and formation of sigma (s) and pi (p) bonds
         1. sp3
         2. sp2
         3. sp
   3. Size and Shape of Molecules
      
      
   4. Representation of Molecules
      1. Lewis Structures
      2. Formal Charge
      3. Resonance
         
         
         
         
6. Intermolecular Forces (Forces between different molecules)- van der Waals forces
   
   
   1. Electronegativity and Dipoles
      
      
   2. Dipole-Dipole Interaction
      
      
   3. London Forces
      
      
   4. Hydrogen Bonding
      
      
      
      
7. Chemical Reactivity
   
   
   1. Bond Energy and Equilibrium
      1. Enthalpy
      2. Entropy
      3. Equilibrium
         
         
   2. Rate of Reaction and Activation Energy
      
      
   3. Acid-Base Reactions
      1. Lowry - Bronsted
      2. Acidity Constant and pKa
      3. Lewis acids and bases
8. Infrared Spectroscopy

   A. Electromagnetic Spectrum
   B. Origin of Infrared Absorption
   C. Utility and Selected Examples (most of this material will be covered in the Laboratory)