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Jan 18, 2012 Tomorrow evening, Thursday Jan 19th, I will hold regular office hours in my office as usual, 6 - 7PM. Then from 7PM - 8PM will hold "online" office hours for anybody who has questions and can't make it to campus. More... |
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Jan 16, 2012 the Weekly Work page of suggested problems has been updated for week #3. More... |
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Jan 16, 2012 Your scores for Quiz #1 have been posted on the Your Points page. Please make sure that you can find yourself on my roster and that you quiz score is recorded correctly. this year there is 1/2 point for each question, rounded UP, so be careful, if you got 6 points (which is the maximum), you may still have got one of the questions wrong due to the rounding up. Same goes fro 5 point, you may have 3 wrong etc., so it is important that you check the quiz answer key to make sure you know what you got right and what you got wrong. More... |
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Jan 16, 2012 The answer key to Quiz #1, and a new Quiz #2 has been posted. More... |
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Jan 14, 2012 Today's review session has been posted, the subject was synthons and multi-step synthesis. At the end of the review session I left the students with some problems to solve on their own. To see these problems and my answers, click HERE. More... |
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Jan 13, 2012 There will be a review session tomorrow, Saturday Jan 14th, 4 - 5PM in LS A-191. The subject will be synthons and 1st semester reactions within the context of synthesis problems. I will be available to talk to students 1-on-1 after the review. |
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Jan 13, 2012 Quiz #1 can now be submitted. More... |
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Jan 13, 2012 Lecture #4 has been posted in the recorded lectures page. Online/hybrid students will need to register to watch this lecture before they can submit Quiz #1. This is the last time that a lecture posting will be included on this main announcements page, from now on please just go straight to the recorded lectures page. More... |
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Jan 11, 2012 If you are interested in doing an honors project for this class, there are two opportunities. The first involves mentoring some Kino Jr. High kids who will be putting together some science fair projects that they hope to take to the state competition. This is very important opportunity for the Kino kids and a very worthy project. However, time is critical for this project because they have started work already and we would need you to start straight away. The second project involves answering science questions same as last semester. More... |
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Jan 11, 2012 At the request of a student I have added a download link to each of the recorded lecture files so that they can be watched offline. Let me know if there are any problems with this or if you think it is useful. The lecture files are mainly .swf (flash) files, that can be opened in just about any browser (but without the controls). However, I just realized that so far this semester I have accidentally been making .mp4 files, which are a lot larger. So lectures 1 - 3 are .mp4, the rest will be .swf. (I could go back and recompile 1 - 3 but I am feeling lazy today!) More... |
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Jan 11, 2012 My completed version of the Retrosynthesis notes has been posted on the Lecture Material page. Please use this to make sue that your notes are up to date and have no errors, thanks. More... |
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Jan 11, 2012 Lecture #3 has been posted in the recorded lectures page. This is the last lecture that the online/hybrid students will not have to register to watch. Online/hybrid students will need to register to watch lecture #4 (Friday) before they can submit Quiz #1. More... |
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Jan 9, 2012 the Weekly Work page of suggested problems has been updated for week #2. More... |
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Jan 9, 2012 Here s the information regarding the SI sessions that were mentioned in class this morning: SI Leader = Molly Downey email: molly.downey@asu.edu Session Times: Sundays 12-1 pm in Hayden C-52 Mondays 7-8 pm in LSA 109 Wednesdays 1-2 pm in Hayden C-52 There will be an Ochem SI facebook page coming soon |
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Jan 9, 2012 Lecture #2 has been posted on the Lectures page. Online/hybrid students do not have to register to watch this lecture, registering for lectures will start with #4. More... |
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Jan 7, 2012 Today's review session has been posted, the subject was fundamental Lewis acid/base reactions and mechanisms. The end of the review session had a couple of mechanisms including a tricky mechanism that you might want to try to practice solving even if you are familiar and comfortable with first semester mechanism concepts. Start at minute 47 for the first of these and start at minute 59 for the second harder one. More... |
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Jan 6, 2012 I have office hours every Saturday, this semester from 4PM - 5PM. Usually these take the form of a review session, however. I am always available to talk to students 1-on-1 at the end of the review. The first Saturday office hours/review session will be TOMORROW, Jan 7th, 4 - 5PM, in LS A-191. The subject will be 1st semester mechanisms. This is PRIMARILY for students who did not take my Fall 2011 CHM 233 class (although everybody is welcome to attend). I need to make sure that we all understand how I like to see mechanisms drawn. The review session will be recorded just like the lectures and posted on the class website. |
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Jan 6, 2012 Lecture #1 has been posted on the Lectures page. I will usually not post an announcement on the main webpage when lectures are posted. They are usually posted the same morning that the lecture is delivered in class, unless I get busy of have a meeting or something similar, however, they should always be posted the same day. Online/hybrid students do not have to register to watch this lecture, registering for lectures will start with #4. More... |
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Jan 3, 2012 Welcome to CHM 234, General Organic Chemistry II, Spring 2012. The syllabus/procedures for this class are very similar to CHM 233, Fall 2011. Because most students have already heard all of this, I will not be going over this again on the first day of class, instead I have posted this information in the form of a recording, click HERE. There is also a recording specifically for this students in the online/hybrid version of the class, click HERE. There is also a recording specifically for those students who did not take my CHM 233 General Organic Chemistry I class in Fall 2011, click HERE. Finally, there is also a recording that shows how to use the class website, click HERE. Click here for Syllabus for the Regular Onground Class : SLN 10316 (pdf file) Click here for the Course Schedule for Both Classes (pdf file) Click here for Syllabus for the Online/Hybrid Class : SLN 20658 (pdf file) |
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Jan 1, 2012 Quiz #1 has been posted. You will not be able to submit the quiz until 9AM Friday January 13th, i.e. after the drop/add deadline and after I have had time to setup my roster. The deadline for Quiz #1 will be 11:59PM, Sunday Jan. 15th. More... |
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Jan 1, 2012 This class uses "gapped" lecture notes that you complete in class. They are available as pdf files under the Lecture Material tab. You can print these and bring them to lecture, or you can save money by purchasing the entire notes set from The Alternative Copy Shop, at the southwest corner of Mill Ave. and 10th street. The cost should be ca. $30, give them a call before you go to make sure that they have some copies in stock (480) 829-7992. They should be available for pickup on Wednesday January 4th, but check before you go. I will distribute gapped notes in the first class that will last the first two lectures. You can also get the notes for these first lectures by printing the first seven pages of the "Retrosynthesis" notes, click HERE. More... |
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Jan 1, 2012 The recommended textbook for this class is Organic Chemistry, 3rd Edition, by J.G. Smith. If you use the textbook it is critical that you also get the accompanying Solutions Manual, since the problems are the MOST IMPORTANT part of the textbook. To keep costs down for students, we have negotiated two special paperback Textbook/Solutions Manual packages, one for CHM 233 and one for CHM 234, that are available at the ASU bookstore. The cost of the ASU special packages is probably lower than you will be able to find elsewhere for a Textbook/Solution Manual combo. If you get a 3rd Edition textbook somewhere else, please make sure that you also get the Solutions Manual. The ASU special editions do not include chapters on topics such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates etc. These topics are not covered at ASU because we aim to teach the best organic chemistry course possible, and this will not include a superficial overview of biochemical molecules. To understand biochemical molecules properly you will need to take a biochemistry course. I will provide suggested reading and problems from the 3rd Edition of Smith ONLY. I will not be able to suggest reading or problems from any earlier edition of Smith, or from any other textbook. If you have any other textbook, it should be fairly easy for you to find the appropriate reading and problems yourself. The Textbook is recommended, not required. Many students will ask me if they should buy the textbook. Unfortunately I am not able to give a satisfactory answer, since different students have very different needs. Some students really need to study from a textbook and appreciate the chance to read about a topic from a perspective that is different from that of the instructor. Also, some students want a permanent textbook to study for the MCAT, for example. Some students will not need a textbook at all, since there is a lot of learning material on the class website. It is also true that you can learn most of what you need to know from just about any organic textbook. You have to make your own decision on this I am afraid! Note that the lab is a separate course, the textbook for the lab course is REQUIRED! |
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Jan 1, 2012 It is not possible for me to give an override into this class since I am not allowed to override the reserved seat assignments or the room capacity. If you really want to get into this class, come during the first week and be persistent in trying to register online. There will be a lot of drop/add activity during the first week, persistence usually pays off. Remember that the class is offered both in the regular onground lecture format (SLN 10316) and also as an online/hybrid version (SLN 20658). Both classes are basically identical. If you are registered for the online/hybrid class you are welcome to attend lecture with the regular class. |
