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The results of the final exam, and your final points total and your grade for the class are now posted in the "Your Points" page. Click HERE. REMEMBER TO HIT REFRESH ON THE POINTS PAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SEEING THE LATEST VERSION THAT IS DATED May 11th 2020 (it is a large file, it may load slowly).
Now that the final points have been posted there is no way for you to change them, there is no extra credit, no way of changing any points for any reason, please do not ask. I have personally regraded all of the final exams for all students who were within 30 points of the grade cutoffs. There will be no further regrades. The only exceptions are if there has been a serious data entry error. If you find one then send me an email asap.
It has not escaped my attention that several of you have points totals that are close to the cutoffs, however, I have already looked at your final exams and I am very sorry, there are just no more points for you to earn. If this is you, I understand your frustration and you have my sympathy, but please remember that the majority of students who earned the higher grade scored more than 100 points more than you did.
Many of you worked extremely hard in this class and also in CHM 233, and I thank you all for that. I very much enjoyed teaching this class and working together with you all since last August, which seems like such a long time ago! Of course, the second part of this spring semester will go down in memory as one of the most challenging for all of us, faculty and students. I need to thank you all for your patience and understanding as this class went fully remote. Sometimes things didn't get done in a timely way, and for that I apologize. But we got there in the end and overall outcomes from the class are actually very good in that this class earned the highest percentage of A grades I have ever had in any class, so well done!
Organic chemistry is now officially over for most of you, I learn many new things from each class I teach, this class was no exception, so thanks for adding to my learning too.
Please now enjoy your summer and I wish you all the best of luck in your future careers.
To see the final exam, Click HERE.
To see the final exam answer key, Click HERE.
The Current Points page been updated with all quiz points, all midterm points after all regrades, and all other points except those for the final exam, Click HERE. Please make sure that you are seeing the version with "VERSION: May 7th, 2020" in bold blue text at the top, if you don't see this then hit refresh.
The regraded midterm scores have NOT been updated on the Canvas site, they are ONLY on the Current Points page, HERE
Any errors here must be brought to my attention by the end of the day, Saturday May 9th, there will be no further changes to these points after May 9th except for the final exam score.
On the prior years exams you may see synthesis questions that refer to a "minimal set of reactions", you can ignore these, this kind of question will not be on your final exam.
Studying for the Final, some suggestions:
Don't try to study the entire semester's worth of material, you don't have time (not that most of you would have, but you know, just in case...).
You should emphasize the most recent material since the 3rd midterm, probably over half of the exam will be on that material.
Study mechanisms all together so that you can see how similar they are, spend extra time on base catalyzed mechanisms because they are newer than acid catalyzed mechanisms and we haven't used them as much yet and so they are less familiar to you.
Try the synthesis problems with lists of reactions or other completed problems in front of you. This isn't cheating, you are not yet ready to test yourself on these, you are still learning how to do them. Trying to test yourself until you really are ready to test yourself will only frustrate you right now. Use the helper materials to get through every synthesis problem (with help), and THEN, go back and test yourself, if you are ready.
Then, go to the old exams and practice exams to see what is likely to be on the exam from earlier in the semester, decide what you need to go back and study based on what trying those problems tell you.
The deadline for finishing the homework is the end of the day, Wednesday May 6th
The final exam: The final is on Monday May 4th, 7:30 - 9:20AM. Unless you have a DRC accommodation, the exam, will close at exactly 9:30AM. In other words, the extra 30 minutes you are were allowed to assemble and post your exam for the previous 2 midterms will be 10 minutes instead. This is because I can't have the CHM 234 exam run into the next final exam time that starts at 9:50AM. Therefore, this final exam will be slightly shorter than the final; exams you see on the class website from the previous two years.
if finishing at 9:30AM will cause you any kind of problem at all getting to your next final exam then you must bring this to my attention immediately.
If you have DRC accommodation for extra time it is your responsibility to make sure that any extra time you take does not overlap with any other final exam time.
To see the answer key to Quiz #13, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #14, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #14 is Sunday, May 3rd, 6PM.
Lecture #38, the final lecture, has been posted. More...
We occasionally do education research experiments in these classes, and we will run one this semester. You were all invited to participate at the start of the semester.
To particpate you must complete TWO surveys. The first was given at the beginning of the semester, the second is released now.
We are interested in understanding what you feel about the lecture course and organic chemistry learning in general. The surveys are not too long, they should take you no more than 15 minutes to complete this second survey. If you agree to participate in this project by completing BOTH surveys and agreeing to allow us to use your class data for analysis, you will receive 10 points extra credit. If you participate, you will be anonymous in the study. We are not interested in individual students, we are only interested in the overall class trends.
To complete the SECOND survey, CLICK HERE. You MUST complete this survey before the end of the day, Monday, May 4th in order to earn class credit. Once you start the survey, don't stop to take a long break, since you may be timed out and you will not receive the proper credit.
I thank you for participating in this project, the goal is to learn how to teach organic chemistry better!
To see a video message that was given at the start of the semester related to this p[roject, Click HERE.
Regrade requests for midterm #3 MUST be submitted to me before the end of the day tomorrow, Thursday April 30th.
Here are another couple of review videos you might find useful:
Basic Principles Reminder, Acidity/Basicity, Substituent Effects on Chemical Reactivity, Pericyclic Reactions and Grignard Reagents, Click HERE.
Review on just about everything since midterm #3 (long), Click HERE.
Nomenclature for the final: I have decided that You only need to know the nomenclature of carboxylic acid and amines, nothing else, no acid derivatives, no esters.
Here are some (perhaps) useful review session video files, watch them ONLY if you need help in that area, don't watch as a form of procrastination over the useful work, which is doing problems :)
To watch a Review Session on First Semester reactions and Simple Synthesis Problems, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Multistep Synthesis (only), Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Synthons and Reverse SN2 Reactions (long!), Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Reverse SN2 Reactions (only), Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on The Main Alkyne Reactions, Click HERE To watch a Review Session on First Semester SN1, SN2, E1, E2 Reactions, Click HERE To watch a Review Session on Alkyne Reactions and Synthesis, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Acetylide Reactions (only) and Synthesis, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Alcohol Nomenclature, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Substituent Effects and Alcohol Acidity, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Reactions and Mechanisms involving Alcohols, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Synthesis involving Alkynes, Acetylide Reactions and Alcohols, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Grignard Reactions, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Ether/Epoxide Reactions, Click HERE
To see a video that explains the stereochemistry of the
Diels-Alder reaction using a model, Click HERE
To see a video explaining how to use the "fingers and thumbs" method
for FMO theory and electrocyclic reactions, Click HERE
To see a video explaining how to use a model kit for FMO theory and
electrocyclic reactions, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Aromatic Transition State Theory and
Aromaticity, Click
HERE
To see a Review Session on Aromaticity and Aromatic Ions, Click HERE
To see a Review Session on Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution and Benzene
Synthesis, Click
HERE
To see a Review Session on Benzene Synthesis Only, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on
Aldehyde/Ketone Mechanisms, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Synthesis of Aldehyde/Ketones, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Aldehyde/Ketone Reactions, Click HERE
To
see a Short Review on Enolizable Hydrogens, Click HERE
To see a Review Session on Aldol and Claisen Reactions, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on the
Synthesis of Acids and their Derivatives, Click HERE
To watch a Review Session on Reactions that Make and Synthesis of Amines, Click HERE
How to Study for the Final. Do NOT try to re-study everything from this semester, don't watch old lectures, review sessions etc. unless you need to, see below. Use these to decide what topics from earlier in the semester you need to go back and re-study, ONLY go and re-study those you are unsure of on the practice exams. Again, focus most of your attention on the new material.
Practice Exams for the final are avaialble in the form of a pdf file instead of practice exams on the homework site, links are given below. In these practice exams I have deleted some questions that were not covered this semester.
To access the four practice exams in a single pdf file, Click HERE
To access the answer keys in a single pdf file, Click HERE.
If you would like to request Y-grading for this semester you MUST make this request before the end of the day, Friday May 1, the last day of classes. If you would like to request the Y-Grading option, please Click HERE to make the request. This link will no longer be active after May 1.
The Current Points page been updated with all quizzes up to and including Quiz 13, and your midterm #1 and midterm #2 scores after all regrades, Click HERE. The regraded exam scores have NOT been updated on the Canvas site, they are ONLY on the Current Points page, HERE
Please check to make sure there are no errors.
Your scores for midterm #3 have been released, they are on the Canvas site. To see the answer key to midterm #3, Click HERE.
If you find a grading error you can submit a regrade request. Remember, you must specify exactly which question you think should be regraded and you must give a reason for the request. Rather than giving me a hard copy you would submit the materials to me by email. Information on regrades is available HERE.
Lecture #37 has been posted. More...
If you would like to request the Y-Grading option for this class this semester, please Click HERE to make a request.
I have now fixed the grading errors in Question 8a of midterm 2, the points on the Canvas site are now final.
If you wish to submit a regrade request you must do so before the end of the day, Monday April 27th. Information on regrades is available HERE.
To see the answer key to Quiz #12, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #13, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #13 is Sunday, Apr 26th, 6PM.
Lecture #36 has been posted. More...
There were special and stressful circumstances this semester. Can I change my grading option from a letter grade to Pass/Fail or something else?
ASU is not allowing grade changes to Pass/Fail, however, we can consider the following grading options on a case-by-case basis:
A Grade of Incomplete (I), which would allow you to complete assignments you missed at the end of the semester at a later date and receive a letter grade at that time. This option can only be considered if you are performing at a satisfactory level and miss (for example) an exam at the end of the term due to unforeseen circumstances, e.g. military deployment or sickness, or for the case of this semester, unusual stress or personal circumstances due to the changes enforced by the pandemic. An Incomplete is only an option if you were passing the class up to the missed assignment. Details about the I grade can be found here: https://students.asu.edu/forms/incomplete-grade-request.
Satisfactory (Y) Grading, which represents performance of C or higher in the course. A Y grade is not included in the calculation of your GPA, therefore your grade in this class would not change your GPA, but you do earn the relevant course credit hours. You could request a Y grade if you experienced unusual stress or circumstances this semester that prevented you from performing in class as you would otherwise be capable of. If you choose this option you will only actually earn a Y if you would have otherwise earned a C, B or an A. If you earn a D or an E grade than you will not earn a Y. Details about the Y grade can be found here: https://eoss.asu.edu/health/announcements/coronavirus/faqs#students-academic-faq.
If you request either of these grading options you must justify your need on the basis of unusual circumstances this semester. Neither of these options is guaranteed, all requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Your course instructors are not able to advise you if either of these are most appropriate option for your particular situation. If you are unsure about the consequences of requesting either of these options then please contact your academic advisor.
If you can provide a strong reason for requesting an I-grade, please contact me directly.
If you can provide a strong reason for requesting the Y-grade option, do NOT send me an email, a link for requesting this option will be provided on the class website early next week, Monday April 27th.
Many apologies for the extreme delay in posting this, but to see the answer key to midterm #2, Click HERE.
The main reason for the delay was that Question 8a was graded incorrectly. I wanted to fix this question before I released the key, but there were just too many tests,. In fact I still haven't got through all of those tests that need to have Question 8a fixed. If you lost 2 points because of the curved arrow pushing in Question 8, don't worry, I will fix that grading error for you eventually.
If you find any grading error OTHER than Question 8a (don't submit a regrade request for Question 8a), you can submit a regrade request as usual. Rather than giving me a hard copy you would submit the materials to me by email. Information on regrades is available HERE.
Lecture #35 has been posted. More...
To see the answer key to Quiz #11, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #12, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #12 is Sunday, Apr 19th, 6PM.
Slightly ahead of time, for once, lecture #34 has been posted. More...
Lecture #33 has been posted, apologies for the delay in getting this one posted. More...
The nomenclature questions are deleted from the practice exams not because there will be no nomenclature on the test, but because they are all of a kind that are more complex than you need to be able to do for Monday, but the nomenclature problems on the homework site are good for study.
Clarification: There are some pericyclic reactions on the practice exams but there will be NO pericyclic reactions on midterm #3 (sometimes different material get covered in different semesters). The 3rd midterm will include no reactions of enols/enolates, and no Aldol or Claisen recations, but WILL include acidity of enolizable hydrogens and keto-enol tautomerization, i.e. the first subsection of the Enols/Enolate Section of the homework.
To see the answer key to Quiz #10, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #11, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #11 is Sunday, Apr 12th, 6PM.
In the absence of being able to do live review sessions for midterm 3, here are two pre-recorded review sessions from last year.
The first is on enols/enolate acidity and mainly on benzenes and their reactions, Click HERE.
The second is on aldehydes/ketones, Click HERE.
The material for midterm #3 will continue from midterm 2, i.e. benzenes, aldehydes/ketones and enols/enolates, but only though page 3 of the enols/enolates notes, i.e. acidity and general properties of enolizable hydrogens and keto/enol tautomerization. On the homework site this means to the end of the first subsection of the Enols/Enolates section, "Questions for Enolizable Hydrogens".
You will have noticed that there are no practice exams for midterm #3 on the homework site this semester, I have these practice exams in the form of a pdf file instead, links are given below.
To access the four practice exams in a single pdf file, Click HERE
To access the answer keys in a single pdf file, Click HERE.
These practice exams contain some reactions that we have skipped this semester, these questions are indicated with the text "deleted".
Lecture #32 has just been posted, apologies for the delay in getting this one posted. More...
Reminder, the completed version of the notes are available under the "Lecture Material > Notes" tab. More...
Today's lecture (# 31) has just been posted. More...
To see the answer key to Quiz #9, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #10, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #10 is Sunday, Apr 5th, 6PM.
Apologies, I found TWO errors in the quiz as originally posted, in question numbers 1 and 3. These have now been fixed as of 7:40PM, Saturday April 4th. The corrected version of the quiz has this blue text: "this is the corrected version of this question" at the start of questions 1 and 3. Please make sure that you are working with the corrected version of the quiz.
Another update: There was STILL an error in Question 1 (aargh!) I have uploaded a second corrected version of the quiz at 9:40PM, Saturday. Make sure your quiz has the final versions of questions 1 and 3. To see the final version of Question 1, Click HERE. To see the final version of Question 3, Click HERE.
Today's lecture (# 30) has just been posted. More...
To see the answer key to Quiz #9, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #10, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #10 is Sunday, Apr 5th, 6PM.
Today's lecture (# 29) has just been posted. More...
Today's lecture (# 28) has just been posted. More...
Today's lecture (# 27) has just been posted. Apologies for the background hiss in this lecture, I will try a new microphone system for the next lecture. More...
To see the answer key to Quiz #8, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #9, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #9 is Sunday, Mar 29th, 6PM.
Today's lecture (# 26) has just been posted. More...
The Current Points page been updated with all quizzes up to and including Quiz 8, and your midterm #1 scores after all regrades, Click HERE. The regraded exam scores have NOT been updated on This Page, but ONLY on the Current Points page, HERE
Please check to make sure there are no errors.
Because of the way that the online exam has to be setup. it will extend into the time set aside for office hours on Monday morning. For this reason, office hours on Monday March 23rd have to be cancelled.
The second midterm will not be proctored. If I use a system that requires a microphone or webcam there will be students who insist they don't have a webcam, or don't have the bandwidth to run a remote proctoring system etc. it will be a nightmare, therefore, the test will have to be "open book". Not ideal, and not how the course, homework and practice tests were originally setup, yet here we are!
Today's lecture (# 25) has just been posted. The end of this lecture (it is a short one) represents the end of the material for the midterm exam. More...
To see the answer key to Quiz #7, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #8, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #8 is Sunday, Mar 22nd, 6PM.
Sunday Mar 22nd is also the deadline for submitting the practice exam.
The material for the midterm #2 exam will be everything up to the end of the Aromaticity section of the notes, and the corresponding homework sections up to the end of aromaticity.
There will obviously be no live review sessions, but I have 2 that are pre-recorded.
To watch a review session on mainly Organometals and Ether reactions, Click HERE.
To watch a review session on mainly Conjugated Reactions and Aromaticity reactions, Click HERE.
If you find any benzene nomenclature on any practice material, you can ignore it, that will not be on the test
Chad McAllister will continue to hold weekly help sessions using Zoom, on Thursdays at 3:30pm. To join these use the following link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/7284077393.
To see how the exams will work using the Canvas site, Click HERE.
Today's lecture (# 24) has just been posted. More...
Today's lecture (# 23) has just been posted, apologies it was so very late, today has been drama filled as you might imagine, and as they current Director of the School of Molecular Sciences I have been trying to deal with the chaos all day.
I will try to get the rest of this week’s lectures posted a lot quicker than the one today. More...
The School of Molecular Sciences Learning Resource Center (the LRC) in the Physical Science H-Wing is closed for the next 2 weeks at least. You can still get help from the LRC during their normal hours, M-Th 8:00am – 9:00pm and F 8:00am - 4:30pm online via Slack channels. Too see instructions on how to do this, Click HERE (pdf file).
You will have noticed that there are no practice exams for midterm #2 on the homework site this semester, I have these practice exams in the form of a pdf file instead, links are given below. In these practice exams you can ignore any question that asks you about nomenclature of substituted benzenes.
To access the four practice exams in a single pdf file, Click HERE
To access the answer keys in a single pdf file, Click HERE
Ignore any benzene nomenclature questions you see in these practice tests, benzene nomenclature will not be on the next test.
As you all know by now, this class will be going fully online starting Monday Match 16th. I will record lectures in my office and post them online slater in the day as usual. Most of you already do the class this way anyway.
Office hours will be online at the usual times using zoom, the link is: https://asu.zoom.us/j/3171298485
There will still be an exam next week, it will be free response in the same format as all exams in this class. Instructions on how we will do this will be distributed later in the week. We will use the method used in all fo our fully online classes.
There is no quiz this week, enjoy the break!
Apologies, there was an error in the quiz 6 score that was posted yesterday, this has now been corrected on the new Current Points page, make sure you are seeing the Version that was updated on March 2nd (blue text at the top), Click HERE.
Please check to make sure there are no errors.
The Current Points page been updated with all quizzes up to and including #7, Click HERE.
Please check to make sure there are no errors.
Lecture #19 has been posted, it was cut a little short because the battery in my iPad died, apologies! More...
To see the answer key to Quiz #6, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #7, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #7 is Sunday, Mar 1st, 6PM.
The results for midterm #1 have now been posted on the Your Points > Exam Scores page. More...
To see the answer key to Quiz #5, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #6, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #6 is Sunday, Feb 23rd, 6PM.
To see a recording of today's review session, Click HERE.
To download the file, Click HERE.
To see the answer key to Quiz #4, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #5, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #4 is Sunday, Feb 16th, 6PM.
Material for the first midterm: The first midterm will cover everything from the Elimination reactions we started the semester with to the end of the Alcohols section of the notes. However, the tosylates section of the Alcohols notes, Section 6.3, is deleted, and, there will be no multistep synthesis problems that involve alcohol reactions that appear ONLY in the Alcohols section of the notes (reactions that include alcohols from previous sections or from first semester organic could be included in multi-step synthesis problems). These problems have been removed (moved to non-credit) on the homework site. There are NO ELIMINATION questions on the practice exams, but MAKE SURE that you know how to solve elimination problems of the kind given on the homework site!
There will a pre-test review session on Saturday Feb 15th, 3PM - 5PM. I was unable to reserve a classroom, so please meet OUTSIDE PS H-150. If H-150 is in use we will use one of the other H-Wing classrooms. The review session will be recorded and posted on the class website.
The Current Points page been updated with all quizzes up to and including #4, Click HERE.
Please check to make sure there are no errors.
The Current Points page been updated with all quizzes up to and including #4, Click HERE.
Please check to make sure there are no errors.
To see the answer key to Quiz #3, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #4, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #4 is Sunday, Feb 9th, 6PM.
The projector was broken in the classroom on Wednesday, Feb 5th and so I was not able to record my lecture. I finally found time to record an alternate lecture late last night, it is now posted. Apologies for the inconvenience. More...
To see the answer key to Quiz #2, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #3, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #2 is Sunday, Feb 2nd, 6PM.
To see the answer key to Quiz #1, Click HERE.
To see the new Quiz #2, Click HERE.
The deadline for submitting Quiz #2 is Sunday, Jan 26th, 6PM.
We occasionally do education research experiments in these classes, and we will run one this semester. You are all invited to participate.
To participate you will complete TWO surveys, one now and one at the end of the semester.
We are interested in understanding what you feel about the lecture course and organic chemistry learning in general. The surveys are not too long, they should take you no more than 15 minutes to complete it. If you agree to participate in this project by completing BOTH surveys and agreeing to allow us to use your class data for analysis, you will receive 10 points extra credit. If you participate, you will be anonymous in the study. We are not interested in individual students, we are only interested in the overall class trends.
To complete the FIRST survey, CLICK HERE. You MUST complete this survey before the end of the day, Sunday, January 26th in order to each class credit. Once you start the survey, don't stop to take a long break, since you may be timed out and you will not receive the proper credit.
To earn the extra credit points you will also ned to complete a corresponding survey at the end of the semester, I will remind you of that closer to the time.
I thank you for participating in this project, the goal is to learn how to teach organic chemistry better!
To see the video version of this message, Click HERE.
The video for lecture #4 has finally been posted on the recorded lectures page. Apologies for the delay! More...
The projector was broken in the classroom yesterday, Jan 22nd and so I wad not able to record my lecture. I will record a replacement lecture and post it hopefully later today. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Quiz submission is now open, the Quiz Submit link should now work! To see Quiz #1, Click HERE.
To see a short video showing how quizzes work in this class and how to submit your quiz, Click HERE.
The deadline for submission of Quiz #1 is 11:59PM, Wednesday Jan. 22nd. Note that this is one day later than given in the original syllabus. Remember, you are allowed to drop four quizzes this semester and so if you are going out of town, have computer problems etc., this is what the dropped quizzes are for.
The third video lecture has been posted on the recorded lectures page. From now on I will not be posting an announcement on here when teh video file is posted. The video file is usually posted towards the end of the day the lecture is recorded. More...
This class does have quizzes, however, To see Quiz #1, Click HERE.
Quiz #1 must be submitted by the end of the day WEDNESDAY January 22nd (i.e. before 11:59PM). HOWEVER, the quiz submission link at the top of this page will not be functional until Tuesday January 21st, i.e. after the drop/add deadline, and it will not open until around the middle of the day, I will post an announcement here. And so you should do the quiz and then be prepared to submit it next Wednesday but do NOT try to submit it before next Wednesday since the roster will not be loaded and the link will not work.
The gapped notes for the spring CHM 234 semester will be delivered to the ASU bookstore on Monday Jan 20th, and will be available for you to pick up on Tuesday Jan 21st. You should bring them to class on Wednesday Jan 22nd since we will start to use them on that date.
The first two video lectures for Lecture 1 on Monday and Lecture 2 today, Wednesday, have been posted on the recorded lectures page. More...
Apologies, I found that I had to make some changes to the gapped notes that will be required by those students who did NOT take CHM 233 with me in the fall, to get the latest version of these notes, Click HERE.
Make sure that you have the pdf file "halidesS2020Eliminationsg.pdf", not the pdf file "halidesS2020Eliminationsg.pdf", if you already printed the older file I apologize!
The class website is now open, please take a look at the following videos for more information on how the course works:
Click HERE to See How the homework site works (from Spring 2019 but still valid for this semester)
Click HERE to see How the gapped lecture notes work
Click HERE for an Introduction and How the class works (from Spring 2019 but still valid for this semester)
Click HERE for Additional information for online/HYBRID class students (from Spring 2019 but still valid for this semester)
This second semester class will start in an unusual way for me. Last semester we got quite a bit behind and we didn't finish the substitutions/eliminations section of the notes, we covered substitutions but not eliminations. Therefore, before we start the normal material for CHM 234, we need to finish off the eliminations section of the notes from CHM 233. Those students who took my CHM 233 class last semester, you will use the CHM 233 gapped notes you have for this, please BRING THEM TO CLASS on Monday Jan 7th! On the first day of class we will do a very quick review of substitutions and then get into the gapped elimination notes you already have.
The students who were NOT in my fall CHM 233 class will NEED A COPY of the gapped notes for elimination, to get a copy of these, Click HERE.
For the rest of the semester, ALL students will need a copy of the CHM 234 gapped notes, these are now available for purchase at the ASU bookstore.
I will bring hard copies of the Elimination Reaction gapped notes for those students who were not in my Fall CHM 233 class, but it will be more convenient for you if you can bring your own copies.
The syllabus is the same for both the regular/onground and the hybrid classes. To get a copy of the syllabus and class schedule, click HERE.
This class uses "gapped notes". You MUST buy a copy of these from the bookstore, they take the place of a textbook, which is not required for this class. The notes for the first few lectures are NOT part of the gapped notes package, to get a copy of these, Click HERE, or, if you were in my Fall 2019 CHM 233 class, you can use your CHM 233 gapped notes.
This class does NOT use a textbook. Textbooks are good for reference, but I strongly believe that they are not very good for teaching and learning. Your lecture notes should give you all of the information you need, and you can only learn organic chemistry by doing organic chemistry, not by reading it in a textbook. This class places a lot of emphasis the homework site, this is where you do organic chemistry and this is where you learn organic chemistry.
You do, however, need a copy of the Gapped Notes, see above.