TEXTBOOK:Jones, Maitland "Organic Chemistry", 3rd Edition, 2005, W.W.Norton & Company is required.

Inexpensive sets of molecular models may be purchased in the T.U. Bookstore .

The purpose of the two semester course in Organic Chemistry is to enable you to understand the basic principles of the subject. The material in the second term builds upon what you learned in the first term.To succeed you will need to remember and use the nomenclature of organic chemistry and you will need to be able to understand structural drawings and draw structures of more complex organic compounds. You will continue to learn about the dynamics and reactivity of organic molecules now expanded to aromatic systems and the vast subject of carbonyl chemistry. Your mastery of spectroscopy (IR, UV and NMR) will be expanded upon to facilitate your understanding of structure as well as what transpires during reactions.

Further it is important to understand:

• (1) That, as was the case in the first term, this course involves cumulative, vertical learning. That which is learned in the first and subsequent weeks as well as what was learned last term remains needed continuously, throughout the year, even into the last week!
• (2) The pace is rapid because a large volume of material must be covered to prepare you for subsequent endeavours. A significant amount of material has already been left out.
• (3) It is widely believed that Organic Chemistry is "relentlessly cumulative". The belief is not without substance.

The second term in Organic Chemistry builds upon the first. It is not less time-consuming . Having succeeded in the first term you probably know that you should :

• (1) Do as many problems as you have time for beyond those assigned .
• (2) Study regularly. If you fall behind, it's hard to catch up.
• (3) Memorize as much as you can, paying attention to summaries at the end of each chapter. Since there is too much material to memorize everything, you should have enough so it can be applied to understanding theory and method.
• (4) Try to find another student or other students with whom to study on a regular basis . You will find that helping them learn will help you learn. The need to explain an issue will clarify your understanding (or lack) and lead to more questions.
• (5) There is a wealth of material on the WWW (some of which may be accurate) and there are many other fine books with excellent problem sets.
• (6) Study regularly. Year-after-year, we are told by bright students who have not done as well as they wished... If you fall behind, you can't catch up. Your already know that the material cannot be mastered in the last two weeks of the term.
• (7) Memorize some key material (this term you will be faced with many "name" reactions). Try to summarize the chapters on your own.

You MUST register for a Recitation Section of the course. Quizzes will be given in recitation and a portion of your final grade depends upon the scores you receive (see below). It is common to find that questions you did not have time to ask (or for which there was not enough time for a complete answer to be given) in lecture can be discussed in recitation.

Chemistries 2214 (Majors) and 2924 (Honors) are separate courses. Those courses have Chemistries 2213 (Majors) and 2923 (Honors) as prerequisites. The Honors and Majors meet together to the extent possible. Information for the Laboratory courses is provided separately when you go to laboratory and questions should be directed to the Organic Chemistry Laboratory Coordinator: Dr. A. Findeisen; BE 400, (215-204-7161), afindeis@temple.edu and to your Laboratory Instructor.

Your attendance at all lectures and recitations is expected and regular attendance is positively correlated with success in this course.

Grading is based upon a percentage scale. If you score more than 85% you are doing "A" work; scores less than 50% generally are unsatisfactory. Borderline grades are decided upon in consultation with recitation teaching assistants (TA's). There will be two 50 minute examinations worth 200 points each (for a total of 400 points) given during regular class time or recitation and a final examination worth 400 points. Tthe examinations are NOT multiple choice (the operating assumption being that if you know something you can write it down). Old examinations for this course are posted on the "Retrospective" portion of the http://photon.chem.temple.edu site that can be accessed from any ON CAMPUS computer but the questions will not be repeated and thus the old examinations should be used to help show what kinds of problems can be expected. The recitation score is 200 points (from 4 quizzes worth 50 points each. The lowest grade will be omitted and 50 points assigned on the basis of class participation).

The maximum score is 1000 points.

There will be NO MAKE-UP QUIZZES IN RECITATION. If you miss an exam for any reason, your grade will be decided upon the work that you have completed.

PLEASE NOTE: Except for the final examination where time constraints may preclude my preferences, I grade all of the lecture examinations myself. I believe this helps me understand where lack of communication is leading to difficulties.

All quizzes and examinations are "Closed Book". No books, notes, models, computers, or reference material may be consulted during the test period. You will not need a calculator. Giving or receiving information during examinations is a violation of the Temple Student Discipline Code and will result, at minimum, in a grade of "F" for this course.

A grading copy will be posted on the http://photon.chem.temple.edu site (that can be accessed from any ON CAMPUS computer) shortly after the examination is given. Graded papers will be returned to you either in your Recitation class or in the Lecture portion of the class as soon as possible.

I do not currently plan on discussing the examination in lecture or requesting the examination be discussed in recitation unless you have questions .

Answers to all assigned problems can be found in the Study Guide /Solutions Manual (on reserve in the Science, Engineering, Architecture Library -SEAL) or the text itself. It is essential that you work through each problem and understand the theory/method used for its solution. It is important to do the work before the recitation in which it is discussed so that questions you have can be answered. Experience has shown that students who do more than the assigned problems do well in this course.

Tuesday 4 May and Wednesday 5 May are study days. Final examinations begin on Thursday, 6 May. The final examination for this course is scheduled for Friday, 7 May from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM.