Organic Chemistry
CH 334 is the first term of a year-long sequence (Ch 334, 335, 336)
intended to provide an in-depth overview of the properties, reactivity
and transformations of carbon compounds. The focus of CH 334 in
to provide an understanding of bonding and structure in organic
molecules, illustrate concepts surrounding the electronegativity and
its impact on structure, and to introduce nucleophilic and
electrophilic reaction mechanisms as applied to nucleophilic
substitution and electrophilic addition reactions.
Lectures: 11-12 MWF, Gilbert 224
Instructor: Prof. Kevin P. Gable
Contact information: kevin.gable@oregonstate.edu
Office: Weniger 341
Office Hours: Monday 3-4 p.m. or by appointment.
Required resources:
Text: Wade, "Organic Chemistry," 7th Edition. (Note that
any edition from 5-7 will be adequate, though you risk missing correct
problem assignments with anything except the 7th Edition.) The
Solutions Manual and Study Guide is recommended.
A molecular model kit is required.
Access to Blackboard is required for weekly quizzes; referral to Web
pages used in course lectures is recommended but not required.
News Items:
- Final grade cutoffs, based on total score (or percentages, for those with excused absences:
- A: 405 points (81%)
- A-: 390 points (78%)
- B+: 375 points (75%)
- B: 350 points (70%)
- B-: 330 points (66%)
- C+: 315 points (63%)
- C: 275 points (55%)
- C-: 250 points (50%)
- D+: 235 points (47%)
- D: 200 points (40%)
Below 200 points or 40% is failing. Grade cutoffs are different than they have been for individual exams, and factor in both performance on the final and the impact of quizzes on total scores.
- Quiz 10 Key
- Quiz 9 Key
- 12/1 I have reserved Gilbert 224 this Friday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. for a review session.
- 11/18 Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, Quiz 9 will
be left open until 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30. You are, of course, welcome
to complete it at any time before Monday if you have objections to
graded work during Dead Week. (Quiz 10 will make it up but will be
formally ungraded: everyone will get 10 points for it.)
- Quiz 8 Key
- Quiz 7 Key
- A copy of the exam and the key are posted. Please see the Exams page.
- Quiz 6 Key
- 11/3: We will have a review session in Gilbert 224 this Friday, November 6 at 5 p.m.
- 11/3: Midterm 2 is delayed until Friday, November 13
based on class discussion over time lost to illnesses and the Physics
exam on Wednesday. Coverage remains the same (Chapters 4, 5).
- Quiz 5 Key
- Quiz 4 Key
- A copy of the exam and the key are posted. Please see the Exams page.
- Quiz 3 Key
- I have reserved Gilbert 224 this Friday from 5-6:30 for a
review session. I will answer questions and work problems that
you request, but I have no more structure planned and no new
information will be given out.
- Quiz 2 Key
- 10/7: The Valley Library has informed me that my copy of Wade, 7th Ed. is now available with the call number VR 325.
- Quiz 1 Key
- 10/1:
I have placed a personal copy of Wade's 7th Edition on reserve at the
library. I am told it may not be available for a week. It
will be on 2-hour reserve; since there is only the one copy please
respect others' desire to consult it.
- 9/29. The Help Desk has been able to solve the
problem with Quiz 1. It should be visible to you. Please
let me know ASAP if there are remaining technical issues with it.
- 9/28. I'm aware that Quiz 1 is not visible (at
least for some): I'm trying to get Help Desk resolution of the
problem.
How to succeed in Organic Chemistry
Course Schedule
Course Grading Policy:
There are three contributors to the final letter grade:
- Weekly
quizzes on Blackboard (10 points
each; 100 points total). Questions will be designed to be similar
to assigned exercises from the text. You may use your book, class
notes, or the Web for reference; you may change answers as often as you
wish before the completion deadline; you are expected to submit your
own work. Submission will close at 5 p.m. the Friday of each
week; after
that, answer keys will be visible and no additional submissions will be
accepted. The goal of the quizzes is to ensure you are able to
apply the material from class to problems you are likely to see on an
exam. (Note: because of Dead Week restrictions, the final
quiz will be practice for the final only; all students will receive 10
points.)
- Midterm exams (2; 100 points each; 200
points total) will cover material discussed in class and the chapters
supporting that in the text. You should expect problems to take a
similar format to assigned problems from the text. Questions will
assess your mastery of the Learning Goals listed for each chapter.
- Final Exam (200 points). This will be
comprehensive. Material not covered on Midterms 1 and 2 will
receive heavier emphasis.
Your letter grade will be based on the total
number of points earned. The grading scale will be curved; the
average score will represent the B/B- cutoff.
Makeup policy: No
makeup work will be allowed. If you are unable to complete a quiz
or attend an exam, you are expected to contact Dr. Gable as soon as
reasonably possible. If your reason for missing the quiz/exam is
judged legitimate (at my sole discretion) I may excuse you from the
quiz or exam. In that case, your total score will be prorated
according to the percentage out of the points possible (500 less the
excused exercise).
Regrades: You
should always ask me to clarify how exams were graded and make a
careful comparison between posted answer keys and your answers.
You may request exams be regraded at any point prior to the end of Dead
Week, but at that point all grades except the Final Exam become
permanent.
The final exam must be taken for a student to earn credit.
Academic honesty.
Students are expected to follow OSU regulations
concerning academic honesty. Violations (including but not
limited to: collaboration on a graded exercise, use of unauthorized
material during exams, or submission of altered exams for regrade) will
be handled according to procedures laid out in the Academic Regulations
and may include penalties up to failure in the course.
Students with special needs:
Accommodations
are
collaborative efforts between students, faculty and Disability Access
Services (DAS). Students with accommodations approved through DAS are
responsible for contacting the faculty member in charge of the course
prior to or during the first week of the term to discuss
accommodations. Students who believe they are eligible for
accommodations but who have not yet obtained approval through DAS
should contact DAS immediately at 737-4098.
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