ANNOUNCEMENTS
23-Dec-10. If you are curious about the schedule for 336 next semester, the web page is now online.

21-Dec-09. Grades are now available at the Rutgers Gradebook (login with your Rutgers NetID and password). The high grade on the final exam was 98. If you would like to look over your final exam, Dr. Huskey will be available 9-11 on Dec 22, and 9-10 on Jan 4 and Jan 5, or stop by to see him when the spring semester starts.

01-Dec-09. Starting this semester, course evaluations are online. Please go to the Rutgers Sakai site, log in with your NetID, and click on "All Surveys" to find course evaluations. The last date to submit an evaluation is December 10.

29-Oct-09. Rutgers-Newark math and science majors can now participate in new activites funded by the National Science Foundation. The program, called the "Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program" (LSAMP), is just getting underway on the campus, and will involve tutoring, research internships, graduate fellowships. To sign up and learn more, visit the LSAMP web page . Note in particular the link for the application form.

20-Oct-09. All of Chapter 7 will be covered except for section 7.15 ("Stereoregular Polymers").

02-Sep-09. The copy of the syllabus distributed in class incorrectly listed exam 3 as covering chapters 6-12; the correct range should be 9-12.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Tue SEP 01 Chapter 1: Structure Determines Properties
Thr SEP 03 Chapter 1
MonSEP 07 No recitation (Labor Day)
Tue SEP 08 Mon Schedule: no lecture; recitation instead at 2:30 in Conklin 100
Thr SEP 10 Chapter 2: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes: Introduction to Hydrocarbons
Tue SEP 15 Chapter 3: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes: Conformations and cis-trans Stereoisomers
Thr SEP 17 Chapter 3
Tue SEP 22 Chapter 4: Alcohols and Alkyl Halides
Thr SEP 24 Chapter 4
Tue SEP 29 Exam 1: Chapters 1-4
Thr OCT 01 Chapter 5: Structure and Preparation of Alkenes: Elimination Reactions
Tue OCT 06 Chapter 5
Thr OCT 08 Chapter 6: Addition Reactions of Alkenes
Tue OCT 13 Chapter 6
Thr OCT 15 Chapter 7: Stereochemistry
Tue OCT 20 Chapter 7
Thr OCT 22 Chapter 8: Nucleophilic Substitution
Tue OCT 27 Chapter 8
Thr OCT 29 Chapter 8
Tue NOV 03 Exam 2: Chapters 5-8
Thr NOV 05 Chapter 9: Alkynes
Tue NOV 10 Chapter 10: Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems
Thr NOV 12 Chapter 10
Tue NOV 17 Chapter 11: Arenes and Aromaticity
Thr NOV 19 Chapter 11
Tue NOV 24 Chapter 12: Reactions of Arenes: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
Thr NOV 26 Thanksgiving Holiday, No Class
Tue DEC 01 Chapter 12
Thr DEC 03 Chapter 12
Tue DEC 08 Exam 3: Chapters 9-12
Tue DEC 10 Review
Thr DEC 17 3:00 Comprehensive Final Exam

TEXT/ASSIGNED PROBLEMS
Text: Carey Organic Chemistry, 7th ed. (2008), and the accompanying Student Solutions Manual, (McGraw-Hill). A small molecular-model kit, available at the bookstore, is also highly recommended.
Homework Problems (homework will not be collected)

Ch 1: 1-39,40,42,43,46,48,49,50,53,55,57,58,63,64,68
Ch 2: 1-13,17-19,22,26-29,39,40,42,45,49
Ch 3: 1-3,5-16,17,18,22,23,25,30,34,37,39
Ch 4: 1,3-15,17,18,20,21,22,32,34,37,38,40,43,48,52,54-61
Ch 5: 1-24,25,27,31,33,34,35,37,39,46,49
Ch 6: 1-13,16-25,26,28,31,32,34,36,37,47,54
Ch 7: 1-3,6-25,28,29,31,33,38,43
Ch 8: 1-18,19,21,24,25,32,34,48,49
Ch 9: 1-15,17,18,22,23,25,26,27,31,33
Ch 10: 1-20,21,24,26,28,31,39,40,44,47
Ch 11: 1,3,5-17,19-27,29,31,34,35,36,41,44,50,52
Ch 12: 1-23,24,26,29,30,35,42,54,55

MOLECULAR MODELS
A small molecular model kit made by either Cochranes of Oxford or Indigo Instruments is available in the bookstore. Note that these inexpensive kits do not include directions, so you may wish to download these online instructions.

OFFICE HOURS
Dr. Huskey
Fall 2009 Office Hours (214 Olson Hall)

Friday 9:00 - 10:00 (Check the announcements section for occasional changes to this time).

Or by appointment (huskey@newark.rutgers.edu)

The best way to contact Dr. Huskey is through email: huskey@newark.rutgers.edu . He rarely checks voice mail and he is often far from a phone.


GRADES/EXAMS
Three 80-minute exams will count for 50% of the course grade, and a comprehensive final exam will count for the other 50% of the course grade. To avoid any need for make-up exams, the score on the final exam can be used to replace the lowest score of the 80-minute exams (or an 80-minute exam missed for any reason). Letter grades will be assigned according to the following scale (scores are percentages of the maximum possible points): A (100-85), B+ (84-80), B (70-79), C+ (69-65), C (64-55), D (54-45), F (44-0).

RECITATION
Recitations on Mondays (2:30-3:50, Conklin 100) will be used to discuss homework problems and review lecture material.

HELP
If you need assistance, want study tips, or have questions about the course material or homework problems, see Dr. Huskey during his office hours, meet with him in the recitation section, make an appointment to see him at times other than his office hours, or contact the Learning Center for other options.

The Learning Resource Center in Bradley Hall can provide various types of assistance:

  1. Free Tutoring. If there are enough requests at the Learning Resource Center for tutors, free tutoring will be provided.
  2. Learning Assistants. If you would like advice on how to develop better study habits and skills, make an appointment with a learning assistant at the Learning Resource Center.

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