Organic Chemistry I Chem 326 3 Credits South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Fall 2011

1. Organic Chemistry I Chem 326 3 Credits South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Fall 2011 MWF 10:00-10:50 Dr. David A. Boyles Room 319 Chemistry Bldg

2. Prerequisites: Chem 112 Chem 112L Chem 114 • GEN CHEM SUBJECT MATTER YOU MUST KNOW IN ADVANCE OF THIS CLASS: • Periodic Table: Trends, common elements, spelling and abbreviations of elements • Electron configurations of H, B, Al, C, N, O, S, X • Lewis dot configurations of elements, compounds, ions with geometries by VSEPR • Nomenclature of inorganic compounds • Defined: Chemical structure versus chemical formula • Chemical structure and chemical formulae of six strong acids • Chemical reactions of acids and bases when dissolved in water

3. I. RULES OF THE GAME A. Syllabus B. Attendance C. If You Want Something D. Office Hours E. Note Well—Ethics II. TYPES OF THINKING IN THIS COURSE Eating an elephant III. COURSE METHOD A. Student Passivity B. Active Participation in Team Learning C. Types of Speech IV. CLASSROOM DAILY SCHEDULE Grading

4. RULES OF THE GAME SYLLABUS WRITE DOWN THIS LINK NOW NOWNOW: http://boyles.sdsmt.edu/SyllabiFall2011/Chem326.htm CONTAINS THE ANSWER TO EVERY QUESTION I AM ASKED WHEN I REPLY ‘READ THE SYLLABUS’ EXPECT A QUIZ ON THE SYLLABUS

5. Attendance • Required. Period. • Makeups for school sponsored activities ONLY as per university policy. Period. • No exams or quizzes given other than at scheduled time. Period. • Two quizzes thrown out—additional missed for any reason get zeros • If you blow off two early on and then you have to go to your dog’s funeral the last month, you have blown your chances. Period.

6. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING I EXPECT THAT… YOU REGISTER YOUR REQUEST IN PERSON AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME THIS IS NOT A DISTANCE CLASS, THEREFORE I do not play telephone tag with students I do not answer student email I am not on Facebook, LinkedIN, Twitter or other cutsey venues I ABHOR handheld devices of EVERY sort BE WHERE YOU ARE NOW, NOT SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU AREN’T

7. OFFICE HOURS • BY DEFINITION ARE THE HOURS WHEN YOU MAY SEE ME FOR PROLONGED QUESTIONS ONLY • DON’T ANNOY ME AND ASK IF YOU MAY SEE ME DURING MY OFFICE HOURS, OKAY?? THAT’S WHAT THE HOURS ARE FOR! FOR SHORT QUESTIONS ON MATERIAL SEE ME IMMEDIATELY AFTER CLASS BEFORE I GO TO MY OFFICE

8. 1.    When to see me: Office hours without appointment; Office hours are MWF 11:00 to 11:50. THE best time to see me is immediately after class while I am yet in class if you have quick questions--don't put them off--there will be new material tomorrow.  I handle quick questions quickly and they usually do not need office time. By appointment made while I am yet in class after class but only if you cannot follow above directions.  For BRIEF questions see me immediately after class while I am yet in  the classroom.  2.    When NOT to see me: • Immediately before class. • When I am clearly in a hurry, or when I am clearly in serious conversation with someone else--wait your turn. • When I am with chemicals or in the laboratory.  3.    When you MUST see me in my office and not in public: Private matters including grades issues, medical issues, personal matters—yours, not mine.

9. NOTE WELL. ETHICS I DO NOT DISCUSS WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL ANY MATTER OF CONCERN TO THE ENTIRE CLASS If your question is in the interest of the entire class, ask before the entire class NO INSIDER SECRETS!! 2. I DO NOT REPEAT WHAT I HAVE ALREADY PUT IN WRITING AND WHAT YOU ARE GIVEN ACCESS TO—SYLLABUS, ASSIGNMENTS, OFFICE HOURS ….to do so fosters learned helplessness on your part 3. I DO NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS BEFORE OR DURING QUIZZES AND EXAMS …..I want to know what YOU know, and what sense you make of the question, even if there is a typo OR ambiguity Everyone has the same information including typos

10. Types of thinking involved in this course • 1. Verbal • multisyllabic terminology • highly standardized terminology • 2. Logical • chemical structures have names based on molecular features • 3. Memory • organic chemistry has its alphabet(s) • 4. Analogical • a reaction that occurs for one compound will similarly occur for similar compounds—allows us to predict reactions without doing every one of them in the laboratory • LOOK FOR PATERNS • 5. Symbolic • organic chemistry has unique symbols to describe reality • 6. Abstract • terminology, symbol, reactivity occur together

11. Make no mistake! ORGANIC CHEMISTRY IS AN…

12. QUESTION: HOW DO YOU EAT AN ENTIRE ELEPHANT? ANSWER… ONE BITE AT A TIME Inch by inch…anything’s a cinch!

13. STUDY—A NOBLE PATH TO WISDOM L. studium "study, application," originally "eagerness," from studere "to be diligent" Diligence = Industrious "characterized by energy, effort, attention" (1552) “Do, or do not. THERE IS NO ‘TRY.’ --Jedi Master Yoda

14. “The academic norm is that each class period involves one hour of work in class and two hours outside of class for every hour in class” ---Regent Policy Manual YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY… THE SOONER YOU MAKE YOUR FIRST 10,000 MISTAKES…. THE SOONER YOU MAY BEGIN TO CORRECT THEM

15. IN SOME CLASSROOMS, STUDENTS….

16. LOOK PASSIVELY GAWK ▸ verb:  look with amazement; look stupidly

18. LISTEN PASSIVELY

19. ….which IN CLASSROOMS is known as…

20. ARE TALKED TO = STUDENT PASSIVITY

21. “IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER”

22. THE TROUBLE WITH LECTURE…. THE MORE I LECTURE…THE MORE YOU WATCH and LISTEN… THE MORE YOU ARE PASSIVE, THE MORE YOU FOOL YOURSELF INTO THINKING YOU UNDERSTAND…SO…. THE LESS YOU STUDY… THE LESS YOU COME TO CLASS PREPARED…. THE LESS YOU LEARN…. THE LESS COMPETITIVE YOU ARE WITH STUDENTS ELSEWHERE….INCLUDING HERE THE LESS EDUCATION YOU GET FOR YOUR MONEY

23. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IS PREFERABLE TO PASSIVITY …EVEN SO, SPEECH COMES IN TWO DIFFERENT FLAVORS:

24. 1. “EMPTY TALK” • blah blah blah…. yap yap yap…. OR….

25. FULL SPEECH …the hydroxide ion is a very poor leaving group … …nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl carbon… ..it’s the strongest acid because of the position on the Periodic Table… …since carbon is in Group IV it has 4 valence electrons…

26. Daily Classroom Schedule 1. GROUP 5 minutes10:00 to 10:05 Debrief while sitting with your group over assignment your last-minute questions; it may be to your benefit  to begin this before the hypothetical bell rings. It is too late to begin studying the material at this point. NO ONE IS TO BE STUDYING ALONE or I will presume you are failing to use this time wisely 2. DEGROUP20 minutes 10:05 to ~10:25 Individual quiz; pass in. 3. REGROUP 10 minutes 10:25 to ~10:40 Group quiz 4. DEBRIEF 10 minutes 10:40 to 10:50 Quiz solutions and questions from floor; assignment given for next  period. 

27. GRADING • There will be daily quizzes and 2 or 3 examinations. In addition a comprehensive final for the semester will be given as scheduled during finals' week. • The daily quiz score will be A MIX OF GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL SCORES. • Each exam including the final exam is an individual exam and each counts as 100 points. • There are approximately 350 quiz points, 300 exam points, and 100 final exam points = 750 points for the semester. Keep this in mind. Be able to calculate your percentage grade each period. I will not do it for you. • Some quizzes have the opportunity for bonus points. These can but be in your interest as they are over and above the 10 point daily quiz total used to calculate your grade.

28. ASSIGNMENTS AT END OF EACH PERIOD: 1.1 TO 1.8 FOR THIS FRIDAY APPROXIMATELY 10-11 CHAPTERS COVERED THIS SEMESTER ~ 550 PAGES/ 35 PERIODS = 16 PAGES/ PERIOD • KEEP IT IN PERSPECTIVE— • WIDE MARGINS • LOTZA PICTURES • YOU HAVE SOLUTIONS TO EVERY PROBLEM-- USE SOLUTIONS MANUAL

29. SUMMARY: • 1. INDIVIDUAL, OUT-OF-CLASS STUDY • 2 HOURS OUT OF CLASS PER EACH CLASS PERIOD • 14-16 PAGES IN TEXT • USE SOLUTIONS MANUAL • GROUP PROCESSING BY TEAM LEARNING • DEBRIEF 5 MINUTES • INDIVIDUAL QUIZ 20 MINUTES • GROUP QUIZ 10 MINUTES 3. FINAL REVIEW

30. READING--GUESS WHAT? YOU WON’T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU READ THE FIRST TIME—PEOPLE OVERESTIMATE THEIR INTELLIGENCE AND ABILITY YOU WILL NOT BE ALONE—Everyone is in the same boat and faces the same assignment and quiz YOUR COMPREHENSION WILL IMPROVE WITH TIME AND EFFORT YOU CANNOT PASS THIS CLASS ON GROUP SCORES ALONE THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU WILL DO IN THIS CLASS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO IN LECTURE TO GET THE SAME GRADE—DON’T FOOL YOURSELF IF YOU CAN’T PASS A CLASS ARRANGED LIKE THIS YOU HAVE ZIPPO CHANCE PASSING THIS COURSE BY THE LECTURE METHOD THIS KIND OF COURSE IS MORE WORK FOR ME THAN LECTURE IS

31. REMEMBER…. Winners are simply those …. Who do things losers don’t want to do http://boyles.sdsmt.edu/SyllabiFall2011/Chem326.htm

34. Know • "Opinions expressed during the show are educational and informational in nature and are directed only at the individual students based on their specific and unique circumstances. The material provides general educational information only to the class. For advice appropriate to your specific situation, please consult a local health care professional.”

35. 3R Method This is intellectual work—to keep mind off of automatic pilot • 1. READ—do not merely highlight • 2. RECITE—ask yourself to summarize in points what you have read • 3. REVIEW—summarize your study session before leaving it (The mind is a sieve---full of holes stuff leaks out of)

36. Quiz Periodic Table: Group Number = ___________________________ Total number of electrons for SOCl2 = _____________________ Central atom of SOCl2 = ______________________________ Geometry of SOCl2 is given by this METHOD ________________ Lewis Dot Structure of SOCl2 = _______________________ Geometry of SOCl2 = __________________________ Hybridization around each atom of SOCl2 = ______ WE DISCUSS, DESCRIBE, MANIPULATE THINGS YOU CANNOT NOT SEE IN THIS CLASS EXCEPT BY REPRESENTATIONS of their REALITY That you are tested on

37. Organic Chemistry = The chemistry of carbon compounds Chemistry = study at the molecular level of the synthesis, reactions, classification, strict nomenclature • At least 7 million compared with 1 million inorganic compounds. Why? • Pervasive in society. Includes • Substances in living organisms: carbohydrates, fats and oils, proteins, nucleic acids • Petroleum and biobased materials: fuels, dyes, pharmaceuticals, plastics and polymeric materials, fibers • The foundation for further study in • Chemistry • Biochemistry, polymer chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry • Chemical Engineering and Industrial chemistry • Medicine

38. Types of thinking involved in this course • 1. Verbal • multisyllabic terminology • highly standardized terminology • 2. Logical • chemical structures have names based on molecular features • 3. Memory • organic chemistry has its alphabet(s) • 4. Analogical • a reaction that occurs for one compound will similarly occur for similar compounds—allows us to predict reactions without doing every one of them them in the laboratory • LOOK FOR PATERNS • 5. Symbolic • organic chemistry has unique symbols to describe reality • 6. Abstract • terminology, symbol, reactivity occur together

39. ANY DOG CAN CHASE A FRISBEE…

40. BUT TRY TO TEACH THEM ORGANIC • And all they do is watch and listen and pant • Organic is a language • The best way to learn a language is to speak it