This calendar contains lecture topics, reading assignments, and problem set and exam dates. The calendar also has links to problem sets, practice exams, additional study materials, and detailed outlines for different segments of the course.
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  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Lecture 1: Organic Structure Elucidation-IR Spectroscopy
  Lecture Schedule (PDF)
  Intoduction to 5.13
  Unit 1 Study Guide (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 2: IR Spectroscopy
  PS1 (PDF) |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 2 |  |  |  | Lecture 3: IR cont., Mass Spectrometric (MS) Techniques
  See Wade pp. 757-760 on Friedel Crafts Acylation |  |  |  | Lecture 4: MS Fragmentation Patterns |  |  |  | Lecture 5: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
  PS1 Due
  PS2 (PDF)
  FIDs Shown in Class (PDF) |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 3 |  |  |  | Lecture 6: NMR
  Styrene NMR at 90 MHz (PDF)
  Ethanol NMR at 90 MHz in CDCl3 (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 7: Carbon NMR and Combined Analysis for Structure Elucidation
  PS2 Due
  Reference Data for Exam 1 (PDF)
  Practice Exam (2002) (PDF)
  Solution to the Practice Exam (PDF)
  Para vs Meta Anisolealdehyde (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 8: Exam 1 |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 4 |  |  |  | Lecture 9: UV Visible Spectrometry, Fluoresence |  |  |  | Lecture 10: Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, Sulfides
  PS3 (PDF)
  Unit 2 Study Guide (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 11: Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, Sulfides |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 5 |  |  |  | Lecture 12: Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, Sulfides |  |  |  | Lecture 13: Molecular Orbital Theory
  PS3 Due
  PS4 (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 14: Molecular Orbital Theory
  Unit 3 Study Guide (PDF) |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 6 |  |  |  | Lecture 15: Pericyclic Reactions |  |  |  | Lecture 16: Pericyclic Reactions
  PS4 Due
  PS5 (PDF)
  PS5 Solutions (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 17: Sigmatropic Shift Reactions
  Practice Exam 2 (from 2002) (PDF)
  Solution to the Practice Exam (PDF) |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 7 |  |  |  | Lecture 18: Special Topics in Organic Electronics (Material to be tested on final) |  |  |  | Lecture 19: Exam 2 |  |  |  | Lecture 20: Amines
  Tentative Schedule for the Second Half Section (PDF)
  Outline for Amines and Carboxylic Acid (PDF) |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 8 |  |  |  | Lecture 21: Amines
  PS6 (PDF)
  Practice Problems on Amines (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 22: Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives |  |  |  | Lecture 23: Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 9 |  |  |  | Lecture 24: Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
  PS7 (PDF)
  PS6 Due
  Practice Problems on Carboxylic Acids (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 25: Enols and Enolates |  |  |  | Lecture 26: Enols and Enolates
  Outline of Topics for Second Half (PDF) |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 10 |  |  |  | Lecture 27: Enols and Enolates
  PS8 (PDF)
  PS7 Due
  Practice Problems on Enols and Enolates (PDF)
  Practice Exam for Exam 3 (From 2002) (PDF)
  Solutions to the Practice Exam for Exam 3 (From 2002) (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 28: Optional Problem Solving Session
  Practice Problems for Exam 3 (PDF)
  Solutions for the Practice Problems for Exam 3 (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 29: Exam 3 |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 11 |  |  |  | Lecture 30: Enols and Enolates |  |  |  | Lecture 31: Carbocations
  PS9 (PDF)
  PS8 Due |  |  |  | Lecture 32: Carbocations |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 12 |  |  |  | Lecture 33: Carbocations |  |  |  | Lecture 34: Radicals
  PS10 (PDF)
  PS9 Due |  |  |  | Lecture 35: Radicals |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   | 13 |  |  |  | Lecture 36: Exam 4  |  |  |  | Lecture 37: Radicals
  Additional Practice Problems for the Final (PDF) |  |  |  | Lecture 38: Photochemistry
  Practice Final (PDF) |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
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A final exam will be given 5 days after the last lecture.