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Lectures:
T/Th 9:30 – 10:45 PM (319
Stevenson Hall)
Office Hours:
Monday 12 – 2 PM; Wednesday
11 – 1 PM
Syllabus
Texts (recommended):
(1)
“Advanced Organic Chemistry,
5th
Edition, Part A: Structure and
Mechanisms.” F. A. Carey and R. J. Sundberg,
Springer: 2008. ISBN: 0387683461
(2) “Advanced Organic Chemistry, 5th Edition, Part B: Reactions and
Synthesis.” F. A. Carey and R. J. Sundberg,
Springer: 2008. ISBN: 0387683542
(3) "Frontier Orbitals and Organic Chemical
Reactions." I.
Fleming, Wiley: 2010. ISBN: 0470746599
Grades:
15% Homework
20% Midterm #1 (2/16)
20% Midterm #2 (4/5)
15% Hot Paper Summaries (written)
30% Final
Problem sets
will be distributed on Tuesday every week (except weeks of
Midterms). They will be due the following Tuesday before
class. Detailed solutions will be posted on the class
website.
Late penalty: 1 day, 50% off;
more than 1 day, no credit. Collaboration is permitted, but
each collaborator is expected to work all of the
problems.