NESA Organic Chemistry Spring 2002

On this site you will find selected handouts organic chemistry taught at the New England School of Acupuncture during the Spring semester of 2002. These materials are meant mainly for the use of those enrolled in the respective courses. They are a available for general public distribution in good faith of their proper use. If you have any questions about material on this site please direct them to Tyler Heibeck.

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Organic Chemistry Spring 2002

Course postings by type

• Homework listing
• Lecture Notes
• Lecture Outlines
• Exams and Keys

Course Postings by date

• 5/8/02
• Histogrames for Exam 3
• 5/6/02
• Exam 3
• Answer Key
• Drill Sheet for Final
• Drill Sheet answers for Final
• 4/29/02
• Drill Sheet for Exam 3
• Drill Sheet answers for Exam 3
• 4/19/02
• Exam 2 Copy
• Answer Key for Exam 2
• Histogrames for Exam 2
• Homework: Lecture 10: 17.31, .32, .36, .40, .48, .52 & Lecture 11: 17.56, .58, .60, .61, .77, .78 Selected answers
• Lecture notes for Carboxylic Acids
• 4/13/02
• Exam 2 Drill Sheet
• Exam 2 Drill Sheet answer sheet
• 4/07/02 - Revised Syllabus posted
• 4/01/02
• Lecture notes for Aldehydes and Keytones
• Homework: Lecture 8: 18, 22, 26, 28 & Lecture 9: 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 48
• Errors from last week's handouts corrected. Lecture notes Functional Group order
• 3/25/02
• Lecture notes for Amines
• Homework 15.19, .20, .21, .22, .25, .32, .43. Selected Answers
• 3/22/02
• Answer Key and Histogrames for Exam 1 posted.
• Homework: 14.27 (b,c,d,f), 14.29 (a,c,e,f), & 14.46 Selected Answers
• Lecture covered ethers and sulfur containing compounds. Notes
• Questions were fielded about the exam and specific questions were covered
• Changes to the course structure, a revised schedule, and grading changes were proposed. The changes are listed here. Before the grading changes are started we will have to have the agreement of all members of the class (it is a departure from the syllabus). Since many were absent from lecture we will wait a week to adapt the change.
• IUPAC order of functional groups for organic nomenclature
• 3/7/02
• Copy of Exam 1. Answer key will be posted when all members of the class have taken the exam.
• 2/25/02
• Ortho,para and meta directing groups on aromatic compounds and reactions of alcohols.
• Answers for homework 4 posted
• Homework: 14.38, .40, .42
• 2/18/02
• Reactions of aromatic compounds and properties and nomenclature of alcohols
• Homework: 13.60, .61, .62, .76, .81 and 14.22, .26, .30, .32
• Answers for homework 3 posted
• 2/11/02
• Properties and reactions of alkanes, alkanes, and alkynes
• Note: Not all material covered. Well be covered next week
• Homework: 12.56, .58, .67, .68, 13.50, .52, 54, .79
• Answers for homework 2 posted
• 2/4/02
• Hydrocarbon nomenclature
• Homework: 12.46, .47, .48, .51, .53 and 13.27, .30, .32, .73
• Answers for homework 1 posted
• 1/28/01
• Syllabus - Overview of the course.
• Introduction - Review of fundamental chemical concepts and an introduction to organic structure.
• Homework - 12.17, .29, .33, .39, .43, .45, and 13.44. Select answers