Organic Chemistry I
Chem 243
Fall 2008
Instructor: William J. Skawinski
Office: Tiernan 323A
Phone: 973-642-7938
Email: skawinski@adm.njit.edu
Web Page: www-ec.njit.edu/~skawinsk/chem243
Office Hours: Monday 12:00pm-1:00pm, Thursday 2:00pm-3:00pm or by arrangement.
Textbook: Organic Chemistry, 9th edition by Graham-Solomons (Wiley Publishing
Hard Cover: ISBN: 978-0-471-68496-1
Less Expensive Binder Version: ISBN: 9780471752370
The Study Guide for the textbook may be useful:
ISBN: 978-0-470-05098-9
An inexpensive set of molecular models is highly recommended and models can be used during exams.
Material to be covered and tentative exam dates:
Chapter 1: Carbon Compounds and Chemical Bonds
Chapter 2: Representative Compounds, and Functional Groups, Intermolecular Forces and Infrared Spectroscopy
Chapter 3: Organic Reactions, Acids and Bases
Exam 1, 9/25/2008
Chapter 4: Alkanes, Nomenclature, Conformational Analysis and Synthesis
Chapter 5: Stereochemistry
Chapter 6: Ionic Reactions
Exam 2, 10/23/2008
Chapter 7: Alkenes and Alkynes 1, Properties and Synthesis
Chapter 8: Alkenes and Alkynes 2, Addition Reactions
Chapter 9: NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
Exam 3, 11/19/2008
Chapter 10: Radical Reactions
Chapter 11: Alcohols and Ethers
Chapter 12: Alcohols from Carbonyl Compounds
Final Exam
Course Objectives for Final Exam
The lowest grade of the first three exams will be dropped. Homework and molecular modeling projects will be graded and added to the total of the exams in calculating the final grade. Attendance is required and will effect the final grade.
The course web page (www-ec.njit.edu/~skawinsk/chem243) will contain additional information and suggested problems from each chapter. Links to other sites of interest are also included. Software to perform molecular modeling projects can also be reached through the web page.
The ArgusLab program can be obtained from arguslab.com
There are more extensive notes on some of the subjects we will be covering that were used in a previous course. You can find those notes at:
Notes from previous course
The NJIT Honor Code will be upheld, and any violations
will be brought to the immediate attention of the Dean of Students.