The Language of Chemistry, Fall 2000 CHEMISTRY 105

 

 

Instructors: Dr. Frank C. Schroeder, 580 Baker Laboratory; email: fs31@cornell.edu; phone: 255 7515.

Dr. Stephen J. Schvaneveldt

 

Lecture Schedule: MWF 12:20-1:10 PM, 119 Baker Laboratory;
Office hours: Wednesday 4:00-6:00 PM, 219 Baker Laboratory, or by appointment.



Textbook: The Extraordinary Chemistry of Ordinary Things, 3rd Edition,
Carl H. Snyder, Wiley 1997, ISBN 0-471-17905-1

 

Additional Readings:

1. Chapter 6 "Stereochemistry", John McMurry; Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 3rd Edition, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company 1994, ISBN 0-534-21210-7.

2. Chapter 13 "Structure Determination"
John McMurry; Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 3rd Edition.

3. Chapter 9 "The Great Peacock Moth" from
"The Insect World of J. Henri Fabre", Dodd, Mead &Company 1949

4. "The Incredible History of Quinine" from "Green Medicine",
Margret B. Kreig, Rand McNally 1964.

5. Chapter 1 "Molecular Messengers" from "Chemical Communication - The Language of Pheromones" W. C. Agosta, Scientific American Library 1992, ISBN 140-3213-5026-0.

6. Excerpts from "The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of DNA"
James Watson, Lawrence Bragg, New American Library 1991, ISBN 0451627873.

 

SYLLABUS

8/25

Introduction and description of course objectives

 

8/28

Atoms and Elements I

ECOT chapter 2

8/30

Atoms and Elements II

ECOT chapter 2

9/01

Atoms and Elements III

ECOT chapter 2

9/04

Chemical Bonding I - ionic compounds

ECOT chapter 3

9/06

Chemical Bonding II - covalent compounds

ECOT chapter 3

9/08

Chemical Bonding II - covalent compounds

ECOT chapter 3

9/11

Chemical Concentrations

ECOT chapter 6

9/13

Chemical Equations, Avogadro's Number, and the Mole

ECOT chapter 6

9/15

Chemical Equations, Avogadro's Number, and the Mole

ECOT chapter 6

9/18

Introduction to Organic Chemistry I - Hydrocarbons and Nomenclature

ECOT chapter 7

9/20

Introduction to Organic Chemistry I - Hydrocarbons and Nomenclature

ECOT chapter 7

9/22

Introduction to Organic Chemistry II - Reactions and Functional Groups

ECOT chapter 7

9/25

Review of Previous Material

 

9/27

 

PRELIM #1

 

9/29

Introduction to Organic Chemistry II - Reactions and Functional Groups

ECOT chapter 7

10/02

Petroleum I

ECOT chapter 8

10/04

Petroleum II, Le Chatelier's Principle

ECOT chapter 8, 9

10/06

Acids and Bases I - Definitions, Reactions

ECOT chapter 9

10/11

Acids and Bases II - pH

ECOT chapter 9

10/13

Oxidation and Reduction

ECOT chapter 10

 

10/16

The States of Matter; Term Papers: choosing a topic, format

ECOT chapter 11

 

10/18

 

Using the library for research on chemical topics

(Leah Solla, Pat Viele)

 

10/20

Introduction to Organic Chemistry III - Stereochemistry

ECOT chapter 15

McMurry, chapter 6

10/23

Molecules of Life - Overview, Lipids

ECOT chapter 14

10/25

Carbohydrates

ECOT chapter 15

10/27

Proteins

ECOT chapter 16

10/30

The Genetic Code

J. Watson

11/01

Review of Previous Material

 

11/03

 

PRELIM #2

 

11/06

Minerals and Vitamins

ECOT chapter 17

11/08

Poisons and Toxins

ECOT chapter 18

11/10

Medicines and Drugs

ECOT chapter 21
M. Kreig

11/13

Radioactivity I - Basic principles, Fission and Fusion

ECOT chapter 4

11/15

Radioactivity II - Nuclear Power, and the Nuclear Calendar

ECOT chapter 5

11/17

Chemistry of the Atmosphere

ECOT chapter 7,13

11/20

Pollution and the Environment

ECOT chapter 14

11/22

Chemical Ecology - Chemical Communication

W. Agosta, H. Fabre

11/27

Analytical Chemistry I: Separation and isolation of organic compounds, chromatography.

McMurry, Chapter 13

11/29

Analytical Chemistry II: Techniques for structure determination: NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.

McMurry, Chapter 13

12/01

Polymers and Plastics

ECOT chapter 19

12/08

 

Final Examination 12:00-2:30 PM