ORGANICCHEMISTRY30A2

UCLASpring2012
Professor:
Office:
Officehours:
Lectures:
Instructional
Materials:

Dr.PatrickHarran
5505AMolecularSciencesBuildingharran@chem.ucla.edu
PleasesendallchemistryandgeneralcoursequestionstoVirtualOfficeHours.
T10:0011:00amTH11:0012:00pm5505MSB
MWF9:009:50am CS76YoungHall
Brown,Foote,Iverson,Anslyn,OrganicChemistry,6thEd.,Brooks/Cole,2011
B.Iverson,S.Iverson,StudentStudyGuideandSolutionsManual,Brooks/Cole.
D.P.Weeks,PushingElectrons,Brooks/Cole
MolecularModelKit
VirtualOfficeHours:http://vohweb.chem.ucla.edu/voh/
LectureNotes:UCLAStoreprovidesLectureNotes.Noroyaltiesarecharged.
Podcast:www.bruincast.ucla.edu(UseyourUCLAlogon/ID)Directquestions
tobruincasthelp@ucla.edu

TeachingAssistants: JackBrackenjbracken@chem.ucla.eduOH:M22:50pmWGYoung1340
F33:50pmWGYoung1379
YangCaoyangcao@chem.ucla.eduOH:R910amWGYoung1379
F89amWGYoung1379
XingJiangjiangxingno.1@gmail.comOH:W34pmWGYoung1379
W45pmWGYoung1379
DiscussionSections: Eachstudentshouldattendthediscussionsectioninwhichtheyareenrolled.
Quizzeswillbegiven,butscoreswillnotbedirectlyaddedtothecoursetotal.
Instead,theymaybeusedtoraisecoursegradesinborderlinecases.
Grading:

SpecialNotice:

Twomidtermexams
DiscussionandParticipation
ComprehensiveFinalExam

200
40
200
Totalpoints 440
Nogradesareassignedperexam.Therearenomakeupexams.Incomplete
givenonlyforCorbetterperformanceandemergencyexcuseformissingfinal.
Cheatingisnottolerated.TheDeanofStudentshandlesallcasesofcheating.
Thisclassisimpactedsoitmaynotbedroppedafterthesecondweekofaterm
forotherthanexceptionallyextenuatingcircumstances.

GeneralTopics

Chapters
CovalentBondingandShapesofMolecules
AlkanesandCycloalkanes
StereoisomerismandChirality
AcidsandBases
Alkenes,ReactionsofAlkenes
Alkynes
Haloalkanes,Halogenation,andRadicalReactions
NucleophilicSubstitutionandElimination

1
2
3
4
5,6
7
8
9

NOTES:

Additionalrecommendationsforreading,problems,andexerciseswillbemadeduring
lectures.MaterialfromGeneralChemistryisassumedtobecommonknowledge.Exam
questionswillbederivedfromassignedreading,problemsand(especially)lectures.

ORGANICCHEMISTRY30ASpring2012CALENDARS
March
April

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY
28
Quarterbegins

02
Instructionbegins
Chapter1
09

04

FRIDAY
30
CesarChavez
holiday
06

Chapter1
11
Chapter2

Chapter1
13
StudyListdeadline
Chapter2

16
Chapter3

18
Chapter3

20
Chapter3

23
Chapter4

25
Chapter4

27
Chapter4

02
Chapter5

04
Chapter5

07
Chapter5

09
Chapter6

11
Chapter6

14
Chapter6

16
Chapter7

18
Chapter7

21
Chapter7

23
Chapter8

25
Chapter8

28
MemorialDay
holiday

30
Chapter8

Chapter2

30
EXAMI
May

June
04
Chapter9

06
Chapter9

11
Finals

13
Finals

FINALEXAM:TBA

01
EXAMII
08
Instructionends
Chapter9

15
Finals
Quarterends

ORGANICCHEMISTRY30ASpring2012WEEKLYCALENDAR

8:00

9:00

MONDAY

TUESDAY
DIS2C
BOELTER5252
XingJiang

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY
DIS2G
BOELTER5273
YangCao

FRIDAY
YangCaoOH
WGYoung1379

Lecture
CS76

DIS2D
BOELTER5273
XingJiang

Lecture
CS76

YangCaoOH
WGYoung1379

Lecture
CS76

DIS2E
WGYoung3069
YangCao

HarranOH
5505MolSci

10:00

HarranOH
5505MolSci

11:00

DIS2A
WGYoung3069
JackBracken

12:00

DIS2B
WGYOUNG3069
JackBracken

DIS2H
MS5203
YangCao

1:00

2:00

3:00

JackBrackenOH
WGYoung1340

DIS2F
WGYoung3069
XingJiang

DIS2I
WGYOUNG
3069
JackBracken

XingJiangOH
WGYoung1379
35pm

JackBrackenOH
WGYoung1379
34pm

ORGANICCHEMISTRY30A2
PracticeProblemAssignments5thEdition
Thisclasswillgenerallycoverallsectionsofeachchapter.Sectionsofchaptersthatwillnotbecoveredindepthwill
benotedinlecture.Thefollowinglistsofproblemsarethosedeemedmostinterestingbytheprofessor.Ideally,you
shouldreadallofeachchapteranddoalloftheproblems!
Chapter1

Problems:3,5,6,8,11,3,15,17,18,29,30,35,41,45,48,52,53,56,60,64,73,75

Chapter2

Problems:3,4,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14,17,19,2226,27,29,30,32,37,44,45,47,50,56,58,63,64.

Chapter3

Problems:1,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,16,21,22,23,27,30,31.

Chapter4

Problems:2,3,4,6,10,13,15,16,17,20,22,26,27,27,28,31,33,35,36,38,41,46,48,49,54.

Chapter5

Problems:2,5,6,8,11,114,16,19,24,33,34.

Chapter6

Problems:1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,14,15,16,18,21,24,25,27,29,33,34,36,39,44,46,47.

Chapter7

Problems:1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,11,12,13,14,16,17,2025.

Chapter8

Problems:1,2(andcalculateratios),3,4,5,7,14,15,16,18,23,25,28.

Chapter9

Problems:19,1115,17,18,20,22,25,28,32,34,37,38,39,43,44,45,47,49,51,54,55,56,57,59.

GENERALRECOMMENDATIONS

Attend all lectures

Lecture material is very important for this class.
Attend assigned discussion sections.
Read all assigned readings.
Work through all assigned problems.
Learn all new material when it is presented.
Study daily.
Do not get behind in studying.
Review class material weekly.
Do not leave learning new material until immediately before an exam.
The best way to learn is by repetitive problem solving and observing common
themes.
One way to find out if you KNOW the material is to explain it to someone else.
Material for this class, and the Organic Chemistry series, is cumulative.