Organic Chemistry I

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Predict structure-property relationship trends by recognizing how even subtle changes in structure can profoundly impact chemical and physical properties
• Demonstrate representational competence by learning to interpret, draw, convert between, and explain the purpose of various chemical representations
• Demonstrate mechanistic reasoning by learning to draw and interpret arrow-pushing mechanisms that depict the movement of electrons in organic chemistry reactions
• Use organic chemistry reactions to design synthetic and retrosynthetic routes for functional group transformations
• Interpret and use IR/NMR spectral data to identify structural features, confirm chemical structures, and assess reaction progress
• Recognize the societal relevance of organic chemistry by connecting how chemical structure and reactivity affect the world around us, including medicinal, biological, nutritional, and environmental impacts

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Unit Tests	40%
Final Exam	20%
Homework Assignments	20%
Quizzes	10%
Attendance & iClicker Participation	10%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
≥93%	A
90-92%	A-
87-89%	B+
83-86%	B
80-82%	B-
77-79%	C+
73-76%	C
70-72%	C-
67-69%	D+
63-66%	D
60-62%	D-
<60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

iClickers polls will be used to collect the attendance and participation during each lecture meeting. This grade will be calculated as a percentage of the number of lectures attended out of the number of lectures held.

Anyone who is more than 10 minutes late or who leaves more than 20 minutes early will be recorded as absent.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Organic Chemistry, 5e, Integrated e-text with e-solutions Manual Wiley Plus Single Term
• iClicker Remote or REEF Polling