CH 335 is the second term of a year-long sequence (Ch 334, 335, 336) intended to provide an in-depth overview of the properties, reactivity and transformations of carbon compounds.  The focus of CH 335 is to provide an understanding of the carbon-carbon pi bond in alkenes and aromatic systems, and the structural characterization of organic compounds using IR, NMR, MS and other techniques.

Lectures:  10:00-10:50 am MWF, Weniger 151
Instructor:  Prof. Kevin P. Gable
Contact information:  kevin.gable@oregonstate.edu
Office:  Gilbert 234
Office Hours:  M, Th in Gilbert 324, or by appointment (see my schedule for free times).

TAs:
Taisiia Feoktistova
Office Hours: 5-6 M, 3-4 Th
Location: Gilbert 322

Casey Huggins
Office Hours: 11-12:30 MWF
Location: Gilbert 322

Required resources:
Text:  Vollhardt and Schore, "Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function," 8th Edition.   The Solutions Manual and Study Guide is recommended.
A molecular model kit is required.
We have asked OSU Bookstores to stock a package which includes the text, solutions manual, a model kit and E-text access for 12 months. You are also welcome to purchase any of these separately.
Web access is needed for online homework. Referral to Web pages used in course lectures is recommended but not required.
You will need to purchase access to the Achieve Learning site ($107 for the term—including access to e-text, or continued use of a year-long subscription) to access online graded homework.
The Web site materials are provided for your benefit, but parallel what's in the text and presented in lecture and are not strictly necessary. If you see the JSmol logo (JSmol Logo) the page will need a modern Web browser: Internet Explorer v. 9 or better; or any recent version of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Apple Safari. Touch control of 3-D interactive molecules may not be fully functional.

Prerequisites: CH 334 or instructor approval

Course content: see link.

Measurable Learning Outcomes: See chapter-by-chapter learning goals articulated in pages linked via the course schedule.

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Course Schedule and links to learning goals

Course Grading Policy and Evaluation of Student Performance:
There are three contributors to the final letter grade:
  1. Weekly online homework. 10 points per week; 100 points total. This service, called "Achieve," is administered by a third party, Macmillan Learning, who also publish our textbook. While most of you have already purchased a 12-month access code, you may be able to obtain shorter-term access from the publisher. Achieve is accessible from Canvas.
  2. Midterm exams (2; 100 points each; 200 points total) will cover material discussed in class and the chapters supporting that in the text.  You should expect problems to take a similar format to assigned problems from the text.  Questions will assess your mastery of the Learning Goals listed for each chapter. The midterm exams are scheduled in class, on Monday, January 24 and Monday, February 21 (Week 4, Week 8).
  3. Final Exam (200 points).  This will be comprehensive.  Material not covered on Midterms 1 and 2 will receive heavier emphasis. Exam details are on the Exams link. The final exam is scheduled for TBA
Your letter grade will be based on the total number of points earned.  The grading scale will be curved; the average score will represent the B/B- cutoff.

Makeup policy:  No makeup work will be allowed.  If you are unable to complete a homework or attend an exam, you are expected to contact Dr. Gable as soon as reasonably possible.  If your reason for missing the exercise is judged legitimate (at my sole discretion) I may excuse you from the exercise.  In that case, your total score will be prorated according to the percentage out of the points possible (500 less the excused exercise).

Regrades:  You should always ask me to clarify how exams were graded and make a careful comparison between posted answer keys and your answers.  You may request exams be regraded at any point prior to the end of Dead Week, but at that point all grades except the Final Exam become permanent. 

The final exam must be taken for a student to earn credit.

Academic honesty.  Students are expected to follow OSU regulations concerning academic honesty; see https://beav.es/codeofconduct. Violations (including but not limited to: collaboration on a graded exercise, use of unauthorized material during exams, or submission of altered exams for regrade) will be handled according to procedures laid out in the Academic Regulations and may include penalties up to failure in the course.

Students with special needs: 

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