ram seshadri: Spring 2019, Chemistry 2C (Honors)
Time and Place: T R 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm, Phelps 1425
Office hours: After class (T R 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm) or by appointment.
Resources:
Textbook: Chemical Principles 8th Edition, Steven S. Zumdahl and Donald J. DeCoste, Cengage 2017, most of chapters 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 20 (if possible), in that order.
Grading scheme: 20 % for assignments, 20 % + 20 % for the two midterms, and 40 % for the finals.
Midterm dates: TBA
Printable (PDF) periodic table from NIST with electronic configurations. Please keep a printout with you.Class schedule:
| Date | Subject, files etc |
|---|---|
| T 4/2 | Chap. 15: Chemical Kinetics: Reaction rates and rate laws |
| R 4/4 | Chap. 15: Chemical Kinetics: First, second, and zeroth order reactions and half-life |
| Assignment 1 PDF (due in-class 4/11/2019). Please read these notes | |
| T 4/9 | Chap. 15: Chemical Kinetics: Mechanisms and Catalysis (taught by Dr. Joya Cooley) |
| R 4/11 | Chap. 15: Chemical Kinetics: Mechanisms and Catalysis (taught by Dr. Joya Cooley) |
| Assignment 2 PDF (due in-class 4/18/2019) | |
| T 4/16 | Chap. 16: Liquids and solids |
| R 4/18 | Chap. 16: Liquids and solids |
| Assignment 3 PDF (due in-class 4/25/2019) | |
| T 4/23 | Chap. 17: Solutions |
| R 4/25 | Chap. 17: Solutions |
| T 4/30 | Chap. 17: Solutions, completed and Chap. 19 (Transition metals) start |
| Assignment 4 PDF (due in-class 5/7/2019) | |
| R 5/2 | In-class midterm |
| T 5/7 | Chap. 19 (Transition metals) |
| Mnemonic PDF for filling electrons in atoms. Remember the order in which electrons are removed are not the order they are filled in. | |
| R 5/9 | Chap. 19 (Transition metals) |
| Assignment 5 PDF (due in-class 5/16/2019) | |
| T 5/14 | Chap. 19 (Transition Metals) |
| R 5/16 | Chap. 19 (Transition Metals) finished |
| T 5/21 | Chap. 21 Organic Chemistry |
| Assignment 6 PDF (due in-class 5/28/2019). (The Key here: PDF) | |
| R 5/23 | In-class midterm: Syllabus (PDF) |
| T 5/28 | Chap. 21 Organic Chemistry (contd.) |
| R 5/30 | Chap. 21 Organic Chemistry (contd.) |
| Assignment 7 PDF (The Key here: PDF) | |
| T 6/4 | Chap. 21 Organic Chemistry, Polymers and biological macromolecules |
| R 6/6 | Review for finals: Chapter 19 from Coordination Chemistry to end, and Chapter 21, until before polymers. |