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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

Chem 0310 – Spring, 2013

Mon/Wed/Fri, 10:00-10:50 am – Room 152, CSC

You can subscribe to the Chem 0310 calendar at:
Chem 0310 Calendar

Professor Dennis P. Curran
1101 Chevron Science Center
Telephone: 624-8240
email: curran@pitt.edu
www.radical.chem.pitt.edu

OFFICE HOURS:
• Mondays, 11:00-11:50 am
• Fridays, 9:00-9:50 am
Ashe Lobby, 2nd Floor

RECITATIONS:
Mike Nardone: mjn22@pitt.edu
• Monday, 2:00 pm & 5:00 pm, Room 132, CSC
• Tuesday, 5:00 pm, Room 228, Eberly
• Wednesday, 2:00 pm, Room 132, CSC
• Thursday, 9:00 am, Room 132, CSC
• Friday, 3:00 pm, Room 228, Eberly

UTU SESSIONS:

EXAMINATIONS:
Three semester exams (each worth 100 points) and a final exam (200 points) There will be no make-up exams! The final is comprehensive and cannot be dropped!

QUIZZES:
There will be 12-13 take home quizzes, 10 points each. Grades for top 10 quizzes will count.

TEXTBOOK:
Organic Chemistry, 6th Edition, by Vollhardt and Schore, Freeman, 2009
www.whfreeman.com/chemistry/
Study Guide, 6th Edition, by Neil Schore.

GRADING:
The final grade is based on 500 points. Quizzes count 100 points. Your exam grade (400 points) is the higher of (1) all three semester exams (300 points) and the final exam (100 points) or (2) your two highest semester exams (100 points each) plus the final exam (200 points). In other words, in option (2) you can drop one semester exam score, but then the final exam counts double. All exams are normalized to a T-Score of about 75 points. Typical grade distributions (±5%) are: A's, 15%; B's, 35%; C's, 40%; D's/F's/W's, 10%..

Chem 0310 Spring 2012 Outline
               Chapter

Monday, Jan 7 2
Wednesday, Jan. 9 1
Friday, Jan. 11 2
Monday, Jan 14 2
Wednesday, Jan 16 2
Friday, Jan 18 2
Monday, Jan. 21 Martin Luther King Day
(No Class)
Wednesday, Jan. 23 3
Friday, Jan. 25 3
Monday, Jan. 28 3
Wednesday, Jan. 30 Exam 1, Chapters 1-3

Friday, Feb 1 4
Monday, Feb. 4 4
Wednesday, Feb. 6 4
Friday, Feb. 8 5
Monday, Feb. 11 5
Wednesday, Feb. 13 5
Friday, Feb. 15 6
Monday, Feb. 18 6
Wednesday, Feb. 20 6
Friday, Feb. 22 7
Monday, Feb. 25 7
Wednesday, Feb. 27 7

Friday, March 1 8
Monday, March 4 Exam 2, Chapters 4-7
Wednesday, March 6 8
Friday, March 8 8
Monday-Friday, March 11-15 Spring Break
Monday, March 18 9
Wednesday March 20 9
Friday, March 22 9
Monday, March 25 10
Wednesday, March 27 10
Friday, March 29 11

Monday, April 1 Exam 3, Chapters 8-10
Wednesday, April 3 11
Friday, April 5 11
Monday, April 8 12
Wednesday, April 10 12
Friday, April 12 12
Monday, April 15 12
Wednesday, April 17 12
Friday, April 19 13
 

**FINAL EXAM**
Wednesday, April 24
10:00 AM –- 11:50 AM, Room 152 CSC

HANDOUTS

Jan 7 Handouts
Jan 9 Handouts
Jan 11 Handouts
Jan 14 Handouts
Jan 16 Handouts
Jan 18 Handouts
Feb 1 Handouts
Feb 4 Handouts
Feb 6 Handouts
Feb 8 Handouts
Feb 13 Handouts
Feb 15 Handouts
Feb 18 Handouts
Feb 20 Handouts
Feb 22 Handouts
Mar 25 Handouts
Mar 27 Handouts
Mar 29 Handouts
Apr 3 Handouts
Apr 5 Handouts
Apr 15 Handouts

QUIZZES

Quiz 1 - Answers
Quiz 2 - Answers
Quiz 3 - Answers
Quiz 4 - Answers
Quiz 5 - Answers
Quiz 6 - Answers
Quiz 7 - Answers
Quiz 8 - Answers
Quiz 9 - Answers
Quiz 10 - Answers
Quiz 11 - Answers
Quiz 12 - Answers
Quiz 13 - Answers

PRACTICE EXAMS

Exam 1 - Answers
Exam 2 - Answers
Exam 3 - Answers
Final Exam - Answers

EXAMS

Exam 1 Summary
Exam 1 - Answers
Exam 1 Stats

Exam 2 Summary
Exam 2 - Answers
Exam 2 Stats

Exam 3 Summary
Exam 3 - Answers
Exam 3 Stats

Final Summary
Final Exam - Answers
Final Stats