Chemistry 353ORGANIC CHEMISTRY III

Dr. George S. Kriz

Chemistry Building 342

650-3126

George.Kriz@wwu.edu

Office Hours

Monday and Friday10:00 A. M. to 12:00 noon

Monday1:00 to 3:00 P.M.

Textbooks and Other Materials

TextbookD. L. Pavia, G. M. Lampman, and G. S. Kriz, Organic Chemistry

(Volume 3) – REQUIRED

Be certain that you have the 2003 edition. Note that we will also continue in Volume 2, Chapter 14 Also: The problem set answer keys are included in each volume

Molecular Model SetProteus Organic Chemistry Models Kit – REQUIRED

ACS Examinations Institute, Preparing for Your ACS Examination in Organic Chemistry -- RECOMMENDED

Grading Standards

Point Distribution:Two Hour Examinations (@ 100) 200 pts

Weekly Quizzes 100

Final Examination (ACS Exam) 100

TOTAL 400 pts

Assignment of Letter Grades:360 to 400 pts (90 to 100%) A

320 to 359 (80 to 90%) B

260 to 319 (65 to 80%) C

220 to 259 (55 to 65%) D

less than 220 ( less than 55%) F

Examination Dates

Friday, April 21Coverage: Chapters 14, 15, and 16

Friday, May 12Coverage: Chapters 16, 17, and 18

Monday, June 7 (10:30 to 12:30)FINAL EXAM

Coverage: Cumulative over three quarters

Standardized Test in Organic Chemistry

(published by ACS Examinations Institute)

Weekly Quizzes

April 7 April 14 April 28 May 5 May 19 May 26 NOTE: Only the scores from the best five of

the quiz set will be counted toward the final course grade.

Final Examination

The final examination in this course will be the Standardized Test in Organic Chemistry, published by the ACS Examinations Institute. This examination covers the entire year of organic chemistry.

Because the ACS Exam is normalized so that a student performing at an “average” level should score at the 50th percentile, your score on the ACS Exam will be scaled to a class average more appropriate for this class. See the handout for details on how the grades will be scaled.

Scaling Factor for ACS Standardized Test in Organic Chemistry

Scaled Score = ACS Percentile + 100 - ACS PercentileACS Percentile

100

Using this scale factor, a raw score (ACS percentile) of 50 is converted to a 75 final examination percentage. An ACS percentile score of 70 becomes a 91; an ACS percentile of 30 becomes a 51.

Sample examinations are available as .pdf files and can be downloaded. You will need to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader as a helper in your web browser in order to view these files.

Web Pagehttp://atom.chem.wwu.edu/dept/facstaff/

kriz/c353kriz.html

Problem-Solving Sessions

I have set aside an hour each week (Thursdays I have set aside an hour each week (Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:00) for a Problem-Solving from 4:00 to 5:00) for a Problem-Solving Session.Session.

Location: Chemistry Building 385.Location: Chemistry Building 385.

The Problem-Solving Sessions are The Problem-Solving Sessions are optionaloptional. I . I intend to bring in a few sample problems that intend to bring in a few sample problems that can be solved by students working in small can be solved by students working in small groups. Problems and questions posed by groups. Problems and questions posed by students will also be addressed.students will also be addressed.

The first session will be held on Thursday, April The first session will be held on Thursday, April 6.6.

Resubmitting an Examination

As a special policy, I will not post answer keys immediately after each examination. Instead, I will allow each student an opportunity to correct his or her examination based on a review of lecture notes and the textbook

Students may earn up to 20% of the “missing” points by correcting their examinations and resubmitting them. Once the deadline has passed, I will post the answer key for everyone to use.

Note that the regrading option will not be available for the final examination.