Exam I:

Chapter 10 Sections 1, 3 and 4: You must be able to draw and interpret Lewis structures; you must be able to predict molecular and electron-pair geometries of 'simple' molecules, determine bond angles and numbers of bonding and nonbonding electrons; and you must be able to predict the polarity of 'simple' molecules. (As review for the material we covered in Chapter 12.)

Chapter 12 Sections 1 - 6

  • kinetic-molecular (atomic level) view of matter;

  • phases and phase changes;

  • cooling/heating curves;

  • vapor pressure and the Clausius-Clapyron equation;

  • phase diagrams;

  • types of intermolecular attractive forces;

  • properties of liquid state and water;

  • types of crystalline solids;

  • simple cubic, body-centered cubic and face-centered cubic cells and density calculations.

Problem Sets 1, 2 and 3. (Review Problem Set problems 1a, 1b, 1f, 1g, 2, 8.) Blank copies of the problem sets and answers are at the Problem Set link.

Lecture notes for Wednesday, August 22 - Monday, September 10.

Help Sessions on Monday, August 27th, Monday August 29th, Wednesday, September 5th and Monday, September 10th.

Pre/post-Lectures Explorations #1 - 6, and In-Class Activity #1. Check the expert's responses to the explorations and In-Class Activity.

Chapter 10: Problems 10.61, 10.62, 10.64 - 10.67, and 10.84.

Chapter 12: Problems 12.1 - 12.4, 12.7, 12.8, 12.12, 12.13, 12.15, 12.16, 12.18, 12.19, 12.20, 12.21, 12.22, 12.23, 12.24, 12.25, 12.26, 12.28, 12.30 - 12.55, 12.69, 12.78, 12.83, 12.84, 12.86, 12.88, 12.93, 12.98, 12.99, 12.110b - d, 12.117, 12.121, 12.126, 12.140.

Exam II:

Chapter 13:

Section 1 - 5 (we did not discuss osmotic pressure in Sec 5, or colloids in Sec 6.)

Chapter 15:

Section 1 and 2 (only that material pertaining to alkanes and structural isomers)

Chapter 16:

Section 1 - 8

Problem Sest 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Lecture Notes from Monday, September 10, 2001 to Wednesday, October 10, 2001.

Help Sessions from September 24, 2001 through October 15, 2001

Pre-Lecture exploration from Monday, September 10 through Wednesday, October 10, 2001

Laboratory: Experiment #2: Qualitative Cation Analysis, Survival Organic Chemistry: Hydrocarbons, Experiment #5: Introduction to Spectroscopy and Experiment #7: Kinetics of Crystal Violet Decomposition: You should know any reactions that occurred in these experiments and you should have a clear understanding of the experimental procedures and ideas and theories used to interpret the data and data analysis.

Chapter 13: Problems 13.7, 13.9, 13.11, 13.13, 13.16, 13.18, 13.23, 13.24, 13.28, 13.32, 13.35, 13.38, 13.40, 13.50, 13.52, 13.54, 13.56, 13.58, 13.60, 13.62, 13.64, 13.66, 13.68, 13.70, 13.72, 13.86, 13.88, 13.90, 13.92, 13.94, 13.96, 13.98, 13.100, 13.102, 13.115, 13.129.

Chapter 15: Problems 15.8, 15.20, 15.21, 15.22, 15.23, 15.109.

Chapter 16: Problems 16.14, 16.16, 16.18, 16.21, 16.22, 16.23, 16.25, 16.26, 16.28, 16.30, 16.32, 16.34, 16.36, 16.39, 16.41, 16.43, 16,45, 16.47, 16.49, 16.53, 16.56, 16.62, 16.64, 16.65, 16.69, 16.70, 16.72, 16.77, 16.87, 16.112, 16.115.

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Exam III:

Chapter 17

Sections 1 - 6

Chapter 18

Sections 1 - 5

Problem Sets 7, 8, 11 and 12.1 - 12.5

Lecture Notes from Monday, October 15, 2001 through Monday, November 5, 2001.

Help Sessions on October 22, 2001, October 29, 2001, October 31, and November 5, 2001

Pre-Lecture exploration from Monday, October 15 through Monday, November 5, 2001

Laboratory: You should know any reactions that occurred in these experiments and you should have a clear understanding of the experimental procedures and ideas and theories used to interpret the data and data analysis.

Experiment #2:Qualitative Cation Analysis;

Survival Organic Chemistry: Hydrocarbons/alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, alcohols, carboxylic acids and amines;

Experiment #8: Photometric Determination of an Equilibrium Constant;

Experiment #3: Preparation of Aspirin.

Chapter 15 Problems: Try Sample Problem 15.2 (but do not worry abou chiral centers), 15.18, 15.19, 15.28, 15.29, 15.30, 15.31

Chapter 17 Problems (from Silberberg):17.4, 17.5, 17.12, 17.14, 17.16, 17.18, 17.20, 17.23, 17.25, 17.26, 17.27, 17.29, 17.31, 17.33, 17.35, 17.38, 17.40, 17.41, 17.43, 17.45, 17.47, 17.49, 17.51, 17.53, 17.55, 17.58, 17.59, 17.63, 17.65, 17.67, 17.69, 17.71, 17.73, 17.76, 17.81, 17.94.

Chapter 18 Problems (from Silberberg):18.5, 18.7, 18.9, 18.11, 18.13, 18.15, 18.22, 18.23, 18.25, 18.27, 18.29, 18.31, 18.36, 18.37, 18.41, 18.43, 18.45, 18.47, 18.49, 18.51, 18.53, 18.55, 18.57, 18.59, 18.60, 18.63, 18.65, 18.67, 18.69, 18.71, 18.73, 18.75, 18.77, 18.79, 18.82, 18.83, 18.86, 18.88, 18.90, 18.92.

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Exam IV:

Chapter 18

Sections 1 - 7 (Note: even though Sections 1 - 5 were covered on Exam III, this material is still important to understand salts, common ions, neutralization reactions and buffers.)

  • Arrhenius definition of acids and bases;

  • memorize the strong acids and the strong bases discussed in class;

  • autoionization of water and Kw;

  • pH, pOH and pK;

  • Bronsted-Lowry definition of acids and bases;

  • conjugate acid-base pairs and relative strengths of BL acids and bases;

  • writing the equilibrim chemical equation and the equilibrium expression for any acid or base that dr. g. can imagine;

  • calculating Ka or Kb given initial concentrations and pH;

  • calculating pH given intial concentrations and K;

  • calculating pH for diprotic or triprotic acids;

  • writing the chemical equation that describes how the salt behaves as an acid or base;

  • trends in the strength of hydrohalic acids and oxy-acids;

  • acid-base properties of salt solutions;

  • calculating Ka or Kb for salts;

Chapter 19

Sections 1 - 2 (Note: Our textbook takes a different approach to buffer solutions than we have. You are responsible for solving neutralization and buffer problems the way I described them in class and as shown in our problem sets. The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation has not been discussed in class, so do not use it when solving buffer problems.)

  • pH calculations of weak acid and its conjugate base (common ion);

  • pH calculations of weak base and its conjugate acid (common ion);

  • predicting the products of neutralization reactions;

  • calculating the K for a neutralization reaction;

  • titration curves of strong acids and strong bases;

  • titration curves of weak acids and strong bases;

  • calculating the pH at any point on a titration curve;

  • determining the reagents and concentration to prepare a buffer of a particular pH;

  • pH calculations of buffer solution;

  • effect on the pH of a buffer solution upon addition of a strong acid or a strong base;

Chapter 20

Sections 1 - 4(Note: How far we get in this chapter will be determined on Friday, December 7, 2001)

Problem Sets 11 and 15

Lecture Notes from Friday, October 26, 2001 through Friday, December 7, 2001.

Help Sessions between Friday, October 26, 2001 through Friday, December 7, 2001.

Pre-Lecture exploration from Friday, October 26, 2001 through Friday, December 7, 2001.

Laboratory: You should know any reactions that occurred in these experiments and you should have a clear understanding of the experimental procedures and ideas and theories used to interpret the data and data analysis.

Experiment #9: Potentiometric determination of a weak Acid equilibrium Constant (Important);

Experiment #3: Preparation of aspirin, and titration of an aspirin tablet;

Experiment #6: Colorimetric Determination of Phosphate ion in water;

Experiment #2: Qualitative Anion Analysis;

Web Experiment: Metal/Metal Ion Reactions (Introduction to the Activity Series)

Chapter 18 Problems (from Silberberg):18.94, 18.96, 18.98, 18.100, 18.104, 18.107, 18.108, 18.110, 18.117, 18.121, 18.123, 18.125.

Chapter 19 Problems (from Silberberg):19.1, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 19.8, 19.10, 19.11, 19.13, 19.15, 19.17, 19.19, 19.21, 19.27, 19.28, 19.29, 19.30, 19.31, 19.33, 19.35, 19.38, 19.42, 19.44, 19.46, 19.54, 19.56, 19.58, 19.60.

Chapter 20 Problems (from Silberberg):20.1, 20.2, 20.16, 20.18, 20.20, 20.22, 20.24, 20.26, 20.28, 20.32, 20.33, 20.35, 20.37, 20.39, 20.41, 20.46, 20.50, 20.52, 20.54, 20.56, 20.58, 20.60, 20.64, 20.68, 20.70, 20.83.

Exam V (Comprehensive Final):

Review previous exams to be sure you understand and are able to do problems that were missed on the first three hour examinations. If you missed a question on Exam I - III you should review that material. Some of the problems on the comprehensive final could be different fromthe problems on the hour exam. Additionally, Exam V could cover questions since Exam III that are not covered on Exam IV.