Organic Chemistry II, CHM 3150
Dr. Laurie Starkey, Cal Poly Pomona
CHM 3150
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O-Chem Survival
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- Klein Organic Chemistry (4th edition)
- Need extra help?
Reach out to your study group, post a question on Discord, come to office hours, get tutoring at the Learning Resource Center (LRC).
- ACS Organic Chemistry Final Exam
- this multiple-choice exam will be used for this semester's final exam
Final Exam topics from CHM 3140 and CHM 3150.
Study Guide:
ACS exams website (composite scores).
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Final Exam
Thursday, 5/16 7:00-8:50 am
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Homework, Practice Problems & Handouts for current semester
Chapter 11 - Synthesis EOC Cover Sheet - due by date of Exam I to Gradescope, with any hand-written problems attached
Homework #1 (20-Question Review) - due Wednesday, 1/31 to Gradescope (click on Log in with School Credentials)
How to make flash cards - up to three flash cards can be prepared for every reaction/reagent/transformation from Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 12...
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Chapter 12 - Alcohols skeleton notes | Ch. 12 summary | EOC Cover Sheet
Chapter 12 Flipped Lecture Recordings (and skeleton notes pages)
- Part 1 - Nomenclature of Alcohols and Ethers, and Part 1 of Alcohols (35 minutes, skeleton notes pages 12-1 to 12-3)
- Part 2 - Alcohol Synthesis (38 minutes, skeleton notes pages 12-4 to 12-7)
- Part 3 - Reactions of alcohols (45 minutes, skeleton notes pages 12-8 to 12-11)
Interesting Alcohols!
Alcohol/Ether Nomenclature practice worksheet
and answer key
Cool demo: potassium + water = KOH and BOOM! (e.g., an explosive way to make hydroxide from water, or an alkoxide from an alcohol)
Grignard/Hydride homework (due Wednesday, 2/7)
Interesting phenols, including CBD and THC
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Chapter 13 - Ethers & Epoxides skeleton notes | Ch. 13 summary | EOC Cover Sheet
Chapter 13 Flipped Lecture Recordings (and skeleton notes pages)
- Part 1 - structure, properties and preparation of ethers (Williamson ether synthesis), synthesis of epoxides (33 minutes, pages 13-1 to 13-3)
- Part 2 - ring-opening reactions of epoxides (57 minutes, pages 13-4 to 13-7)
- Part 3 - ether synthesis strategies (7 minutes, page 13-8)
Epoxide Ring Opening homework (due Sunday 2/18)
SN2 backside attack practice and answer key
Exam I practice problems: Alcohol/Ether Sample Transforms and answer
key
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Exam I - blank exam (answer key is in Canvas) and Histogram
See also: Exam Wrapper Reflection/Survey and Exam Corrections (due Sunday 3/3)
"I studied so much, how did I bomb this exam?" exploration of study habits and
"How to Earn an A (...or B) in Organic Chemistry" handout
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Chapter 19 - Aldehydes & Ketones skeleton notes | Ch. 19 summary
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Chapter 19 Flipped Lecture Recordings (and skeleton notes pages)
- Part 1a - IUPAC of Aldehydes and Ketones (14 minutes, skeleton notes page 19-1)
- Part 1b - Preparation, Reaction with Hydride/Grignard (38 minutes, skeleton notes pages 19-1 to 19-3)
- Part 2a - Wittig (13 minutes, pages 19-4 to 19-5)
- Part 2b - Acetal Formation (29 minutes, pages 19-5 to 19-7)
- Part 2c - Acetal Hydrolysis (10 minutes, page 19-7)
- Part 3a - Nitrogen Nucleophiles (8 minutes, page 19-8)
- Part 3b - Oxidations & Reductions (9 minutes, page 19-9)
- Part 4 - Acetals as Protective Groups (20 minutes, page 19-12 to 19-14)
Aldehyde/Ketone Nomenclature practice
worksheet and answer key
Fragrant carbonyl compounds
Alcohol Synthesis
homework (due Sunday, 3/3)
Acetal Mechanism homework (due Tuesday, 3/5)
Chapters 1-19 synthesis practice and answer key
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Chapter 20 - Carboxylic Acids & Their Derivatives - Ch. 20 skeleton notes and Nomenclature skeleton notes | Ch. 20 summary
Chapter 20 Flipped Lecture Recordings (and skeleton notes pages)
EOC Cover Sheet
(suggested end-of-chapter problems, and cover sheet for submission to Gradescope to get credit for textbook problems)
Carboxylic Acids/Derivatives Nomenclature practice problems and answer
key
Infographics: Common names of carboxylic acids and Odors of esters
Hydrolysis Mechanism homework (due Sunday, 3/17)
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Exam II blank exam (answer key is in Canvas) (Histogram)
See also: Exam Wrapper Reflection/Survey (due Sunday 3/3)
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Chapter 21 - Enols & Enolates Skeleton notes | Ch. 21 summary | EOC Cover Sheet
Chapter 21 Flipped Lecture Recordings (and skeleton notes pages)
"Messy Aldol" homework (due Sunday 3/31)
Chapter 21 synthesis practice problems and answer key
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Chapter 17/18 - Aromatic Compounds & Their Reactions - Ch 17/18 Outline/Schedule | Ch. 17/18 summary | Ch 17 EOC Cover Sheet and Ch 18 EOC Cover Sheet
Step 1 - Ch. 17 - Aromaticity (61 minutes) and IUPAC - Aromatic Compounds (12 minutes) (Chapter 17 skeleton notes, all pages)
Step 2 - Aromatic Reactions - Part 1 (38 minutes - skeleton notes pages 18-1 through 18-4)
Step 3 - Aromatic Reactions - Part 2 (45 minutes - skeleton notes pages 18-5 through 18-10)
Step 4 - Aromatic Reactions - Part 3 (53 minutes - skeleton notes pages 18-11 through 18-15)
EAS Homework #1 (due Tuesday, 4/23)
EAS Homework #2 (due Saturday, 4/27)
Nanotechnology Friday5: CHM 3150 Wiki | Nanotechnology's Big Impact | Discovery of Fullerenes
Summary of Reagents for aromatic reactions (Ch. 18) and diazonium salts (Ch. 22)
Aromatic synthesis extra practice problems and answer key: page 1 | page 2
Sample Exams
(Why are there no answer keys? What is the best way to study for an exam? Click here to find out!)
"The structure known, but not yet accessible by synthesis, is to the chemist
what the unclimbed mountain, the uncharted sea, the untilled field, the unreached planet, are to others."
R. B. Woodward, Nobel Laureate Chemistry (1965)
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Last updated April 18, 2024.
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