The Zysman-Colman Group

Important Announcements

Class hours : Tuesday from 13h30 to 15h20; Wednesday from 8h30 to 10h20
Room: D7-2023

Due date for next homework: Always the class after the homework assignment has been distributed

Tutorial sessions: Every second Monday from 13h30-15h00 in D7-2021 starting September 13
Next totorial sessions: Monday November 1; Wednesday November 3 in D3-2039 from 13h30-15h30

Final Exam: Monday December 13 from 9h00-12h00 [schedule]
The Organic Chemistry textbooks by Clayden will be available for purchase by mid next week. The molecular modelling kits will be available for purchase the week of September 13th.

Course syllabus

Course syllabus - An introduction to organic chemistry including nomenclature, isomerism and conformation, stereochemistry, acidity (pKa), and the chemistry of arenes is included in this course.

Course Notes and Slides

Course Notes (Guillaume Bélanger)

Slides on Nomenclature

Slides on Energy Diagrams

Slides on Bonding

Slides on Acidity and Basicity

Slides on Stereochemistry part 1

Slides on Stereochemistry part 2

Slides Stereochemistry part 3

Slides on Arrow Pushing

Slides on Aromatic Chemistry

Slides of Problems on Aromatic Chemistry

Supplementary Material

Official IUPAC Rules for Nomenclature

IUPAC book on nomenclature

Clairfication on certain points relating to nomenclature 1

Clairfication on certain points relating to nomenclature 2

Clairfication on certain points relating to nomenclature 3

Formal charges

Tautomerism

David Evans (Harvard) pKa table

Stereochemistry Problems Done in Class

How to draw structures in 3D - aide

Exercises 1 - 09-13-10	Exercises 1 - 09-13-10 [corrected]
Exercises 2 - 09-26-10	Exercises 2 - 09-26-10 [corrected]
Exercises 3 - 10-12-10	Exercises 3 - 10-12-10 [corrected]
Exercises 4 - 11-01-10	Exercises 4 - 11-01-10 [corrected]
Exercises 5 - 11-15-10	Exercises 5 - 11-15-10 [corrected]
Exercises 6 - 11-29-10	Exercises 6 - 11-29-10 [corrected]

Online Presentations

Class presentations - on line (2010)

Class presentations - on line (2009)

Class presentations - on line (2008)

Exercises

2010

09/08/2010	Exercises in class 1 - 09-08-10	Exercises in class 1 - 09-08-10 [corrected]
09/28/2010	Exercises in class 2 - 09-28-10	Exercises in class 2 - 09-28-10 [corrected]
11/09/2010	Exercises in class 3 - 11-09-10	Exercises in class 3 - 11-09-10 [corrected]

Homework

2010

09/08/2010	Homework 1 - 09-08-10	Homework 1 - 09-08-10 [corrected]
09/29/2010	Homework 2 - 09-29-10	Homework 2 - 09-29-10 [corrected]
10/27/2010	Homework 3 - 10-27-10	Homework 3 - 10-27-10 [corrected]
11/23/2010	Homework 4 - 11-23-10	Homework 4 - 11-23-10 [corrected]

2009

10/07/2009	Homework - 10-07-09	Homework - 10-07-09 [corrected]
11/11/2009	Homework - 11-11-09	Homework - 11-11-09 [corrected]
11/25/2009	Homework - 11-25-09	Homework - 11-25-09 [corrected]

2008

09/17/2008	Homework - 09-17-08	Homework - 09-17-08 [corrected]
10/28/2008	Homework - 10-28-08	Homework - 10-28-08 [corrected]
11/12/2008	Homework - 11-12-08	Homework - 11-12-08 [corrected]

Mini-tests

2009

09/16/2009	Mini-Test 1 ver. 1	Mini-Test 1 version 1 [corrected]
09/16/2009	Mini-Test 1 ver. 2	Mini-Test 1 version 2 [corrected]
10/07/2009	Mini-Test 2 ver. 1	Mini-Test 2 version 1 [corrected]
11/04/2009	Mini-Test 3 ver. 1	Mini-Test 3 version 1 [corrected]

2008

09/10/2008	Mini-Test 1	Mini-Test 1 [corrected]
09/24/2008	Mini-Test 2	Mini-Test 2 [corrected]
10/29/2008	Mini-Test 3	Mini-Test 3 [corrected]
11/19/2008	Mini-Test 4	Mini-Test 4 [corrected]

Midterm Exams

Midterm exam (autumn, 2010)	Midterm exam [corrected] (autumn, 2010)
Midterm exam (autumn, 2009)	Midterm exam [corrected] (autumn, 2009)
Midterm exam (autumn, 2008)	Midterm exam [corrected] (autumn, 2008)

Final Exams

Final Exam (autumn, 2009)	Final Exam [corrected] (autumn, 2009)
Final Exam (autumn, 2008)	Final Exam [corrected] (autumn, 2008 )