Chemistry 242 Calendar - Spring, 2015 A. B.

Smith
E-mail <smithab@sas.upenn.edu>
Reading - Wade, Organic Chemistry,
8th Edition

Week

Class Date(s)

Discuss In Class

Workshops

Thurs. Jan. 15

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Tues, Jan 20 Thur, Jan 22

Chapter 15

Chapters 14, 15

Spectroscopy

Tues, Jan 27 Thur, Jan 29

Chapter 16

Chapters 15, 16

Chapter 14

Tues, Feb 3* Thur, Feb 5*

Chapter 17

Chapters 16, 17

Chapter 15

Exam 1 Tues, Feb 10*

Exam 1 includes just Chapters 14 - 16

:-)

not this week

Thur, Feb 12*

Chapter 18

Review Exam

Chapter 16

Tues, Feb 17 Thur, Feb 19

Chapter 18 & 19

Chapters 17, 18

Tues, Feb 24* Thur, Feb 26

Chapter 20 (GBP)

Chapters 18, 19

Chapter 17

Tues, Mar 3 Thur, Mar 5

Chapter 21

Chapter 20

Chapter 18

Spring Break (March 10 and 12)

:-)

:-)

not this week

Tues, Mar 17 Thurs, Mar 19

Chapter 21 & 22

Chapter 21

Chapter 19

10

Exam 2* Tues, Mar 24

Exam 2 includes just Chapters 17-19

:-)

not this week

Thurs, Mar 26

Chapter 22

Chapter 21

Chapter 20

11

Tues, Mar 31 Thurs, Apr 2

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Chapter 21

12

Tues, Apr 7 Thur, Apr 9

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Chapter 22

13

Exam 3 Tues, Apr 14

Exam 3 includes just Chapters 20-22

:-)

not this week

Thur, Apr 16

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Chapter 23

14

Tues, Apr 21 Thurs, Apr 23

Chapter 24

Chapters 24

Chapter 24

15

Exam 4 Tues, Apr 28

Exam 4 includes just Chapters 23 - 24

:-)

Office: Room 440 - Telephone 898-4860

Office hours - after class, Monday 4 5 PM, by E-mail, or by appointment
Recitation (ABS), Monday 5-6 (Rm 514)

TEXTBOOKS. The required textbooks are: Organic Chemistry, (8th Edition) by L.G. Wade Jr. (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
07632), and the corresponding Organic Chemistry Solutions Manual, 8th Edition, by J.W. Simek and L.G. Wade Jr. (Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632).

MOLECULAR MODELS. Molecular models facilitate visualization of molecules in three dimensions and are a valuable tool in
understanding stereochemistry. Students are allowed to use molecular models in the exams. Books and molecular models may be
purchased from the University of Pennsylvania Bookstore.

Exams and Grading

No makeups are given for semester exams, since one of the four is not counted.
Final grades are based on (1) the average of the best three normalized scores on your four semester exams, and (2) your normalized final exam
score. The better score, (1) or (2), will count as 60% of your final grade, and the other one as 40%. In addition, the grade scale will be adjusted
towards higher grades based on three factors: (1) high class attendance, (2) high exam attendance, and (3) high median class score relative to A
level. Thus there are (hopefully strong) incentives to attend, to encourage classmates to attend, and to help classmates to do well on exams. If
the class as a whole does better, then your chances of a higher grade are improved, too.

This is a win-win situation.