CHEM353 WEEKLY BULLETIN

CHEM353W26 wk 7 Mar 2-6 2026 :

As a reminder, CHEM353W26 MT runs in week 8 on WED MAR 11 2026, 19:00-21:00 (locations TBA in D2L).
ANY student who has a class conflict with this out of class activity, as per the course outline and UofC guidelines, needed to have reported the conflict 14 days prior to the scheduled MT date (Wed Feb 25th 2026).

If you have not done so, :( , you should do so now, and make sure to send a copy of your schedule to Dr Hunt (irhunt@ucalgary.ca) so that an alternate time slot on Mar 11th can be arranged (i.e. not a deferred MT, which is something different). The final deadline for requests is Mon Mar 2rd, 16:30.

Watch for a D2L News post about 353W26 MT coverage (it is expected to be all 353 content up to and including the chemistry of conjugated systems (week 7) which is consistent with the last few years of CHEM353 MT examinations).

LABORATORY

• Remember that your plastics report (single PDF file, one time submission), is due to the appropriate D2L Dropbox by the start of your scheduled laboratory session (week of Mar 2-6 2026).
• This week in the laboratory, you will be performing a fractional distillation, a technique used to separate a mixture of miscible liquids.
• The distillation report (one PDF file, one time submission), is due to the appropriate D2L Dropbox by the start of your next scheduled laboratory session (Mar 16-20 2026).
• As preparation, you are required to:
  • submit a pre-lab summary (pdf to appropriate D2L Dropbox)
  • review the CHEM353 student manual (section 7) for more details on the pre-lab summary content and expectations (section 7, p8)
  • complete the pre-lab quiz (in Moodle) by 30mins before the start of your scheduled laboratory session
  • complete the pre-lab quiz that will be available from 06:00 the day before your scheduled laboratory session
• Bring a copy of the experimental procedure & techniques documents to the laboratory session
• Safety ! Be dressed appropriately, have your safety glasses and laboratory safety coat to wear while working in the laboratory (mandatory).
• No food or drink is allowed at any time in a laboratory environment.
  

• CHEM353W26 laboratory coordinator is Dr Hunt.
  
• In terms of laboratory work, if you miss or will miss your in-person laboratory session:
  • see the information posted here
  • complete this form based on the information here (to report absence and request excused absence)
• All questions related to CHEM353 laboratory in general should be directed to the laboratory coordinator.
• The CHEM353W26 student laboratory manual can be found here.
• The schedule of CHEM353W26 laboratory experiments can be found here
• Laboratory sections and TA information can be found here.
  

CAL TUTORIALS

• This week, write CAL353 assignment 3, the chemistry of alkenes and alkynes 2 (properties, spectroscopy, preparations, reactivity, reactions (halogenations, halohydration, ozonolysis, dihydroxylation, cyclopropanation, epoxidation and their reactions).
• Remember that your are required to write your assignment during your scheduled CAL time.
• During times when students are writing assignments, only students working on assignments are allowed in the CAL room SA 204.
  
• Official picture ID is required (place it on the top of the PC tower while you are writing your assignment).
• CAL assignments are to be written under exam conditions (see course information sheet or Moodle policy, check with the CAL TA before starting work if you have any doubts).
• We provide the scrap paper (which must be handed in at the end : recycling box at the front).
• Periodic tables and spectroscopy tables are provided within Moodle. Model kits and simple calculators are alowed. No other resources (paper or electronic) are allowed.

• Attending tutorials each week to talk to the organic chem TA is very strongly recommended.
• Questions on tutorial related issues should be directed to the CHEM353W26 course coordinator, Dr Hunt.
• The weekly tutorial sessions occur, in-person, in SA204.
• In terms of tutorials, if you miss or will miss your tutorial in a:
  • non-assignment week either (a) make up the missed time remotely on your own or (b) drop in to a 353 tutorial at another time (access is first come, first served for non-registered students).
  • assignment week then complete this form based on the information here (to report absence and request excused absence)

L01 LECTURE topics week by week (the etext links are the potentially valuable details here). The yellow box represents the current week and the table will grow each week to provide a record of where we have been.

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