Chem 353 W24 Course Calendar

CHEM 353 CALENDAR WINTER 2024

Please treat this as a living document, we might add more details and links as the semester progresses:

Dates are tentative and subject to change !

For a more detailed guide (more complete links etc) on a week to week basis, use the Chem 353 weekly bulletin

WEEK	DATES	NOTES	LECTURE	TUTORIALS	LABORATORY
1	Jan 8-12		Isomers and stereochemistry Alkenes & Alkynes I review (structure, properties, preparations etc.) overview of addition reactions hydrogenation hydrohalogenation Markovnikov's rule hydration Alkenes & Alkynes II halogenation halohydration epoxidation (and epoxide reactions) ozonolysis dihydroxylation cyclopropanation	Tutorial and Moodle orientation Prepare for assignment 1	No laboratory
2	Jan 15-19			Tutorial and Moodle orientation Prepare for assignment 1	Introductions & Safety Orientation Check in & Molecular models
3	Jan 22-26			Assignment 1 : 351 review	Aldol reaction
4	Jan 29-Feb 2			Prepare for assignment 2	Hydrocarbon reactivity
5	Feb 5-9			Assignment 2 : Alkenes and Alkynes 1	Synthesis of Biodiesel
6	Feb 12-16			Prepare for assignment 3	Depolymerisation of PETE Plastic
	Feb 19-23	WINTER BREAK (no classes)
7	Feb 26-Mar 1		Dienes and polyenes types, stablity and reactivity kinetic and thermodynamic control HX and X₂ additions Diels-Alder reaction Synthesis: how to analyse and design Aromaticity, resonance energy and the criteria for aromaticity Aromatic chemistry aromatic substitution reactions reactions of aromatic substituents substituent effects Organometallic reagents	Assignment 3: Alkenes and Alkynes 2	Grignard
8	Mar 4-8	Midterm Th Mar 7 (7-9 pm)		MT exam preparation	MID-TERM WEEK (No laboratory)
9	Mar 11-15			Prepare for assignment 4	Distillation
10	Mar 18-22		Carbonyl chemistry aldehydes and ketones, nucleophilic addition carboxylic acid derivatives, nucleophilic acyl substitution preparations (oxidations) reactions with nucleophiles enolate reactions	Prepare for assignment 4	Selectivity of Sodium Borohydride
11	Mar 25-29			Assignment 4 : Dienes, polyenes, aromatic chemistry Prepare for assignment 5	Check out
12	Apr 1-5			Assignment 5 : Carbonyl chemistry	No laboratory
13	Apr 8-9			Final exam preparation	No laboratory

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