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Chemistry 502

Instructor: Dr. William (Bill) Dailey
Favorite quotes: "Drip, drip, drip, drip...."; "Get your goodies..."; "That's just nutty!"

Objectives of the class:

1. To become comfortable with webpage construction
2. To use database and molecular modeling software (WinGAMESS, MacMolPlt, Chem3D, ChemDraw...)
3. To become more confident in laboratory skills.
4. To gain an appreciation for the following 3 Enduring Understandings:
a) Information technology and computer skills are valuable tools in both the teaching and learning of chemistry.
b) Chemistry is a laboratory science where bridges are built between experimental observations and underlying concepts.
c) Qualitative ideas can be transformed into quantitative expressions



Course Assignments:
Description/ Skill demonstrated:
How to #1
OBJ 1: How to use blackboard./ Posting to a website, getting familiar with blackboard.
How to #2
OBJ 1: How to transfer files: ftp./ Posting to a website, getting familiar with filezilla/ ftp software.
How to #3
OBJ 1: How to create a website./ Posting to a website, getting familiar with setting permissions ("755") and ftp-ing to 'html' folder.
Conformational analysis
OBJ 2: Conformational analysis of ethane and butane./ Using Chem3D's modeling and molecular mechanics (MM2) software and Excel (for graphing and data analysis).
GAMESS analysis
OBJ 2: GAMESS analysis of the transformation of hydroxycarbene to formaldehyde and the transition state./ Using GAMESS, MacMolPlt, Chem3D software to calculate optimal energies and the saddlepoint at the HF/ 3-21G level of theory.
Lab Report #1 (.pdf file)
OBJ 3: Investigative: Extraction
Lab Report #2 (.pdf file)
OBJ 3: Investigative: Simple and Fractional Distillation
Lab Report #3 (.pdf file)
OBJ 3: Preparative: Free Radical Chlorination of an Alkene
Lab Report #4 (.pdf file)
OBJ 3: Preparative: Diels-Alder Reaction
Lab Report #5 (.pdf file)
OBJ 3: Preparation: Dehydration of an Alcohol
Lab Report #6 (.pdf file)
OBJ 3: Preparation: Isolation of Trimyristin