General Chemistry Guidelines
Studying and Homework
The homework will not be collected. You can find the answers to all of the
assigned problems in the Study Guide Manual for Oxtoby, Freeman and Block,
“Chemistry: Science of Change, 4th edition” that is available from the bookstore.
There are other editions of “Oxtoby” so be sure you get the one that goes
with the course text.
How much time should you spend studying and doing homework? Here are some
guidelines on studying and homework. There are wide variations that are
possible. The important issue is to figure out whether you have mastered
the material that has been assigned. The best evidence for this is that
you can work the problems fluently and in a relatively short period of time.
None of the problems should take hours to solve. If you don’t get a problem
in about 5 minutes, you might want to stop, look up the answer and figure
out the method for solution and determine what you did not recognize.
When there are problem types that you cannot seem to solve you have several
options:
(1) bring them up in recitation sections;
(2) bring them up in study groups with other students;
(3) do the problems in the Student’s Solutions Manual which is available
at the Bookstore. The manual provides solutions to the odd numbered problems
in the text:
(4) go to other text books that are on reserve in the library and see if
approached to explaining the material by different authors helps approaches;
(5) look for a tutor from your friends. The undergraduate office (318 Havemeyer)
has a list of tutors that have been approved by the Department.
From past experience 4-6 hours of “studying and working on homework” is
sufficient for most students if their study habits are efficient! Efficiency
is improved by common sense approaches to studying, and methods for achieving
efficient are very individualistic. However, some general rules are that
study groups are usually very helpful and that being systematic and not
getting behind is essential. Work backward.
Chapter 1: The Atomic Nature of Matter
Reading. This chapter is a review of high school
chemistry. The exam will stress Sections 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-7 and 1-8.
Homework assignment for the exam: 13, 15, 19,
21, 25, 31, 33, 37, 41, 49, 55, 61, 67, 75, 91, 103
Lecture: (Chapter 1) Lecture
1.PPT Lecture
1.PDF
(Chapter 1)
Lecture 2.PPT |
Lecture 2.PDF
(Chapter 1-2) Lecture
3.PPT | Lecture
3.PDF
Chapter 24: Organic Chemistry: From Petroleum to Pharmacueticals
Readings: the entire chapter
Homework: All odd numbered questions except 5, 13, and 35.
Lecture: Chapter 24 Lecture 21.PPT | Lecture 21.PDF | Lecture 21A.PPT | Lecture 21A.PDF |
IR turtor (PC version) | Important Download Instructions on Running IR tutor on PC - Word - PDF |
IR tutor (Mac version) |
Lecture 22.PPT | Lecture 22.PDF | Lecture 22A.PPT | Lecture 22A.PDF |
Lecture 25(1).PPT | Lecture 25(1).PDF | Lecture 25(1)-Userfriendly.PPT | Lecture 25(1)-Userfriendly.PDF |
Lecture 25(2).PPT | Lecture 25(2).PDF |
Lecture 25(3).PPT | Lecture 25(3).PDF | Lecture 25(3)-Userfriendly.PPT | Lecture 25(3)-Userfriendly.PDF |
Lecture_26_(1)_Polymers.ppt | Lecture_26_(1)_polymers.PDF |
Lecture_26_(2)_NMR-Aminoacids.PPT | Lecture_26_(2)_NMR-Aminoacids.PDF |
Lecture_26_(3)_NMR-Intro.PPT | Lecture_26_(3)_NMR-Intro.PDF |
Chapter 25: Synthetic and Biological Polymers
Readings. the entire chapter
Homework: All odd numbered questions.
Lecture: Five powerpoint presentations - from Organic Chemistry: CareyOrganicBonding(ZIP
format)
Carey_AminoAcids_Peptides.ppt
Carey_Proteins_Structure.ppt
IntroductionTo1HNMR.ppt
Carey_13CNMR.ppt
Carey_1HNMR.ppt
Carey_IR.ppt