General Chemistry Evening Lecture Syllabus Fall, 2017
Textbook: Chemistry, Structure and Properties by Nivaldo Tro
Date Topic Textbook Suggested Problems
1 W Sept 6 Course intro. Significant figures, E.1-E.9 Chapter E: 21,23,25,27,33,35,37,39,41,43, accuracy and precision, units, 47,49,51,53,57,61,63,71,85,91,95 dimensional analysis 2 M Sept 11 Classification of matter, model of 1.1-1.9 Chapter 1:37,39,41,43,45,47,51,55,61,63, the atom, isotopes 67,71,75,77,79,115 3 W Sept 13 Mole concept, nature of light, 1.10,1.11 Chapter 1: 85,89,91,93,95,105,109 photoelectric effect 2.1-2.2 Chapter 2: 37,39,41,43,73,78,85
4 M Sept 18 Bohr model, line spectra, wave- 2.3-2.6 Chapter 2: 51,53,57,59,61,67,69,71,81
particle duality, quantum numbers, orbitals 5 W Sept 20 Electron configurations, structure 3.1-3.5 Chapter 3: 45,49,51,53,55,57,59,61,63,65 of the periodic table 75, 6 M Sept 25 Periodic trends: ionization 3.6-3.9 Chapter 3: 71,73,83,85,87,89,91,93 energy, atomic radius, electron affinity, metallic character 7 W Sept 27 Ionic and covalent bonding, 4.1-4.8 Chapter 4: 29,39,41,45,47,49,51,53,55,57, simple Lewis structures, 59,65,67,69 polyatomic ions 8 M Oct 2 Percent composition, empirical 4.9-4.12 Chapter 4: 83,85,87,95,97,99,103,105, formulas, combustion analysis, 107,109,113,121,123 structure of hydrocarbons W Oct 4 Exam I 9:40 PM to 11:00 PM Exam Review During Lecture Period 9 M Oct 9 Electronegativity, bond polarity, 5.1-5.4 Chapter 5: 23,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41, Lewis structures, formal charge 43 10 W Oct 11 Resonance, exceptions to octet 5.4-5.6 Chapter 5: 45,47,49,51,75,77,81,83,85,97 rule, bond energy/bond length 11 M Oct 16 VSEPR, polarity of molecules 5.7-5.10 Chapter 5: 53,55,57,59,61,63,67,69,71,73
12 W Oct 18 Organic chemistry: 21.1-21.5, Chapter 21: 35,37,41,43,49,51,53,89,93
hydrocarbons, isomerization, 21.8 nomenclature, functional groups 13 M Oct 23 Hybridization, sigma, pi bonding, 6.1-6.3, Chapter 6: 25,31,33,35,37,39 balancing chemical equations 7.1-7.3 Chapter 7: 15,17,25,27,29,31,33 14 W Oct 25 Stoichiometry, limiting reactant, 7.4-7.6 Chapter 7:35,37,39,41,43,45,47,49,51,59, percent yield, reactivity of groups 61,63,65,67,71 1A, 7A, combustion reactions 15 M Oct 30 Solutions, electrolytes, molarity, 8.1-8.5 Chapter 8: 21,23,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,45 dilution problems, net ionic equations, precipitation reactions W Nov 1 Exam II 9:40 PM to 11:00 PM Exam Review During Lecture Period 16 M Nov 6 Acid-base reactions, redox 8.5-8.9 Chapter 8: 47,51,53,55,57,61,63,67,69,71 reactions 17 W Nov 8 Energy, First Law of E.6, 9.1-9.6 Chapter 9: 33,35,37,41,43,45,47,49,51, Thermodynamics, calorimetry, 53,55,61,63,67,69 enthalpy 18 M Nov 13 Calculating ΔH using Hess’s 9.7-9.10 Chapter 9: 71,73,75,77,79,81,83,85,89 Law, bond energies 19 W Nov 15 Born Haber Cycle, nature of 9.11 Chapter 9: 91,93,95,96 gases, measurement of pressure, 10.1-10.3 Chapter 10: 25,27,29,31 Boyle’s Law 20 M Nov 20 Gas laws, ideal gas equation 10.3-10.6 Chapter 10: 33,35.37,39,41,43,51,55,57,59, 63,65,69 21 M Nov 27 Kinetic molecular theory, relative 10.6-10.11 Chapter 10: 71,73,75,77,79,81,83,85,91,92 diffusion rates, real gases 22 W Nov 29 Liquids, nature of intermolecular 11.1-11.4 Chapter 11: 35,37,39,41,47,49 forces 23 M Dec 4 Vapor pressure, heating curves, 11.5-11.9 Chapter 11: 43,53,55,57,59,65,67,69,71,73 phase diagrams W Dec 6 Exam III 9:40 PM to 11:00 PM Exam Review During Lecture Period 24 M Dec 11 Solids, unit cells, crystal 12.1, Chapter 12: 29,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47 structures 12.3-12.6 25 W Dec 13 Demonstrations, final exam review F Dec 15 Final Exam 12:00 to 3:00 PM