CHM2123/2523 Midterm and Final Exam Review Sessions.
The application of theoretical organic chemistry is fun for some and a bore to others. We will unravel the complexity of all the chemical reactions conducted in this course. Your instructor is a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Ottawa specializing in chemistry. With expert guidance you will be able to understand why you are doing an extraction or why you used that reagent on the counter. Stoichiometry will become second nature. Experimental conditions will be explained. You will relate the theoretical and practical concepts of organic chemistry. Everything you did in the lab will make sense through expert guidance and you will become an expert yourself!
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Final Exam
(divided into THREE parts)
$40
for 4-Hours
Experiments 1, 2 and 3
- This review session will cover concepts/problem solving for Lab #5 (Hydrazone) and Lab #6 (Chemoselectivity).
- Tutor will also review the "Guiding Questions" posted by Dr. François Magnan for IR and H NMR.
- Exam-like questions and previous exam questions will be provided and solved
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Experiments 4 and 5
- Understand how/when to use acetals as protecting groups and their mechanism
- Briefly learn about sugar chemistry and how to apply the Benedict’s test
- Learn to provide appropriate reagent tables
- Using TLC to monitor sugar reactions with organic compounds (i.e. 10% H2SO4/MeOH)
- Understand the concept of recrystallization and how to troubleshoot to get product
- How to use enolates against electrophiles presented during the term
- The mechanism for aldol reactions (with retrosynthesis)
- Dehydration conditions to make α,β-unsaturated carbonyls
- The mechanism for haloform reaction and key steps
- Applying 1H NMR to enols/enolates
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$40
for 4-Hours
Experiments 6 and 7
- Understand the reason for reductive amination reactions and mechanism
- Understand how to store amines via anhydrides and acids
- Reducing amines with NaBH4 (mechanism reviewed)
- Key steps in experiment 6
- Applying 1H NMR to amines, imines and amides
- Esterification in acidic conditions and mechanism
- Isolation of esters via distillations
- Using IR and 1H NMR to identify different carbonyl types
- How to use melting point to assess purity
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Practical Midterm 2
(divided into THREE sessions)
$35
for 3-Hours
TLC
and Flow Charts
- Be able to predict and justify relative Rf values for various organic compounds
- Review key features to setting up a TLC experiment
- Be involved in a TLC demonstration to identify unknown compounds
- Relate IR peaks to various functional groups from relevant to the lab course
- Learn to distinguish between organic compounds using 1H NMR and IR
- You will provided with NMR spectra to match with various organic compounds
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Date | November 23, 2019 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM |
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$35
for 3-Hours
Glass Assembly
and Lab Safety
- This review session will cover concepts/problem solving for Lab #1 (TLC and LLE) and Lab #2 (Optical Polarimetry).
- Tutor will also review the "Guiding Questions" posted by Dr. François Magnan for Melting Point.
- Exam-like questions and previous exam questions will be provided and solved
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Date | November 24, 2018 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
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$35
for 3-Hours
Stoichiometry
and Chemical Reactions
- Understand what effects dictate melting points of compounds
- Relate molecular structure to the appropriate melting point
- Live demonstration of how to place solid in the melting point capillary
- Know which glassware assembly setup is necessary for various scenarios
- Using diagrams, demonstrate how to assemble equipment appropriately and efficiently for distillation, reflux, sublimation flask and vacuum filtration
- We are trying our best bring various lab equipment to the tutoring session for a live demonstration!
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Date | November 24, 2019 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM |
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Practical Midterm 1
$45
for 4-Hours
Compound Isolation
and Evaluation
- Guide you step-by-step to isolate and characterize an organic compound based last year's rubric and procedure!
- Understand the concepts of TLC and extraction for question portion of practical exam
- Learn to assemble a TLC station efficiently and analyze the results
- How to setup a melting point apparatus and how to record the proper melting point
- Using videos and diagrams, learn how to set up and assemble equipment correctly and in timely manner
- How to calculate % mass composition and yield
- A review on IR and 1H NMR analysis for question portion of practical exam
Practical Midterm: Compound Extraction and Evaluation
$45.00
- Get a better understanding of atomic and molecular orbitals (this includes drawing bonding, non-bonding and antibonding orbitals)
- Learn to draw resonance forms (and be able to identify major and minor structures)
- Comfortably switch between chairs, Newman projections, and line structures
- Stereochemistry of sp3 (R/S) and alkene (E/Z) structures
- Learn to become an expert with acid-base chemistry by understanding pKa and how to assess the strength of a lone pair
- Many examples from midterms/exams administered at uOttawa!