Course Syllabus – Spring 2013
TulsaCommunity College – Southeast Campus
Organic Chemistry I, CHE 2145
Instructor: Toney MillerSection 301 – Call #22115
Room 8280 Phone: 918-595-8655Lecture: Mon & Wed 12:30-1:50 pm
E-mail: Rm 8279
Lab: Sec.301 Wed 2:00-4:50am
Rm 8214
Office Hours
Mon:8:30 am - 12:20pm Wed: 8:30 am – 12:20 pmFri: 9:00 am – 11:20am
To Contact Division Office To Contact Academic and Campus Services
Associate Dean: Lyn Kent Director: Susan Burlew
TCC-SE, Room 8125TCC-SE, Room 2202
Phone: 918-595-7742 Phone: 918-595-7673
Course Pre-requisite: CHE 1415 - General Chemistry II
Next Course: CHE 2245- Organic Chemistry II
Textbook and Other Materials
Organic Chemistry, 10th edition by Solomons and Fryhle
Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments for TCC-SE Campus (June 2012), by Briscoe & Miller*
Safety goggles are mandatory. Lab coat/apron is recommended.
General Education Goal Statement
The General Education Goals are designed to ensure that graduates of Tulsa Community College have the skills, knowledge and attitudes to carry them successfully through their work and personal lives.
Course Description
Organic Chemistry I is a study of the fundamental concepts of organic structure and bonding, reactions of principle functional groups, mechanisms, and nomenclature of hydrocarbons and their derivatives. Laboratory emphasis is on the development of safe and good laboratory practices for the synthesis, purification and/or characterization of simple organic compounds.
Course Objectives
Organic Chemistry I will enable students to learn the fundamental laws and theories that interrelate to chemical and physical properties of organic compounds. Students are to learn the proper vocabulary/terminology fororganic chemistry. Students are to learn nomenclature for, preparations of, and reactions with hydrocarbons, alkyl halides, alcohols and ethers. During laboratory sessions, students will have the opportunity to develop safe and good laboratory practices by performing simple lab procedures, conducting chemical reactions that parallel the lecture material,characterizing a purified reaction product, and practicing safe handling of laboratory chemicals and equipment.
Teaching Methods
The lecture portion of this class will be conducted, mostly, in the classical lecture and discussion mode using PowerPoint and the marker board. Some animations will be utilized to further enable an understanding of current topics of interest. The student should read the lecture and lab material before class. The students should bring their books to class. The student must invest, at a minimum, an equal amount of timeoutside of class compared to in-class time to properly prepare and benefit from the course. Questions and participation in class lectures are strongly encouraged. PowerPoint and exercises for each chapter will be placed on BlackBoard for the class.
ADA Policy
STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: Students with documented disabilities are provided academic accommodations through the disABLED Student Resources Center (918-595-7115) or Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (918-595-7428/TDD-TTY 918-595-7434). If any student is in need of academic accommodations from either office, it is the student's responsibility to advise the instructor so an appropriate referral can be made no later than the first week of class. Students may also contact the disABLED Student Services Offices directly at the phone numbers indicated. ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED UNLESS APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED TO THE DISABLED STUDENT SERVICES OFFICES TO SUPPORT THE NEED.
Attendance Policy
Students are encouraged to attend class on a regular basis. If there is any conflict to take a regular exam at the scheduled date, it is the students responsibility to inform the instructor BEFORE the exam is to be taken, so arrangements can be made to take it some other time within three days before and three days after the scheduled time. Lab attendance will be taken, but attendance will not be a percent of your overall grade. If you fail to sign the lab attendance sheet, you may lose the lab points for the exercise.
Inclement Weather
TCC rarely closes. If extreme weather conditions or emergency situations arise, TCC always gives cancellation notices to radio and television station. This information is also posted on the TCC website (
Any decision to close TCC is NOT determined by any other organization
Institutional Statement
Each student is responsible for being aware of the information contained in the TCC Catalog, TCC Student Handbook, TCC Student Code of Conduct Policy Handbook, and semester information listing the Class Schedule.
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism is claiming, indicating or implying, that the ideas, sentences or words of another, are your own. It includes having another do work claimed to be your own, copying the work of another and presenting it as your own or following the work of another as a guide to ideas and expression that are then presented as yours.
Classroom Etiquette
No drinking or eating is allowed during lab sessions. There is to be no use of cell phones during lecture or lab unless you have the instructors’ prior approval. Disruptive behavior in lecture or lab will not be tolerated. Use of cell phone in class is considered a disruptive behavior. Excessive talking and sleeping are disruptive behavior. At the instructor’s discretion, a student may forfeit part or all points for the lecture or lab session due to a disruptive behavior by the student. Cell phones cannot be used for calculators during exams.
Academic Dishonesty or Misconduct
Academic dishonesty or misconduct is not condoned nor tolerated at campuses with the TulsaCommunity College system. Academic dishonesty is behavior in which a deliberately fraudulent misrepresentation is employed in an attempt to gain undeserved intellectual credit, either for oneself or for another. Academic misconduct is behavior that results in intellectual advantage obtained by violating specific standard, but without deliberate intent or use of fraudulent means. The student should review the relevant sections of the TCC Student Code of Conduct Policy Handbook. Plagiarism is academic dishonesty.
Computer Services Acceptable Use
Access to computing resources is a privilege granted to all TCC faculty, staff, and students. Use of TCC computing resources is limited to purposes related to the College’s mission of education, research, and community service. Student use of technology is governed by the Computer Services Acceptable Use Statements/Standards found in the TCC Student Code of Conduct Policy Handbook. These handbooks may be obtained by contacting any Student Activities or Dean of Student Services Office.
Tobacco Free College
Tulsa Community College is a Tobacco Free college in accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order 2012-01 and Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 1-1523 which prohibits smoking or the use of any tobacco products in all public places, in any indoor workplace, and all vehicles owned by the State of Oklahoma and all of its agencies and instrumentalities. This Order includes property leased, rented, or owned by TCC including, but not limited to, all grounds, buildings, facilities, and parking lots. Tulsa Community College’s policy includes a tobacco free environment on all campus and off-campus locations conducting TCC credit or non-credit classes. The TCC Campus Police is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Tobacco-Free Environment Policy. Violations of the policy may be addressed through issuance of campus or state citations.
Institutional Statement
Each student is responsible for being aware of the information contained in the TCC Catalog, the TCC Student Policies & Resources Handbook, and semester information listed in the class schedule. All information may be viewed on the TCC website:
Changes in Syllabus
Class will be informed in advance of any changes in the syllabus. Changes will be posted on BlackBoard.
Evaluation Techniques
A student’s overall grade will result from five regular exams (60%), laboratory assignments (30%) and semester exam score (10%). The lowest regular exam score and the lowest lab score will be excluded for the determination of the overall percentage.
Lab Exercise Flow Charts are due as you enter the lab. Lab Reports are due one week after the lab was to be completed unless otherwise instructed. Students, that are wearing open-toed shoes or no safety goggles, will be instructed to leave the laboratory and will forfeit the points for that lab exercise.
Only one time for the semester can a student take an exam outside of the scheduled time.
Lab exercises can only be completed on the date scheduled.
Final grades are based upon a weighted percentage from the various class activities. The overall accumulated percentage determines your grade. The range of accumulated percentages is shown below for the different letter grades. Overall Percentage = 0.60 (EXAMavg) + 0.30 (LABavg) + 0.10 (Semester Exam)
Grading ScalePercentage of Class Activities
A = 90% or greater Regular Exam points:60 %
B = 80 - less than 90 % Lab points: 30 %
C = 70 - less than 80 % Semester Exam points: 10 %
D = 60 - less than 70 %
F = less than 60 %
LAST DAY TO CHANGE FROM CREDIT TO AUDIT AND TO WITHDRAW WITH “W” GRADE IS
Apr. 12th.
Failure to Withdrawal Policy
Failure to withdraw may result in a student receiving a grade of "F" at the end of the semester.
The student has the sole responsibility to initiate and carry out withdrawal procedures, except an administration withdraw (AW and WN).
Tentative Lecture & Lab Schedule for Organic Chemistry I, Section 301(Wednesday Lab)
Date Lecture Lab Experiment/Activity
Jan. 14-MonChap. 1
Jan. 16-WedChap. 1Safety film and Laboratory Exercise Requirements
Jan.21-Mon --- No Classes, Martin Luther King Day---
Jan. 23-WedChap. 2#1 Physical Properties and #3 Partition Coefficients
Jan. 28-MonChap. 2
Jan. 30-WedExam 1#4 Infrared Spectroscopy
Feb. 05-MonChap. 3
Feb. 07-WedChap. 3#5 Extraction of Caffeine from Tea
Feb. 12-MonChap. 4
Feb. 14-WedChap. 4#6Separation of Organic Mixture
Feb. 19-MonReview
Feb. 21-WedExam 2#6Separation of Organic Mixture (cont.)
Feb. 26-MonChap. 5
Feb. 28-WedChap. 5#7 Open-Column Chromatography
Mar. 05-MonChap. 6
Mar. 07-WedChap. 6#8 Specific Rotation of Sucrose & Stereoisomer Exercise
Mar. 12-MonReview
Mar. 14-WedExam 3#9 SN2 Reaction: Reaction of 1-Octanol
Mar. 18-24 - SPRING BREAK -
Mar. 26-Mon Chap. 7
Mar. 28-WedChap. 7#10 SN1 Reaction: Reaction of tert-Pentyl Alcohol
Apr. 02-MonChap. 8
Apr. 04-WedChap. 8#11 Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of 2-Octanol
Apr. 09-Mon Review
Apr. 11-WedExam 4#13 Synthesis & Dehydrohalogenation of 2-Bromooctane
Apr. 16-Mon Chap. 10
Apr. 18-WedChap. 10#13 Synthesis & Dehydrohalogenation of 2-Bromooctane (cont.)
Apr. 23-MonChap. 11
Apr. 25-WedChap. 11#16 Williamson Synthesis of Ethyl Octyl Ether
Apr.30-MonReview
May 02-WedExam 5 Gas Chromatography
May 6 (Monday) Semester Exam Rm 8279 from 12:00 to 1:50 pm