Chemistry 353 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY III Dr. George S. Kriz Chemistry Building

Office Hours l Monday and Friday 10:00 A. M. to 12:00 noon l Monday 1:00 to 3:00 P.M.

Textbooks and Other Materials l Textbook D. L. Pavia, G. M. Lampman, and G. S. Kriz, Organic Chemistry (Volume 3) – REQUIRED n Be certain that you have the 2003 edition. n Note that we will also continue in Volume 2, Chapter 14 n Also: The problem set answer keys are included in each volume l Molecular Model Set Proteus Organic Chemistry Models Kit – REQUIRED l ACS Examinations Institute, Preparing for Your ACS Examination in Organic Chemistry -- RECOMMENDED

Grading Standards l Point Distribution: Two Hour Examinations 100)200 pts Weekly Quizzes100 Final Examination (ACS Exam)100 TOTAL400 pts l Assignment of Letter Grades: 360 to 400 pts (90 to 100%)A 320 to 359 (80 to 90%)B 260 to 319 (65 to 80%)C 220 to 259 (55 to 65%)D less than 220 ( less than 55%)F

Examination Dates l Friday, April 21 Coverage: Chapters 14, 15, and 16 l Friday, May 12 Coverage: Chapters 16, 17, and 18 l Monday, June 7 (10:30 to 12:30) FINAL EXAM Coverage: Cumulative over three quarters Standardized Test in Organic Chemistry (published by ACS Examinations Institute)

Weekly Quizzes l April 7 l April 14 l April 28 l May 5 l May 19 l May 26 l NOTE: Only the scores from the best five of the quiz set will be counted toward the final course grade.

Final Examination The final examination in this course will be the Standardized Test in Organic Chemistry, published by the ACS Examinations Institute. This examination covers the entire year of organic chemistry. Because the ACS Exam is normalized so that a student performing at an “average” level should score at the 50th percentile, your score on the ACS Exam will be scaled to a class average more appropriate for this class. See the handout for details on how the grades will be scaled.

Scaling Factor for ACS Standardized Test in Organic Chemistry Using this scale factor, a raw score (ACS percentile) of 50 is converted to a 75 final examination percentage. An ACS percentile score of 70 becomes a 91; an ACS percentile of 30 becomes a 51.

l Sample examinations are available as.pdf files and can be downloaded. You will need to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader as a helper in your web browser in order to view these files. l Web Page kriz/c353kriz.html

Problem-Solving Sessions I have set aside an hour each week (Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:00) for a Problem-Solving Session. Location: Chemistry Building 385. The Problem-Solving Sessions are optional. I intend to bring in a few sample problems that can be solved by students working in small groups. Problems and questions posed by students will also be addressed. The first session will be held on Thursday, April 6.

Resubmitting an Examination As a special policy, I will not post answer keys immediately after each examination. Instead, I will allow each student an opportunity to correct his or her examination based on a review of lecture notes and the textbook Students may earn up to 20% of the “missing” points by correcting their examinations and resubmitting them. Once the deadline has passed, I will post the answer key for everyone to use. Note that the regrading option will not be available for the final examination.