CHEM340 Assignments

Unit 1

Overview and IR

Week 1 Overview of organic structure elucidation

Reading assignment and topic Problems

Monday (Jan 30) Overview

Wednesday Read Chapter 1 - Molecular Formula Determination 6,7,8

Week 2 Infrared Spectroscopy

Monday (Feb 6) Theory (IR tutor)

Read Chapter 2 – 2.6

Wednesday Interpreting IR spectra 1a-d,g, 2, Read Sections 2.7-2.12

Do IR problems in class

Handout IR Problem Set

Week 3 Infrared Spectroscopy

Monday (Feb.13) 2.13 Alcohols 5abcdf, 7, 9

2.14 Carbonyl Compounds

2.15 Amines

2.16-2.21

Wednesday Do problems Hand in 5f, 7 and 9

Start reading Chapter 3 and IR problem set