5.12 Organic Chemistry I
Spring 2012
Instructors: Rick L Danheiser, Timothy F Jamison
TAs: Phoom Chairatana, Alexandra M Cok, Elizabeth Helen Kelley, Daniel S Levine, Jenny Liu, Jessica Rose McCombs, Paula Ruiz-Castillo, Kolby Lyn White, Yang Yang, Aleksandr Vadymovich Zhukhovitskiy
Lecture: MWF12 (10-250)
Subject Description:
Introduction to organic chemistry. Basic principles of structure, bonding, and the reactivity of organic molecules. Introduction to organic synthesis. Focus on the chemistry of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic compounds, and the chemistry of the carbonyl group.
Announcements
Final Exam Announcements
Reminder: A "Last Minute Help Center and Hotline" staffed by 5.12 TAs will be available tonight! Visit Room 4-270 or call 617 252 1413 with your questions between 7:30 and 11:30 PM.
The exam is 1:30-4:30 PM on Wednesday in the Johnson Track. Please arrive early if possible. Remember that you must sit in your designated section (based on your officially assigned recitation section). See the Final Exam Information and Study Guide handout for more details (available on the Exams page of the website). The seating chart for the final exam is now posted on the Exams Page of the 5.12 website.
Good luck on the exam!
Announced on 22 May 2012 10:17 a.m. by Rick L Danheiser
Office Hours TONIGHT!
7:30-8:45 Jessica
8:45-10:15- Alexandra
10:15-11:30- Jenny
Available in 4-270
7:30-8:30 Kolby
8-9- Phoom
8:30-9:30 Beth
900- 1000pm Alex
9:30-10:30 Paula
10-11pm Yang
10:30-11:30 Daniel
Announced on 22 May 2012 9:32 a.m. by Kolby Lyn White
Subject Evaluation Deadline Approaching!
Dear 5.12 Students,
The deadline to submit your online subject evaluation is 9 AM tomorrow (Monday) morning. As of now, only 50% of the class as entered their evaluations. Please log onto the site http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation/ to submit your evaluation.
Please be assured that we read these evaluations carefully and really appreciate your input on what in the class is working and is not working. If there are ways you can suggest to improve the class, please tell us and we will seriously consider your advice. If there are things you like, please also let us know so we will not consider changing them!
Thanks and best wishes,
Rick Danheiser and Tim Jamison
Announced on 20 May 2012 9:41 a.m. by Rick L Danheiser
Final Exam Study Guide Solutions
Dear 5.12 Students,The Solutions to the Final Exam Review Session problems and to the Final Exams from previous years have been posted.
Please note that if you downloaded this PDF file before 10:30 AM Saturday, you should download the version that is now posted. The solution to one (and only one) problem has been changed: Problem 5 in the review session problems (synthesis of a cis-epoxide from ethyl benzoate). Everything else is the same.
Best wishes and Good Luck on the Final!
Tim Jamison and Rick Danheiser
Announced on 19 May 2012 10:28 a.m. by Timothy F Jamison
Poetry Competition Results Posted
The winning entries in this year's competition "Poetry in Organic Chemistry" are now posted on the Document Index page of the 5.12 website. The complete versions of all of the winning entries are included in this pdf file. Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all the many students who contributed entries. There were a number of brilliant compositions in addition to the few we were able to celebrate in class today.
Reminder: please don't forget to complete a subject evaluation via the website http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation. The deadline is Monday and most of the class has not provided evaluations yet. We read all comments carefully and are eager to get your feedback and sugggestions how to improve the class for next year.
Announced on 16 May 2012 3:57 p.m. by Rick L Danheiser
