Units One & Two


Outline By Day

Unit I

First Day: Thursday Feb 19 ===> a review of grade 11 Topics covered are:

Day Two: Monday Feb 23

Day Three: Thursday Feb 26

Day Four: Monday March 2

Day Five Thursday March 5
Test on Bonding

Shapes of molecules VSEPR theory

Day Six: Monday March 9
Start of chapter four: Molecular aggragates

Day Seven: Thursday March 12
The usual Thursday test,

  1. Valence bond theory -- hybrid orbitals
    atomic orbitals rearange and fuse together to form bonding or molecular orbitals
  2. VSEPR theory shapes of molecules, bond angles, names, etc
  3. Intermolecular forces: Strong (Ionic, covalent, & metallic) Weak (Van der Waals 3 types)
  4. Four types of substances (Ionic, molecular, network & metallic)

Start of Organic Chemistry


March Break is this week 16 to 20


Day Eight: Monday March 23

Unit Two

Organic: Start of organic; hybridization of the carbon atom single double and triple bond formation. Use of models
The alkane family of homologous compounds
Check out the organic sites; Five of them
Start out with basic nomenclature, Alkanes, Alkenes Alkynes IUPAC naming system.
Only alkane where done today. Naming straight and cyclic alkanes. naming of substituent groups and how to number a straight chain alkane.
Video was shown, emphasis on hybridization of carbon atom

Day Nine: Thursday March 26
Test on second half of Unit One; Lewis diagrams, VSEPR and Molecular aggragates.
Sigma, pi bonds with sp3, sp2, sp, hybridization. Bond rotations resulting in isomers.
Cis, trans isomers, naming chloro-alkanes, alkenes, alkynes
Preparation and reactions of the above listed series.
Make sure you know the families or classes of compounds and the functional groups.
Functional groups and how to name these compounds.

Day Ten: Monday March 30
Test back from Unit I; make sure you correct errors, will be taken up next day.
Simple reactions (Chapter Six), overhead note copied: tests for unsaturate bonds, formation of esters,


What type of reaction is this?

Use of oxidizing reagents such as KMNO4 and K2Cr2O7.
Reactions of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols and products produced.
Experiments that should be done: an outline and results.
More information on chemical reactions; notes from overheads make sure you carefully go thru chapter 6
Polymers: Condensation & Addition , names of the six or seven most common, uses and monomers that produce them. Making Nylon 6, 10. The above listed Polymer sites looks pretty complete; check it out
Work sheet on nomenclature and reactions. Test on organic is ????

A couple of Organic sites. Unit II stuff.

Organic Chemistry at Portland State, Professor Wamser

Day Eleven: Thursday April 2
Wind-up of organic; reaction worksheet to be completed and handed in next time you come to class
Introduction to Thermodynamics, what is thermal energy, heat, temperature and calorimetry.
Heat capacity & specidic heat capacity -- what's the difference?
Heat questions using Q = mΔtc with molar heat capacity. A hand out work sheet to be taught.
Book assigned questions




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