Austin Community College

Department of Chemistry

Fall 2009

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Instructor: Dr. Shawn Amorde
Office Number: PIN 704
Phone Number: 223-8220
e-mail address: samorde@austincc.edu
web page: http://www.austincc.edu/samorde
Office Hours: TTh 12-1pm, 7-8pm (PIN), and W 11-12pm (RVS)


 

Course Links

During class we will be applying the fundamental principles of general chemistry to our everyday lives through examples from the following sources. All of the links on this website are for educational purposes and are only meant to compliment our discussions in class.

Lecture

Periodic Table

Periodic Table

CHEM 1311

Announcements

Your Bonus #2 is posted. 

We have made some changes to the course schedule!!  Here are the key dates; Unit 2 Exam will be Nov 3rd-8th. 


Course Links

Course Syllabus

Sapling Learning Homework Link

Sapling Help

Contract

 

Lecture Notes Links

Unit 1

Math and Review Lecture Notes

Significant Figures

The Atom Lecture Notes

Arsenic In the Drinking Water

Pharmaceuticals in the Water

Lithium in the Drinking Water

Drinking Water

Arsenic

"The Magic Bullet"

Atomic Orbitals

History of Matches

Atomic Absorption and Emission Spectrum

http://webmineral.com/help/FlameTest.shtml

Einstein's Wife

Fluorescent lamp

The Other Particles

Other Particles B

X-rays

Beta Particles

Boron Tumor Treatment

 

Unit 2

Lecture Notes

Chapter 4 Part A Lecture Notes

Chapter 6 Lecture Notes

Chapter 7 Lecture Notes

Chapter 8 Lecture Notes

Lewis Rules!!

Homework

Bonus 2

Ions

Periodic Table

Lewis Structures

Hybridization

Atomic and Molecular Orbitals Visuals

Valence Bond Theory

Molecular Orbital Theory

Shapes of Molecules; Peptides

Antiviral Drugs

 

Unit 3

Chapter 2 Lecture Notes

Chapter 3 Lecture Notes

Chapter 4 Part B lecture Notes

Hennig Brand

Fritz Haber

 

Unit 4

Bonus #4

Chapter 12 Lecture Notes

Chapter 13 Lecture Notes

Chapter 14 Lecture Notes

Tanker Car

Lake Nyos

The Hindenburg

Alfred Noble

Noble Prize

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHEM 1312

Announcements

 

Your Bonus #2 is posted!!  So is an updated unit summary listing text homework for equilibria!!

Course Links

Course Syllabus

Unit Summary

Sapling Homework Link

Sapling Help

Contract

 

Unit 1

Bonus #1

Thermochemical Tables

Bond Energies

Hydrogen Fuel

Hydrogen

Recycling Plastics

 

Unit 2

Bonus 2

Unit Summary

ZGrapher Program Link

Kinetics Graphs

Kinetics Graphs Links

Excel Graphing Instructions

Class example

Enzymes at Work

Biocatalysis and Lipitor

Shapes of Molecules; Peptides

Antiviral Drugs

 

Unit 3

Bonus 3

pKa Tables

Pharmaceuticals in the Water

 

Unit 4

Lecture Notes Chapter 21

Enrico Fermi's Nobel Prize Speech

 

 

 

.CHEM 2323

Announcements

 

Course Links

Course Syllabus

Sapling Learning Homework Link

Sapling Help

CHEMSketch Link

CHEMSketch Helpful Guide Link

SDBS

Molecule of the Week

Unit 1

Unit 1 Suggested Reading and Problems

Bonus #1

Hybridization Video

Atomic and Molecular Orbitals VisualsSplenda vs Equal

Unit 2

Priorities List (Rough Draft)

Unit 2 Suggested Reading and Problems

Bonus #2

Synthesis

Reactions Flow Chart

Unit 3

Bonus #3

Alkenes Flow Chart

Alkynes Flow Chart

The Synthetic Arsenal

Unit 4

Aromatics Flow Chart

Bonus 4

 

 

CHEM 2325

Announcements

Exam 2 is this week!!  Wed-Monday at RVS.

Course Links

Course Syllabus

Unit Summaries

Sapling Learning Homework Link

Sapling Help

CHEMSketch Link

CHEMSketch Helpful Guide Link

Molecule of the Week

Lab Schedule

Organic 1 Previous Bonus 1

Organic 1 Previous Bonus 2

Organic 1 Previous Bonus 3

Organic 1 Previous Bonus 4

Unit 1

Suggested Homework

Lab Techniques Assignment

Bonus #1

Synthetic Arsenal Make it

Synthetic Arsenal Make it 2

Synthetic Arsenal Use it

Synthetic Arsenal Use it 2

Synthetic Arsenal General Transformations

SDBS

X-ray Spectroscopy

IR Spectroscopy

IR Stretches and Bends Absorptions

IR Spectroscopy cont.

Mass Spec Fragment Finder

Mass Spec Tutorial

H NMR Chemical Shifts

1H  and 13CNMR Chemical Shifts (HUGE)

Greenhouse Gases

 

Unit 2

Bonus 2

Suggested Reading and Problems

Cute alcohols quiz

Synthesis

Iverson Reaction Summary

Alcohols Flow Chart

Unit 3

Challenge Problem

Suggested Reading and Problems

Unit 4

History of Matches

Shapes of Molecules; Peptides

Laboratory

CHEM 1111

Announcements

Course Links

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CHEM 1112

Announcements

 

Classes Start August 24th.

See you then!!

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Course Links

CHEM 2123

Announcements

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Course Links

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CHEM 2125

Announcements

 

 

We will Continue Lab 21 this week and begin Lab 28.

Lab reports will be due by the end of next week for Lab 21.

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Course Links

Couse Syllabus

Course Schedule

Lab Techniques Assignment

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References

American Chemical Society

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Wikipedia (this website can be edited freely, so the content isn't always verified)

Rayner-Canham, G., "Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry", 1996, W. H. Freeman and Company