Homework Assignments

All of the class videos are separated by sections as they appear in your textbook. Before watching videos for any chapter, I recommend you read through the sections of the chapter first - to get a birds-eye view of what will be covered, print out the homework packet, and have it on your desk as you watch the video so you can pause it to answer questions, and reflect on what you had learned.

Assignment Checklist:

To maximize points, for every assignment you turn in, make sure:
  • all pages are stapled together
  • your name written neatly at the top
  • all writing should be legible and tidy, answers fit within the space provided
  • when a problem asks you to explain, you need to explain
  • for mathematical calculations, you need to show your work
  • your parents need to sign (or initial) all of your chapter worksheets, signifying that you checked your answers against the Answer Keys and corrected your wrong answers (no signature, then 50% deduction in points)
  • indicate how many you got wrong and circle that number, writing this next to your name
  • all quizzes and exams need to be proctored, signed, and returned in an envelope with a signature on the seal (no signature or envelope - no credit)

Chapter 1 - Atomic and Molecular Structure

Chapter 1 is broken down into the following sections:
  • 1.1 - What is Organic Chemistry?
  • 1.2 - Why Carbon?
  • 1.3 - Atomic Structure and Ground State Electron Configurations
  • 1.4 - The Covalent Bond: Bond Energy and Bond Length
  • 1.5 - Lewis Dot Structures and the Octet Rule
  • 1.6 - Strategies for Success: Drawing Lewis Dot Structures Quickly
  • 1.7 - Electronegativity, Polar Covalent Bonds and Bond Dipoles
  • 1.8 - Ionic Bonds
  • 1.9 - Assigning Electrons to Atoms in Molecules: Formal Charge and Oxidation State
  • 1.10 - Resonance Theory
  • 1.11 - Strategies for Success: Drawing All Resonance Structures
  • 1.12 - Shorthand Notations
  • 1.13 - An Overview of Organic Compounds: Functional Groups
  • 1.14 - Wrapping Up and Looking Ahead

Chapter 3 - Orbital Interactions

  • 3.1 - Atomic Orbitals and the Wave Nature of Electrons
  • 3.2 - Interaction between Orbitals: Constructive and Destructive Interference
  • 3.3 - An Introduction to Molecular Orbital Theory and sigma
    Bonds: An Example with H2
  • 3.4 - Hybridized Atomic Orbitals
  • 3.5 - Valence Bond Theory and Other Orbitals of sigma Symmetry: An Example with Ethane
  • 3.6 - An Introduction to pi Bonds: An Example with Ethene
  • 3.7 - Nonbonding Orbitals: An Example with Formaldehyde
  • 3.8 - Triple Bonds: An Example with Ethyne
  • 3.9 - Bond Rotation about Single and Double Bonds: Cis-Trans Isomerism
  • 3.10 - Strategies for Success: Molecular Models and Extended Geometry about Single and Double Bonds
  • 3.11 - Hybridization, Bond Characteristics, and Effective Electronegativity

Chapter 2 - Three-Dimensional Geometry, Intermolecular Interactions, and Physical Properties

Chapter 2 is broken down into the following sections:
  • 2.1 - Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory: Three-Dimensional Geometry
  • 2.2 - Dash-Wedge Notation
  • 2.3 - Strategies for Success: The Molecular Modeling Kit
  • 2.4 - Net Molecular Dipoles and Dipole Moments
  • 2.5 - Physical Properties, Functional Groups, and Intermolecular Interactions
  • 2.6 - Melting Points, Boiling Points, and Intermolecular Interactions
  • 2.7 - Solubility
  • 2.8 - Strategies for Success: Ranking Boiling Points and Solubilities of Structurally Similar Compounds
  • 2.9 - Protic and Aprotic Solvents
  • 2.10 - Soaps and Detergents
  • 2.11 - Wrapping Up and Looking Ahead
  • 2.12 - An Introduction to Lipids
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