Chemistry Workshops

for Organic Chemistry

Chapter 9 Workshop Problems

First Term Review - Organize your notes!


Structure:

Create a flowchart that would allow you to determine whether a given compound is an isomer of another, and if so, what type of isomer.
(Work in pairs, then share the results.)

Reactions:

The four families of compounds studied thus far are the alkanes, alkenes, alkyl halides, and alcohols. Represent them by four circles and write arrows that show reactions that convert a compound from one family to another. Include all other reactions that we have studied; if they don't lead to one of these functional groups, just show them emanating from one of the circles.
(Work in pairs, the share the results.)

Compare and update your notes:

Organize and optimize the class responses to the above exercises; create study sheets that you can take home. Particularly good examples will be put on the web site.

Practice on a sample final exam:

Fall 1998 : http://chem.pdx.edu/~wamserc/C334F98/Final.htm

Summer 1998 : http://chem.pdx.edu/~wamserc/C334S98/Final.htm

Fall 1997 : http://chem.pdx.edu/~wamserc/CH331F97/Fin.htm

Fall 1996 : http://chem.pdx.edu/~wamserc/CH331F96/exams/Final.htm

Winter 1996 : http://chem.pdx.edu/~wamserc/CH331W96/Final.htm

(caution, for all but the first course listed, coverage was different, based on a different textbook)