Preparation for the Chemistry Final Exam: Key Concepts and Formulas | CHEM 1C, Study notes of Chemistry

Download Preparation for the Chemistry Final Exam: Key Concepts and Formulas | CHEM 1C and more Study notes Chemistry in PDF only on Docsity! Preparation for the Chem 1C Final Chem 1C (Kahn, Spring 2006) final covers Chapters 13, 14, 16, 17, 19 (parts of), 20, 21, 22 (parts of). The questions on the exam test your knowledge and understanding of topics covered in my lectures. The Key Concepts that you need to know are outlined the Midterm I and Midterm II guide with the more recent additions highlighted below Questions and grading. The final has 1) four multiple-choice questions, each 10 points, no partial credit 2) two true/false question sets, each 10 points, 2 points for each correct statement 3) six problem-solving questions, each 12 points, 50% partial credit 4) one question on definitions (glossary), total 18 points with 3 pts each, partial credit of 1 point for a close but not sufficiently complete answer. Partial credit of 50% will be given for the problem-solving questions for the work that has correctly accomplished 50% or more of the task but has a small error that prevents student from arriving to a correct answer. Some examples of such small errors are i) being off by a factor 1000 (typical unit error), ii) sign error, or iii) trivial math errors with correct formulas. Errors arising from using incorrect formulae or wrong molecular masses do not qualify for partial credit. Study tips. As you have probably figured out by now, a significant fraction of my questions are variations of the assigned textbook problems. The syllabus has the list of these problems. You should be able to solve pretty much all these problems independently, without looking up the answers or solution strategies, if you plan to do well in the final. I have emphasized various concentration calculations on the caffeine problems and pop quizzes and you need to know how to do these in order to solve some of the problems on the test. Key concepts (in addition to those in Midterm I and Midterm II) 1. Distinction between inorganic and organic compounds 2. Structure and nomenclature of alkanes 3. Structural isomerism of alkanes 4. Chemical properties of alkanes, reactions with oxygen and chlorine 5. Polyethylene as a common organic polymer 6. Structure and nomenclature of alkenes 7. Cis-trans isomerism of alkenes 8. Chemical properties of alkenes: addition reactions 9. Structure and nomenclature of alkynes 10. Cyclic alkanes 11. Structure of benzene 12. Halogenated hydrocarbons: structure and nomenclature 13. The concept of nucleophiles and electrophiles 14. Alcohols: structure, nomenclature, chemical properties 15. Aldehydes: structure, nomenclature, chemical properties 16. Ketones: structure, nomenclature, chemical properties 17. Carboxylic acids: structure, nomenclature, chemical properties 18. Esters and amides 19. Amino acids: general structure, structures of glycine and alanine 20. Optical isomerism of amino acids 21. Structure and properties of the peptide bond 22. Proteins as linear polymers of amino acids 23. Polysaccharides as linear or branched polymers of carbohydrates 24. Purines and pyrimidines as components of nucleic acids 25. General structure of the nucleic acid chain 26. General structure of DNA 27. Structure and properties of N2 28. Structure and properties of O2 29. Structure and properties of ammonia and hydrazine 30. Industrial synthesis of ammonia and biological nitrogen fixation 31. Structure and properties of nitrogen oxides (N2O, NO, NO2) 32. Nitric acid 33. Structure and properties of H2S 34. Structure and properties of sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide 35. Sulfuric acid