Chem 32: The First Exam
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Manual
Following are links to sample problems, most of which are from
past Chem 32 exams. These cover the topics you might expect to see on the first
Chem 32 midterm on Tuesday, October 12th. The numbers of the problems
invoking the listed concept are in parentheses. Explanatory texts can
be accessed here if you need them, but try to
focus on doing problems. If you want a periodic table to pop up in
another window for you to refer to as you work, then click here. If you find
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| Group
Theory | - Identifying
point groups (1, 6)
- Identifying Symmetry Elements (2, 3,
4, 9, 11)
- Identifying chirality/polarity (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
- Group
theoretical bonding considerations (7, 8, 10)
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| Organic
Chemistry | - Nomenclature (1, 6, 12, 16, 21, 22,
23)
- Stability
(2, 24)
- Hybridization, resonance, aromaticity (3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14,
15, 17, 18)
- Allene (4, 8, 13)
- Bond lengths (5,
20)
- Unsaturation (7, 9, 10, 19)
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| Structure and
Bonding | - Generating MO's (1)
- Stability and charge
distribution (1, 3, 6)
- Orbital energies (2, 6)
- LCAO-MO
(3, 4, 7)
- Ionization potentials (3, 4, 7)
- Multiplicity and
magnetism (4, 5, 7)
- Molecular oxygen (5, 10)
- Bond order/length
(5)
- Overlap integrals and bonding (8, 9)
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| Stereochemistry and
Chirality Part 1 Stereochemistry and Chirality Part
2 | - Identifying chirality (1, 6, 7, 9, 10)
- Determining
absolute
configuration (1, 14)
- Sites of unsaturation (1, 6, 11)
Categorizing
stereoisomers (2, 4, 6, 9, 14, 17) - Reactions (3, 4, 6, 9,
17)
- Physical Properties (3, 4, 6, 7)
- Newman projections (5, 8,
12)
- Meso compounds
(5, 8, 15, 16)
- Allenes (11, 13)
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