Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction
2 Chemical Bonding
3 Bonding in Organic Systems
4 Resonance
5 Synthetic Polymer Structure I
6 Synthetic Polymer Structure II
Lab 1A
7 Biological Structure I
Lab 1B
8 Biological Structure II Problem set 1 due
9 Basic Reaction Types
10 Introduction to Macromolecular Systems Lab 1 due
11 Step Growth Polymerization I Problem set 2 due
12 Step Growth Polymerization II
13 Step Growth Reaction Kinetics I
Exam 1 Problem set 3 due
14 Exam Review / Step Growth I
15 Step Growth Reaction Kinetics II
16 Step Growth Reaction Kinetics III
Lab 2A
17 Functional Group Reactions I Lab 1R due
Lab 2B
18 Functional Group Reactions II
19 Enzymes I
20 Enzymes II
21-22 Functional Group Reactions II
23 Chain Growth Polymerization I
24-25 Chain Growth Polymerization II
Lab 3A
26 Chain Growth Reaction Kinetics
Lab 3A (cont.)
Exam 2
27 Exam Review / Protein Folding Lab 3 due
28 Lipid Structure/Function I
29 Carbohydrate Structure/Function
30-31 Viruses as Materials
Lab 4A
32 Conducting Polymers I
Lab 4B
33 Conducting Polymers II
34 Self Assembly in Solution Lab 4 due
35 Self Assembly on Surfaces I
36 Self Assembly on Surfaces II
37 Toolbox
38 Last Class Lecture