CH102 General Chemistry, Spring 2021, Boston University

Lecture topics and assigned problems

In this semester we cover McQuarrie et al., chapters 15 through 25. The requried problems assigned for each semester will be listed below. Your are required to record in your spiral bound notebook your solution to each of the assigned problems.

The PDF schedule of topics to be covered in each MWF and TR lecture, prelab lecture, and lab is at

http://genchem.bu.edu/ch102-spring-2021/ScheduleByWeek-Sp21.pdf

McQuarrie et al., chapters, required problems, and corresponding lectures.
Chapter and required problems	Lectures
15. Liquids and Solids Problems 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 46, 50, 52, 59, 60, 64, 72, 73, 74, 78; skip sections 15-9 through 15-13 and related problems.	MWF 1–5 TR 1–3
16. Colligative Properties of Solutions Problems 2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26, 32, 34, 40, 42, 44, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 64, 68, 69, 70, 74, 80, 81, 88, 89	MWF 6–9 TR 4–6
17. Chemical Kinetics: Rate Laws Problems 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30, 32, 34, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 70, 74, 77	MWF 10–13 TR 6–8
18. Chemical Kinetics: Mechanisms Problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 53, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62; skip section 18-7 and related problems.	MWF 14–16 TR 8–9
19. Chemical Equilibrium Problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 59, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 80, 82, 84, 86, 90, 91	MWF 17–18 TR 10–11
20. The Properties of Acids and Bases Problems 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 84, 88; skip section 20-12 and related problems.	MWF 19–22 TR 12–14
21. Buffers and Titration of Acids and Bases Problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 20, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 51, 52, 54, 56, 60, 62, 66, 70, 72, 78, 82, 84, 86, 90; skip section 21-3 and related problems.	MWF 23–25 TR 15–16
22. Solubility and Precipitation Reactions Problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 60, 63, 74, 78, 84, 88, 90; skip sections 22-3, 22-4, 22-6, 22-7, and 22-8, and related problems	MWF 26–27 TR 16–17
23. Chemical Thermodynamics Problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 32, 36, 38, 44, 46, 48, 52, 54, 62, 63, 64, 68, 74, 76, 78, 84, 86	MWF 27–33 TR 17–21
24. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions Problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 66, 68	MWF 33–34 TR 21–22
25. Electrochemistry Problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 52, 54, 56, 58, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88	MWF 35–39 TR 22–26

Laboratory schedule

The weekly laboratory schedule is here.

Office hour schedule

Here is the schedule of MWF lectures (click on a lecture to show chapter topic), holidays, quizzes, and office hours.

Office hours are optional sessions for you to get help with the course. You may attend any of these sessions that you wish; no appointment is necessary. Please Note: all CH102 office hours will take place over Zoom. The links are embedded in the calendar.

Important Note about Zoom links: if you are getting an error message (or a request for a passcode), please click "more details" on the Google Calendar event to see the full link. This full link will not require you to enter a passcode.

Detailed schedule