CH102 General Chemistry, Summer 2 2024, Boston University

(Tentative) Course Schedule

In this semester we cover McQuarrie et al., chapters 15 through 25. The tentative schedule for the course is posted here. Additional details about the labs are posted on the Blackboard site under Lab Content.

Detailed summer 2024 CH102 course schedule
Date	Details
M 7/1	Lecture 1: (starts 9:30-10:30am in SCI 113) Phases and phase changes (Chapter 15: 15-1 to 15-3) Strengths of Intermolecular forces (15-4)
T 7/2	Lecture 2: (lectures begin at 11am) Vaporization and vapor pressure (15-5 to 15-7) Phase diagrams (15-8) Skip: 15-9 through 15-13 Lab #1 at 2pm: Spreadsheet and Data Analysis
W 7/3	Discussion at 9:30am. There are discussions every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning unless otherwise noted. Lecture 3: Colligative properties (Chapter 16: all)
M 7/8	Lecture 4: Rates of reactions, rate laws (Chapter 17: 17-1 to 17-3) First-order reactions: half life (17-4 to 17-5)
T 7/9	Quiz #1 at 11am Lab #2: Intermolecular Forces
W 7/10	Lecture 5: Second order reactions (17-8, 17-9) Nuclear reactions (17-6) Skip: 17-7 Mechanisms of reactions (Chapter 18)
R 7/11	Lecture 6: Arrhenius theory of reactions (18-1 to 18-6; skip 18-7) Catalysts Lab #3: Colligative properties
M 7/15	Lecture 7: Chemical equilibrium (Chapter 19: 19-1 through 19-4) Equilibirum calculations (19-5, 19-6)
T 7/16	Quiz #2 at 11am Lab #4: Chemical Kinetics
W 7/17	Lecture 8: Le Chatelier's principle (19-7 to 19-9) Solubility and precipitation reactions (Chapter 22: 22-1 to 22-6; skip: 22-7 and 22-8)
R 7/18	Lecture 9: Finish solubility equilibria Acids and bases (Chapter 20: 20-1, 20-2)) pH (20-5) Strong acids and strong bases (20-4) Lab #5: Chemical Equilibrium
M 7/22	Lecture 10: Weak acid equilibria (20-6 to 20-9 Strengths of acids and bases (20-10, 20-11; skip: 20-12)
T 7/23	Quiz #3 at 11am Lab #6: Solubility Product Equilibrium
W 7/24	Lecture 11: Titrations of acids and bases (Chapter 21: 21-3, 21-4, and 21-5) Titrations (21-6, 21-7) Buffers (21-1, 21-2)
R 7/25	Lecture 12: Finish buffers Entropy, entropy of reactions (Chapter 23) System, surroundings, universe Lab #7: Acid-Base Titration 1
M 7/29	Lecture 13: Entropy and phase changes Free energy
T 7/30	Quiz #4 at 11am Lab #8: Acid-Base Titration 2
W 7/31	Lecture 14: Temperature affect on equilibrium -- thermodynamic interpretation Oxidation and reduction (Chapter 24) Balancing redox reactions
R 8/1	Lecture 15: Redox titrations Electrochemical cells (Chapter 25) Cell diagrams (Chapter 25: 25-1 to 25-3) Nernst equation (25-4) Lab: opportunity to make-up check-ins
M 8/5	Lecture 16: Standard potentials (25-5, 25-6) Concentration cells (25-7) Electrolysis (25-8)
T 8/6	Quiz #5 at 11am Lab #9: Redox titrations
W 8/7	Lecture 17: Finish remaining topics, if needed
R 8/8	Final quiz: 11am-1pm

Assigned homework problems

The required problems assigned for each chapter will be listed below. While these will not be collected, these problems will prepare you for the assessments in the course (quizzes and final exam). You are required to solve these problems in your course notebook.

McQuarrie et al., chapters, skipped sections, assigned homework problems, and corresponding lectures.
Chapter / Topic	Sections Skipped and Assigned Homework Problems	Lectures
15. Liquids and Solids	Sections skipped: 15-9 through 15-13 Homework Problems: 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 30, 32, 33, 34, 46, 50, 52, 59, 60, 64, 72, 73, 74, 78	1-2
16. Colligative Properties of Solutions	Homework 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	3
17. Chemical Kinetics: Rate Laws	Homework 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	4-5
18. Chemical Kinetics: Mechanisms	Sections skipped: 18-7 and related problems. (We are starting with sections 18.1, 18.4, and 18.5; we will then return to sections 18.2, 18.3, and 18.6.) Homework Problems: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 37, 39, 40, 44, 58, 2, 4, 6, 23, 24, 38, 42, 43, 47, 53, 54, 56, 60, 62	6-7
19. Chemical Equilibrium	Homework 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	7-8
22. Solubility and Precipitation Reactions	Sections skipped: 22-3, 22-4, 22-6, 22-7, and 22-8, and related problems Homework Problems: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 28, 34, 36, 38, 60, 63, 74, 78, 88, 90	9
20. The Properties of Acids and Bases	Sections skipped: 20-12 and related problems Homework Problems (Quiz 3): 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 72 Homework Problems (Quiz 4): 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 73, 75, 76, 84, 88	10-11
21. Buffers and Titration of Acids and Bases	Sections skipped: 21-3 and related problems Homework Problems: 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 51, 54, 56, 60, 62, 70, 72, 78, 84, 2, 4, 6,8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 20, 52, 66, 82, 86, 90	11-12
23. Chemical Thermodynamics	Homework Problems (Quiz 4): 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 63, 64 Homework Problems (Quiz 5): 2, 4, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 32, 36, 38, 44, 46, 48, 52, 54, 62, 68, 74, 76, 78, 84, 86	12-14
24. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions	Homework Problems: 2, 4, 6, 8, 14, 16, 18, 22, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 66, 68	14-15
25. Electrochemistry	Homework Problems (Quiz 5): 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 65, 66, 69, 78, 84 Homework Problems (Final Quiz): 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 52, 54, 56, 58, 67, 73, 76, 80, 88	15-17

Office hours schedule (lecture and discussion)

Here is the schedule of office hours for the lecture/discussion portion of CH102.

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 CH101 office hours will take place in SCI 103A (the room across the hall from the SCI 109 lecture hall).

Lab office hours schedule

Lab Office Hours will also take place in SCI 103A, at the following times:

Ruiqi Lu: Fridays, 10 am -12 pm
Hongze Gao: Tuesdays: 5 - 6 pm, Thursdays: 5 - 6 pm

Detailed schedule