Chapter 4 - Alkanes & Cycloalkanes

Daily
To-Do

Flipped
Lectures

In-Class
Worksheets

Step 1

• Read Klein Chapter 4, sections 1-3 and 5-8 (and Ch. 14.16) 
• Watch flipped lecture
• Work through SkillBuilders 4.1-4.4, 4.6-4.8 and 14.4 

Part 1 - alkane nomenclature, degrees of unsaturation, physical properties, conformations of ethane and butane
51 minutes, skeleton notes pages 4-1 to 4-5

WorksheetCh4-1

Step 2

• Read Klein Chapter 4, sections 9-15 (Cycloalkanes & Cyclohexane Conformations)
• Watch Cyclohexane Tutorial YouTube videos (this playlist contains three videos: introduction, drawing cyclohexane, doing ring "flips")
  
• Watch flipped lecture
• Work through SkillBuilders 4.9 - 4.13
• Work on Free Red Ink Conformer Homework
• Work on Chapter 4 EOC problems on WileyPLUS (auto-graded) or on paper (self grade, using Solutions Manual). 
  
  

Part 2 - cycloalkanes, conformations of cyclohexanes and chair flips
22 minutes, skeleton notes pages 4-6 to 4-8

WorksheetCh4-2

Supplemental Materials

• Alkane Nomenclature resources
  • Lecture notes alkane nomenclature key: page 4-1 and page 4-2
  • Nomenclature summary sheet from Master Organic Chemistry
  • Nomenclature practice (find the errors - good OLC activity!) worksheet and answer key
  • Nomenclature practice websites for alkanes & cycloalkanes:
    Chemware | Doc Brown | Michigan State U (first two sections only)

• Newman Projections
  • Newman Projection homework (Free Red Ink, submit to Gradescope)
  • Klein-Starkey 5th edition preview: various representations of the conformers of butane
    
    
• Cyclohexane Chair resources
  • Cyclohexane tutorial YouTube videos (this playlist contains three videos:
    introduction, drawing cyclohexane, doing ring "flips")
  • Klein-Starkey 5th edition preview: various representations of cyclohexane
  • Line Drawing examples, including chair and boat conformations
  • Chapter 4 Part 2 Worksheet Problem #7 Answer Key

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