This workbook is intended for use in an introductory graduate or an advanced undergraduate Physical Organic Chemistry course in conjunction with a textbook. The activities are designed to be used by students working in small, self-managed groups. Each activity starts with a focus question, which is a question that students should be able to answer by the end of the activity. Students are guided by the models and questions within the activity to develop the desired concepts. Exercises are included in some of the activities and are meant to be done as homework in addition to problems given by the instructor.

Access to Instructor Resources, including answer keys
and facilitation notes, is available to adopting faculty.

 

 

Pericyclic Reactions

Activity 1: Introduction to Qualitative Molecular Orbital Theory

Activity 2: Stereochemistry of Electrocyclic Reactions

Activity 3A: Electrocyclic Reactions and Molecular Orbitals

Activity 3B: Correlation Diagrams

Activity 4A: Stereochemistry of Cycloadditions and Cycloreversions

Activity 4B: Diels-Alder Reactions

Activity 5A: Benzene and Möbius Benzene

Activity 5B: Aromatic Transition State Theory

Activity 6A: Sigmatropic Rearrangements

Activity 6B: Alkyl Shifts

Activity 7A: The Cope Rearrangement I

Activity 7B: The Cope Rearrangement II

Polar Reactions

Activity 8: Polar Mechanisms

Activity 9: Isotopic Substitution

Activity 10A: Hammett Plots

Activity 10B: More Hammett Plots

Activity 11A: Review: Lewis Acids/Bases, Electrophiles, & Nucleophiles

Activity 11B: Hard Soft Acid Base Theory

Activity 12: Topicity Relationships

Activity 13: Polar Ring Closures
 
   

PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY:
  A Guided Inquiry Workbook
  Pre-Market Edition
  by Kelly Butler, Chestnut Hill College
  ISBN: 978-1-60263-531-9     $20 ($6 S&H)

If you’re interested in adopting Physical Organic Chemistry, please contact us. We’re happy to answer any questions you might have and to
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With the pre-market edition being piloted now, Pacific Crest has added another member to its successful series of math Foundations books. From the Preface:

This activity book can be used to meet these criteria for the course by improving student self-reliance in developing their understanding of mathematical concepts and in mastering manipulative skills. Reading Questions and Critical Thinking Questions component of each activity allow students to apply their reasoning and sense-making skills. Demonstrate Your Understanding and Identify and Correct Errors components allow them to develop their problem solving ability.

The book was developed using the principles of Process Education that are based on and informed by Bloom’s Taxonomy as updated by Anderson and Krathwohl. Each activity allows students to reach the problem solving level of learning for the topic covered.

 

An Instructor’s Guide Edition of the book (available to adopting faculty via a secure Instructor Resources website) further supports active learning instruction. Also available are answers to the Reading and Critical Thinking Questions and solutions to the Demonstrate Your Understanding and Identify and Correct the Error problems.

Chapter 1 — Expressions
 1.1 Expanding the Number System
1.2 Working with Numbers Represented by Radicals
1.3 Working with Complex Numbers
1.4 Interpreting Word Problems
1.5 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
1.6 Evaluating Formulas
Concept Map for Chapter 1

Chapter 2 — Equations
 2.1 Equations: Equivalence and Substitution
2.2 Solving Basic Equations
2.3 Solving Systems of Linear Equations
2.4 Validation
Concept Map for Chapter 2

Chapter 3 — Graphing Fundamentals
 3.1 Solving and Graphing a Linear Inequality of a Single Variable
3.2 Solving and Graphing Compound Inequalities of a Single Variable
3.3 Ordered Pairs, Intercepts, and Slopes
3.4 Graphing Equations of Two Variables
Concept Map for Chapter 3

Chapter 4 — Factoring to Solve Polynomial Problems
 4.1 Dividing Polynomials
4.2 Factoring Polynomials
4.3 Solving Quadratic and Other Polynomial Equations
4.4 Simplifying Rational Expressions
Concept Map for Chapter 4

Chapter 5 — Functions
 5.1 Basics of Functions
5.2 Families of Functions
5.3 Analyzing a Function
5.4 Inverse Relations and Functions
5.5 Manipulating Functions and the Basics of Comparing Functions
Concept Map for Chapter 5

Chapter 6 — Solving Other Equations
 6.1 Solving Absolute Value and Rational Equations
6.2 Removing a Function from an Equation
6.3 Solving an Equation
6.4 Additional Tools for Solving Equations
Concept Map for Chapter 6

  

   

Foundations of Algebra: Active Learning Workbook
  Pre-Market Edition
  by Pacific Crest (Mathematics editor: Wade Ellis)
  ISBN: 978–1–60263–640-8     $29 ($9 S&H)

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