Welcome to

CHEM 110
Chemistry of the Living World

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 The Lecture Team

Dr Kaitlin Beare Dr Melissa Cadelis

Dr Cameron
A/Prof David Barker
Weber
 GTAs

Indra Wan
Joe Sunny

Conor
Marzieh
Grace
Nau te raurau, naku te raurau, ka ki te kete.
 Expectations

Respect

Integrity

Independence

Kindness
 Course Resources

LECTURES: Mon, Tues, Thurs at time enrolled on SSO.

COURSE FOLDER: To be brought all lectures. Contains practice

exercises, lab manual and the ‘shell’ of your
lecture notes.
Available from the Science Resource Centre.

TEXT BOOK: Chemistry 3rd or 4th Edition, Blackman

CANVAS: Lecture recordings, assignment details, practice tests,
supplementary reading, forms, grades, announcements,
quizzes (lab, lecture and prep quizzes).

http://canvas.auckland.ac.nz
 Course Resources

HELP SESSIONS: To be advised. Starting in Week 2

PIAZZA DISCUSSION BOARD: Best place for quick answers from

lectures, tutors and your peers.

BestChoice: Online tutorial program with lots of CHEM110 specific

content.

OFFICE HOURS: Usually by appointment.

EMAIL: chem110@auckland.ac.nz or through canvas

Include FULL NAME and AUID in your email.

 UoA Student Email Policy
Electronic Mail is an official and the primary means of communication
with students

• All official email to a student will be sent to a student’s current University email
address (netID@aucklanduni.ac.nz) and the student is responsible for
ensuring that any desired forwarding to other addresses is in place and
operating correctly.
• Failure to read an email does not free the student from understanding or
complying with the message
• Any other preferred email address must be set up as a redirect from your
student email.
 Practice Question:

Go to Canvas – Click on CHEM110 and then ‘Piazza’

Answer the Poll

 Assessment

Passes in each of the theory and practical components of the course

are necessary to gain an overall pass in the course.
Theory component (70%): Quizzes (8/11) 5%
Terms test 15%
Final exam 50%

Practical component (15%): Pre-Lab Quizzes (5) 2%

Laboratories (5) 13%

Assignment (15%): Science in the Media 15%

 PLUSSAGE

What is plussage in CHEM110?

The ability to reallocate the % of your grade coming from the term test to
the exam (if your exam score is higher than your test score).

How do I qualify for plussage?

For each 5% you wish to reallocate (out of 15%), you must complete
either:
• 400 points on the CHEM110 BestChoice Tutorial site
• 2 sets of CHEM110 Orion (Wiley+) questions (at least 30 questions,
with at least 60% proficiency).
 Assessment – Laboratories

ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance at all lab sessions (for which you

are enrolled) is compulsory.
Unexcused absences/persistent lateness may lead to failing the course
overall.

EXCUSALS may be granted by course coordinator for:

illness or injury (Email coordinator as soon as possible and later
provide a medical certificate.),
selection for a significant cultural or sporting event (if written proof
is presented in advance to the course coordinator),
bereavement (talk to the Course Coordinator).
Contact the course coordinator at
chem110@auckland.ac.nz
 Science in the Media Assignment
This assignment is actually a series of activities, culminating in submission of written
assignment, followed by a peer-marking exercise. Each ‘activity’ will contribute points
towards your overall assignment.
Activity Due Points Value Notes
SiM Quizzes 1-4 Week 6 1 each (4) multiple
attempts permitted (10)
until due date
SiM Quiz 5 (discussion) Week 6 1 graded
complete/incomplete
only.
Written Assignment Mid Sem Break 20

SiM Quiz 6 Week 10 1 multiple

attempts permitted (10)
until due date
Peer-Marking (3) Week 10 6

SiM Quiz 7 (reflection) Week 12 1 graded as

complete/incomplete
only.
 University of Auckland Policy on
cheating
• Cheating is viewed as a serious offence by The University of
Auckland. Penalties are administered by the Discipline Committee
of the Senate, and may include suspension or expulsion from the
University.
• Since 2009, if a student deliberately cheats and receives a penalty,
the case will be recorded in a University-wide Register. The record
of the offence will normally remain until one year after the student
graduates. The Register will help identify repeat offenders, with the
risk that these students will receive more severe penalties for
repeat offences.
What is cheating?
• Cheating, in the context of university coursework and
examinations, is the act of attempting to gain an unfair
advantage by violating the principle that lies behind all
university work - that of intellectual and scholarly integrity.
• To cheat is to be intellectually dishonest by passing off as your
own, work that has been done by someone else. It is also unjust
in that it devalues the grades and qualifications gained
legitimately by other students.
• All staff and students have a responsibility to prevent,
discourage and report cheating.
Examples of forms of cheating
• Copying from another student during a test or examination, whether or not
there is collusion between the students involved
• Using the work of other scholars or students when preparing coursework or
writing an examination and pretending it is your own by not acknowledging
where it came from. This is called plagiarism.
• Making up or fabricating data in research assignments, or the writing up of
laboratory reports
• Impersonating someone else in a test or examination, or arranging such
impersonation
• Copying work from someone else’s lab report, whether that person did the
course in the same or a previous year
Be the CHEM110 Class Rep(s)!

Think you’d make a good class rep?

Send an email to CHEM11@auckland.ac.nz and include:

• What degree/major are you doing?

• 2 sentence blurb about why you’d make a good
class rep.
 Chemistry Tuākana
A place to study with easy access to support
for Māori and Pasifika students

What we offer: Where to go: Questions?

A designated study room Check out our Canvas page Contact Dr Ruth Cink
Access to a breakout space Visit Room 301-184 (ruth.cink@auckland.ac.nz)
Peer-learning environment
Weekly tutorials

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School of Chemical Sciences
Tuākana Tutor
CHEM110
A place to study with easy access to support
for Māori and Pasifika students

Jen Muhl
E-mail: jmuh198@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Alternatively, contact Dr Ruth Cink (ruth.cink@auckland.ac.nz) for more information.

Tutorial Times
TBD / 301-184 (Chem Tuākana Room)
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 Chemistry – The Central Science

Biology and
Biochemistry

Materials
Physics Science

Chemistry

Environmental Medicine and

and Earth Health
Science Science
 What is Chemistry?
khēmia / khēmeia
“transmutate” “cast together”
Te Tari Hua-Ruānuku

‘Department of the Friuts of Wizards’

mātai matū : investigate the substance / essence

 Chemistry of the Living World

The course is delivered in 6 blocks:

• Foundations – What is an organic molecule?

• Spectroscopy – How do we know what molecules look like?

• Kinetics – What really happens when molecules react?

• Functional Groups 1 – How does structure affect reactivity?

• Acids and Bases – Why do protons do what they do?

• Functional Groups 2 – The art of turning things into other things.

UNIT 1
1.1 Bonding in Organic Compounds

1.1.1 Carbon makes excellent scaffolds: 6 12.01

• Carbon has 6 electrons (1s2 2s2 2p2) C

– 4 valence electrons carbon
– requires 4 more for a full shell (8)
– forms 4 covalent bonds
– mid-range electronegativity
• C-C and C-H bonds are strong and unreactive
• C can bond – to itself
– to metals
– to heteroatoms (atoms other than C or H)
• Geometrically flexible
– forms chains, rings, multiple bonds.
Nitrogen makes 3 bonds (when uncharged) 7 14.01

• Nitrogen has 7 electrons (1s2 2s2 2p3) N

– 5 valence electrons nitrogen
– requires 3 more for a full shell (8)
– forms 3 covalent bonds and has 1 lone pair
– more electronegative than carbon
– lone pairs are available for reaction

Oxygen makes 2 bonds (when uncharged) 7 16.00

• Oxygen has 8 electrons (1s2 2s2 2p4) 0

– 6 valence electrons oxygen
– requires 2 more for a full shell (8)
– forms 2 covalent bonds and has 2 lone pairs
– more electronegative than nitrogen
– lone pairs are less available for reaction
Fluorine makes 1 bond 9 19.00

• Fluorine has 9 electrons (1s2 2s2 2p5) F

– 7 valence electrons fluorine
– requires 1 more for a full shell (8)
– forms 1 covalent bonds and has 3 lone pairs
– very electronegative
– lone pairs are not available for reaction

Hydrogen makes 1 bond 1 1.008

• Hydrogen has 1 electron (1s1) H

– 1 valence electron hydrogen
– requires 1 more for a full shell (2)
– forms 1 covalent bond
– less electronegative than carbon