Pre-Year 2 Preparation Guide
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Pre-Year 2 Preparation Guide Don’t spend your whole summer vacation forgetting all of the chemistry you’ve learned …a little bit of preparation will help your performance in Year 2 …a little bit of summer reading will expand your independent learning skills (which employers are very keen on)! 1. Summer Reading List 2. Revision of Year 1 Topics 3. A Quick Guide to (Essential) Differentiation & Integration (6F5Z2007) 4. Symmetry & Basic Crystallography (6F5Z2007) 5. NMR Spectroscopy – Preparation (6F5Z2006) 6. Essential 1st Year Organic Chemistry (6F5Z2006) 7. Biological Processes & Pharm Chem (6F5Z2009) SUMMER READING LIST PREPARATION FOR YEAR 2 Dr. Lindsey J. Munro [email protected] 1 Dr. Lindsey J. Munro [email protected] 2 Summer Reading List Preparing for your 2nd Year To stop you from getting bored in the long, long holidays, here’s a copy of your summer reading list…in case you are near to a library – to help you find out which bits of chemistry that you like! All good preparation for career (& exam) success in the future. Recommended Books for Yrs 2 & 3: We arrange a book pack of the 3 recommended texts which will cover Years 2 & 3 from OUP at a reduced price of ~£122 (20% reduction & the cost works out at ~12-17p / day) – based on 2016. Usually you can purchase these from Portland Bookshop (MMU Student Union) or Blackwell Bookshop “Physical Chemistry” by Atins & de Paula (Newest: 11th edition - 2017) + “Organic Chemistry” by Claydon, Greeves & Warren (Newest: 2nd edition - 2012) + “Inorganic Chemistry” by Weller, Overton, Rourke & Armstrong (Newest: 7th edition - 2018) Chemistry3 will still be a useful introductory textbook – but you will also need the depth of information presented in the other recommended texts. “Maths for Chemistry” will help explain & provide lots of practice questions for the maths that you will encounter in Years 2 & 3. General Comments In general, the following series of books are all good for getting a more in-depth idea about one topic – but I would not recommend that you buy them. They are all well written & light! See if you can find copies in a library. I’ve noted how many copies of each book that there are available in the MMU library – please don’t take out all of these books & keep them sitting in a dark corner for the whole vacation. Just take one book – and try reading it. (NB: Not in one sitting!) Return any books as soon as possible. You might pick a topic that you’ve found especially difficult this year or the subject you’ve liked the best. Revising your notes from this year of anything you’ve found particularly topic is always a good start! Let me know which books you like the best (or least) & if you have any other recommendations. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Tutorial Texts: http://pubs.rsc.org/bookshop/search?searchtext=Tutorial+texts Oxford Chemistry Primers: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/category/academic/series/chemistry/ocp.do Open University/RSC "The Molecular World": http://www.rsc.org/molecularworld (The OU is particularly good at writing texts that enable you to teach yourself = Key Grad Skill.) Supplementary Book “A Guide to Modern Inorganic Chemistry” by Steven M. Owen & Alan T. Brooker – There are 2 copies in the library – but if you ever find cheap used copies on Amazon or e-bay then I would recommend buying it. Dr. Lindsey J. Munro [email protected] 3 Summer Reading Do not buy these books – just get them from the library 1. Foundations of Organic Chemistry by Hornby & Peach (Oxford Chemistry Primers) - 4 copies - Practice of functional group, nucleophile & electrophile identification - Revise 1st year notes - Revise Chemistry3 (especially if you don’t get one of the copies of the primer) - Highly recommended - essential prior to Year 2 Organic Chemistry in 6F5Z2006 = Core 1 2. “Physical Chemistry: Understanding our Chemical World” by Paul Monk - 11 copies in the library - Written by a former MMU lecturer. - Easy to read guide to physical chemistry – introducing you to key concepts by trying to answer questions about things that we observe in the world around us…like “Why do we sneeze?”, “How is smoke in horror films made?” - Especially Chapters 3, 4 – 10 - Useful for Thermodynamics & Phase Equilibria lectures – Year 2 - 6F5Z2007 = Core 2 - Highly recommended. 3. “Molecular Symmetry & Group Theory” by Alan Vincent - 6 copies (1 – 1977, 5 – 2001) in the library - A unique book that actually gets you to teach yourself a topic in a step-by-step guide. - It gives you a good head-start getting your head around symmetry elements – don’t be put off by the maths…and try building molecules using Scigress if you need help visualizing the structures. - Useful for Symmetry lectures – Year 2 & Spectroscopy lectures - 6F5Z2007 = Core 2 - Highly recommended. 4. d- and f-block chemistry by C. J. Jones (RSC Tutorial Text) - 1 copy in library - Transition metal chemistry lectures – Year 2 - 6F5Z2006 = Core 1 5. “Basic Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy” by J. Michael Hollas (RSC Tutorial Text) - 1 copy in library - Spectroscopy lectures (Phys. Chem.) – Year 2 - 6F5Z2008 = Analytical Techniques (Core 3) Other libraries – Check!! In the UK the MMU library can issue you with a SCONUL card which allows you to visit (but not borrow) books from all UK university libraries. Dr. Lindsey J. Munro [email protected] 4 REVISION GUIDE PREPARATION FOR YEAR 2 Dr. Lindsey J. Munro [email protected] 5 Dr. Lindsey J. Munro [email protected] 6 Revision Guide Preparation for Year 2 During the long, long vacation you will probably be ready to start doing some thinking and getting ready for your second year. There are lots of good reasons to do this: Your second year marks count towards your final degree classification. When you apply for jobs during your final year, employers will look at these marks to assess whether they should hire you – so make sure they are good!! Many people find the 2nd year of the course a big jump up from the 1st year - therefore, it is important to revise your notes from last year in core topics, since we will assume that you already know & remember the content of these courses, without having to look them up. If you “just” managed to pass the course (anything less than 100%!), then look in particular at topics that you found difficult and think about how you could have improved your performance in both coursework & examinations. Independent study and practising questions on your own are essential elements to developing the problem-solving skills and knowledge required by employers to succeed. Before asking a question, make sure you have searched fully for the answer. Hard work now = Interesting & challenging job later Core 2 (Yr 2) = 6F5Z2007 Essential Preparation Physical + Inorganic Guide to Differentiation & Integration (Separate Section) Essential 2 G Cp - If you don’t know how to deal with mathematical functions such as or dT (or if you T T do vaguely but it makes you want to cry just thinking about it) then working through this simple guide will be your key to success in the Thermochemistry module in CH2112. - Even if you got an A* at A-level you need to be fluent in this mathematics by the start of Year 2 … so yes, you should go through the guide too… - Warning: If you don’t try this guide, you will find the Thermochemistry course more tricky than it really is – it really is just a question of practising so that you are familiar with the content. (Practising = Read / do questions in guide 10 – 30 times … not just once.) - Highly recommended by this year’s 2nd years. Monk & Munro’s “Maths for Chemistry” book (Chapters 14-20) - All exercises in all of these chapters … will help you gain the expertise & proficiency that you will need in the relevant mathematics required for this course & brush up on your independent learning skills as well … which will make your future employers v. happy! Symmetry, Structures of Simple Solids & Basic Crystallography ESSENTIAL REVISION & PREPARATION Guide (Separate Section) - Chapters 3, 6 & 8 – “Inorganic Chemistry” by Weller et al. - Outline of key skills required to practise over vacation - Online Resources - Scigress Modelling Exercises Notes from 6F4Z2004 – Fundamental Chemistry Concepts 2 Thermodynamics & Kinetics (Dr. Edge) - Especially the key principles, equations (memorised) & how to apply these. Dr. Lindsey J. Munro [email protected] 7 Core 1 (Yr 2) = 6F5Z2006 Essential Preparation Organic + Inorganic Review of Organic Chemistry required for 2nd year (Separate Section) - When learning organic chemistry, each new element builds on the foundation of all of the previous knowledge. It is essential that you know how to do the following WITHOUT looking at a text book at the start of the year. You MUST be fluent in the language of organic chemistry before term starts in September: o Name compounds o Identify functional groups, sp2, sp3 carbons, electrophiles & nucleophiles o Curly arrows - Should be able to draw mechanisms (without looking at notes) - Predict products of reactions based on Year 1 knowledge of chemistry o A wide range of reactions (nucleophilic addition, SN1, SN2, E1 and E2 etc.) o Carbonyl group chemistry o Grignard reagents - Overview of each - Additions to the C=O group of Grignard reagents o Reactions of Alkenes & Alkynes – Markovnikov’s rule o Relative stability of carbocations & how that relates to electrophilic additions to alkenes (Markovnikoff & anti-Markovnikoff additions) o Identification of primary, secondary, tertiary & quaternary carbons o R & S for naming enantiomers o Double bond equivalents - Read this review, memorise the key elements now & throughout the term.