Instructor Information:
Name of the instructor: Prof. Tariq Rashad Ali Sobahi.
Office location: Chemistry Department-Faculty of Science- Building: 115 – Room: 355.
Office hours, Contact number(s) 11-2pm S.M.W, 11-1 pm .S.T. Phone: 6952000 ext. 64263.
E.mail: tsobahi@kaau.edu.sa
Instructor’s profile : see web site www.kaau.edu.sa\tsobahi
Course Information:
Course name and number: Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds. Chem 333.
Course meeting times, places: 10 – 10:50 .S.T., build.115, room 315. Practical …T. 11-2.
Course prerequisites and requirements: Chem 232.
Description of the course: Teaching the methods of spectroscopic analysis and their applications in organic chemistry.
Course Objectives:
The student should know how to use and apply electronic spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy.
The student should employ these spectroscopic methods to determine the structural and stereo formulas of organic compounds.
The student response should be demonstrated through class discussion, solving homework problems and through out the exams.
Learning Resources:
1) Spectroscopic analysis In Organic Chemistry, M. Abdul-Mogeeb, T. Sobahi, S. Basaif and A. Asiri, 1st Ed., 1424H.
2) Principals of Modern Organic Chemistry, S. Ezmerly and A. Shawaly,
1st Ed., 1413H.
3) Modern Practical Organic Chemistry, S. Ezmerly and A. Shawaly, 2nd
Ed., 1415H.
4) Introduction to spectroscopy, D.L.Pavia, G.M.Lampman, G.S.Kriz,
3rd Ed., 2000.
5) Spectroscopic methods in organic chemistry, D.H.Williams, I.Flaming, 5th Ed., 1995.
Course Requirements and Grading:
Student assessment:
- There will be three hour-exams throughout the semester (total of 30 marks)
- Attendance (5 marks)
- Practical part (25 marks)
- Final (40 marks)
- Total (100 marks)
Students should attend classes in order to fully understand the subject. According to university rules absence of 25% of classes will result in a DN grade.
Students are expected to show their own work plagiarism will not be tolerated.
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