CHEM 212 Lecture Notes - Forensic Science
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Lecture 1 (05/02) - chem 212 - summer 2011. Introduction: professor: ariel fenter, email: ariel. fenster@mcgill. ca, office: otto maas 110. Things you need: textbook, recommended: organic chemistry - tenth edition (ninth edition is fine) - solomons and fryhle, any textbook works, honestly, molecular modeling set, clickers, optional, but recommended. Introduction: we know approximately 50 million compounds, 95% of these are organic compounds, used in a large number of consumer products, also used in forensic science, gas chromatography. What is the best method to remove skunk smell from a pet: wash with vinegar, wash with tomato juice, wash with h2o2, wash with h2so4. Drugs: antibiotics: mainly based on organic compounds o. This allows for a large amount of versatility and being capable of forming many structures. Methods of describing compounds: molecular formula, condensed formula, bond line formula. Isomerism: structural or constitutional isomers, possible exam problem: determine all possible structural isomers of a compound.