Spring Semester - 2006
Lectures and Assignments
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Winter |
Introduction
and Overview of Wood Chemistry |
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1-20 |
1/17 |
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2 |
Winter |
1: , for a description of common
commercially important woods see http://cww.esf.edu/course/wtwinter/fch571/woodhandbook/1-charact-wood.pdf“ |
1/19 |
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3 |
Winter |
1:
21-32 |
1/23 |
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4 |
Winter |
1: 33-38 Zhu
et al (2001) Equilibriua among Carbohydrate
structures by 13C NMR |
1/25 |
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5 |
Winter |
1: 38,Handouts, read paper1 |
1/30 |
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6 |
Winter |
Detailed Analytical Procedures –Dept
of OrganicChem, Univ
Stockholm |
2/1 |
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7 |
Winter |
Smith degradation;
methylation analysis Analysis of linked sugars-NMR |
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2/6 |
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2/8 |
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9 |
Winter |
2-D NMR
of carbohydrates |
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2/13 |
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10 |
Winter |
Oxidation and Reduction of Sugars |
1: 39-49 |
2/15 |
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11 |
Winter |
Cellulose:
Chemical and Physical Structure, Size,. Properties,
Purification, Species variability |
1:54-62 |
2/20 |
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12 |
Winter |
Cellulose: cont |
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2/22 |
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13 |
Winter |
Xylan: |
1:63-70 |
2/27 |
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14 |
Winter |
Glucomannans,
Galactoglucomannans: |
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3/1 |
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Winter |
Midterm oral exam |
All Material through Cellulose
Lectures- oral wk of 3/6 |
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15 |
Winter |
Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Cellulose and
Hemicellulose |
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3/6 |
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16 |
Winter |
Solvents, swelling systems, phase
diagrams |
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3/8 |
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17 |
Winter |
Commercially
Important Polysaccharide Derivatives |
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3/10 |
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18 |
Winter |
Commercial
Polysaccharide derivatives |
1: 204-208 |
3/20 |
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19 |
Winter |
Cellulose/Hemicellulose: Biomedical Applications |
Handouts |
3/22 |
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20 |
Stipanovic? |
The Biorefinery |
Handouts |
3/29 |
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21 |
Winter |
Student Presentations |
20 minute presentation on a proof
of polysaccharide structure |
4/3 |
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22 |
Winter |
Student Presentations |
Continued |
4/5 |
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23 |
Winter |
Lignin I |
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4/10 |
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24 |
Winter |
Lignin II |
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4/12 |
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25 |
Winter |
Extractives
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4/17 |
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26 |
Winter |
Biomass as a chemical platform |
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4/19 |
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27 |
Winter |
3rd
Student Presentation-1,2 |
1: 1 |
4/21 |
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28 |
Winter |
3rd
Student Presentation-3,4 |
1: 1 |
4/24 |
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27 |
Winter |
Biosynthetic
aspects of polysaccharides |
1: 1 |
5/1 |
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28 |
Winter |
Review -
optional |
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5/3 |
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FINAL |
TBA |
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Excuses, other than a Doctor’s note,
will not be accepted for missing an exam, requests for an individual to have an
exam at a different time will not be considered.
Depending upon class size, at least one exam
will be oral
I reserve the right to
give impromptu, unannounced "pop" quizzes on current or previous work
and the assigned reading.
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