CHEM 232
Course prerequisites: Successful completion of, or concurrent enrollment in Organic Chemistry I.
Required course materials:
- Bound lab notebook with duplicate pages (from previous course, if available).
- Safety glasses
- Copy of Experimental Organic I lab manual
Course requirements/grading points:
1. Succesful completion of all labs and lab write-ups 50 2. Three 50 point quizzes 150 3. Technique evaluation 50
Lab Schedule:
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Activity
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1 |
Check-in/safety discussion/lab orientation |
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2 |
Recrystallization of Benzoic acid and melting points |
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3 |
Distillation of a binary mixture |
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4 |
Capillary GC analysis of the distillation fractions |
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5 |
Extraction of Caffeine from tea |
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6 |
HPLC analysis of caffeine |
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7 |
Bromination of trans-cinnamic acid |
(Quiz at beginning of lab) |
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8 |
Thin layer chromatography |
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9 |
Flash chromatography with synthesis of benzyl acetate and HNMKR analysis of product |
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10 |
Continued |
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11 |
Synthesis of cyclohexene with FTIR product analysis |
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12 |
Synthesis of benzyl alcohol with FTIR, HNMR, and GC-MS product analysis |
(Quiz 2) |
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13 |
Continued |
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14 |
Continued |
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15 |
Introduction to Molecular Modeling |
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16 |
Last quiz and check-out |
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