Text: Laboratory Manual for Organic Chemistry. A Microscale Approach, by W. R. Moore and A. Winston, McGraw-Hill, 1996.
| Date | Experiment | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 14-18, 2008 | Check-in, General Instructions, Safety, and the Lab Notebook | |
| Jan 21-25, 2008 | 3 | Melting Points. Also study Ch.1 and Ch. 2. |
| Jan 28-Feb 1, 2008 | 4 | Crystallization. |
| Feb 4-8, 2008 | 5 | Distillation. Students work in pairs and share data. One does a simple distillation and the other does a fractional distillation. |
| Feb 11-15, 2008 | 6 7 |
Gas Chromatography and also Thin-Layer Chromatography (do both GC and TLC) |
| Feb 18-22, 2008 | 8 | Extraction. |
| Feb 25-29, 2008 | 9 | Stereochemistry: Molecular Models. Each student should bring a set of molecular models to class. You are advised to start this exercise before coming to the lab. |
| Mar 3-7, 2008 | 14 | SN1 and SN2 Reactions |
| Mar 10-14, 2008 | 15 16 |
E2 Elimination Reactions E1 Elimination Reactions. Students will work in pairs. One student will do expt. 15 and the other student will do expt. 16. They will share data and compare results. Come prepared to do both experiments. |
| Mar 17-21, 2008 | 19 20 |
Stereospecific Bromination of trans-Stilbene. Diphenylacetylene We will be doing a two-step synthesis of diphenylacetylene starting with stilbene. |
| Mar 31-Apr 4, 2008 | 17 | Hydroboration - Oxidation of Alkenes |
| Apr 7-11, 2008 | 18 | Reduction of Ketones to Alcohols with Sodium Borohydride |
| Apr 14-18, 2008 | 10 11 |
Infrared Spectroscopy. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study all three chapters. We will work on assigning structures (Ch.12) over the course of two periods. |
| Apr 21-25, 2008 | 12 | Assignment of Structure by IR and 1 H-NMR Spectroscopy |
| Apr 28 - May 2, 2008 | Lab Final Examination and Check-out |