Chemistry 3020

Spring 2013

Organic Chemistry Laboratory

 

 

Materials

Required

Texts

Laboratory Exercises for Organic Chemistry, David J. Crouse, TTU, 9th Edition (LE)

 

Making the Connections:  A How-To Guide for Organic Lab Techniques, Anne B. Padias, 2nd Edition, Hayden-McNeil, ISBN 9780738019857 (MC)

Other

Items

Safety goggles are required at all times. 

A bound laboratory notebook, with numbered, duplicate pages, is also required. 

It is also recommended that the student bring in paper towels, a lab coat or apron, rubber gloves and detergent.

 

Rooms

Pre-Lab – 406 Foster Hall

Laboratory – 305/307 Foster Hall

 

Instructor Information

Name

David Crouse

Eugene Kline

 

Email

dcrouse@tntech.edu

ekline@tntech.edu

 

Office

FOST 313

FOST 208

 

Phone

372-3515

372-3422

 

 

Grading

Grade

Computation

Laboratory accounts for 25 % of the course grade.  A minimum grade of 55 % in lab is required in order to pass the course.

The lab grade will be apportioned as follows:

 

Experiments = 35 %  To obtain credit for the scheduled experiments, the student will attend the designated lab period, perform the exercise and submit a report through the appropriate dropbox in iLearn.

Products = 15 %  In experiments where a product is generated, the product sample will be turned in and evaulated with respect to yield and purity.

Notebook = 20%  The notebook is required at every lab session and must be kept current for minimum credit.  Pre-lab duplicate copies must be turned in at the beginning of each experiment for 2/5 of this credit.  Duplicate copies of daily laboratory records must be turned in at the end of each lab period for another 2/5 credit.  Notebooks will be subject to unannounced examination and evaluation at any time during the semester, for the remaining 1/5 credit.

Lab tests = 30 % Three to four quizzes covering both practical and theoretical topics from the scheduled experiments will be given.  Relevant material from class lecture may also be included.  Occasional “pop” quizzes may also be included for a portion of this grade.

 

 

Schedule

Week of

Activity

Reading

(text:  pages)

SF = lecture text

Procedure

(LE: Expt #)

Apparatus

(text:  Fig #)

Jan

21

NO LAB

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Jan

28

Introduction, Check-In

LE: pp 1-10
MC:  Chap. 1

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Feb

4

Oxidation of an Alcohol

MC:  pp 13-16,

31-36
SF: 12.4   

Expt 17 p 67

LE: Fig. 6, p 48

Feb

11

Grignard Synthesis of an Alcohol

MC:  pp 13-16, 

31-36

SF: 12.6-8

Expt 19 p 72

LE: Fig. 13, p 73

Feb

18

Grignard continued

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Feb

25

Diels-Alder Reaction

MC:  pp 13-16,

31-32, 36, 75-100

SF: 13.11

Expt 24 p 83

LE: Fig. 8, p 51

Mar

4

Nitration of an Aromatic

MC:  pp 30-31

SF: 15.4

Expt 32 p 101

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Mar

11

SPRING BREAK

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Mar

18

Make-Up Lab

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Expts 17, 19, 24 & 32 ONLY!

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Mar

25

Chemistry of Aldehydes & Ketones

SF: 16.8, 16.12

Expt AK
see iLearn

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Apr

1

Fischer Esterification

MC:  p 152

SF: 17.7A

Expt 22 p 78

LE: Fig. 4, p 30

Apr

8

Aldol Condensation

MC:  pp 75-100, 119-127

SF: 19.4

Expt 30 p 96

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Apr

15

Reduction of a Nitro Group to an Amine

SF: 20.4B

Expt 27 p 89

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Apr

22

Make-Up Lab

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Expts AK, 22, 30, & 27 ONLY!

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Apr

29

Final Quiz, Clean-Up

& Check-Out

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