3005 Laboratory Syllabus
Spring 2008
Rachel Huxford, Laboratory Instructor
Text: A Laboratory Manual for Organic Chemistry 3005, D. J. Swartling, Editor. Goggles are absolutely required for this course. Failure to bring goggles to lab will result in a zero recorded for that day.
The following is a tentative
schedule of experiments to be done this semester:
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Week of: |
Experiment |
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January 14 |
Check-in; Laboratory Safety; Lab Overview. |
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January 21 |
Recrystallization (Experiment 1) |
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January 28 |
Melting Point (Experiments 2) |
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February 4 |
Distillation (Experiment 4) |
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February 11 |
Caffeine Extraction (Experiment 11) |
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February 18 |
Cyclohexene Preparation (Experiment 8) |
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February 25 |
Spinach Chromatography & Benzopinacol (Experiments 13 &14) |
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March 3 |
***NO |
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March 10 |
Spinach Chromatography & Benzopinacol (Experiments 13 & 14) |
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March 17 |
Soap (Experiment 9) |
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March 24 |
Stereochemistry (Experiment 10) |
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March 31 |
Microscale Nitration (Experiment 15) |
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April 7 |
Steam Distillation (Experiment 12) |
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April 14 |
Alcohols (Experiment 4) |
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April 21 |
Aldehydes & Ketones (Experiment 6); Checkout. |
70% of the laboratory grade is based on laboratory write-ups; 30% comes from the laboratory quizzes (usually 3 or 4). Laboratory reports are due one week after completing the particular experiment. It is preferred that the write-ups be typewritten.