| Instructor: | Dr. Arlene Courtney, NS 112 | 
| Office Hours: | MWF 9-10, W 10-11, W 1-2, Th 11-11:30 | 
| E-mail: | courtna@wou.edu | 
| Course Description: | This laboratory will concern itself with methods of purifying organic compounds and will introduce methods of determining sample purity. | 
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| Date | Topic | Rodig Exp.# | Survival Manual Reading | Pre-lab Questions | Post-lab Questions | Other Assignments | 
| 10/04 |  
      
       Boiling Points  | 
    2 A-C | Ch 1, 2, 12 | A 3 B 1,3,4,5  | 
    1-4 |  
       Common 
        Laboratory Equipment 
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| 10/11 | Using Chemical Literature | None | Ch 3 Interpreting a Handbook | None | None |  
       Chemical Information Scavenger Hunt (assignment file you need to download)  | 
  
| 10/18 | Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) | 8 B | Ch 27 | A 1,2,3,4 B 1,4  | 
    1-3 |  
      
       Thin 
        Layer Chromatography Chemical Information Scavenger Hunt Assignment Due  | 
  
| 10/25 | Recrystallization | 3 B,C | Ch 11, 13 | A 1, 3, 5 | 1-5 |  
        
        Filtration #3 Pre-lab questions due  | 
  
| 11/01 | Extraction | 4 B | Ch 10, 15, 36 | A 1,2,3,4 B 1,4,5,6  | 
    1-7 |  
      
       The 
        Separatory Funnel   
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| 11/08 | Simple Distillation | 5 B | Ch 4, 20, 35 | A 1,4,5 B 1,2,4  | 
     
        Simple 
        Distillation 
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| 11/15 | Fractional Distillation | 5 C | Ch 20, 35 | 1-5 | Fractional Distillation | 
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| 11/22 | Thanksgiving - no lab | |||||
| 11/29 | Lab Final | 
       Lab Notebook Due  | 
  
  
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Safety goggles MUST be 
    worn at all times in the laboratory. Each failure to comply with this rule 
    will result in expulsion from the laboratory and a 10 point deduction from 
    the laboratory grade!!!!
    
    Shorts and sandals MAY NOT be worn in the lab. You 
    will NOT be permitted to work in the laboratory wearing 
    such items.
    
    You MUST have a Chem 
    Ticket with you when working in the laboratory. 
    
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           GRADING  
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| LAB EXAM | 60 pts | The laboratory portion of the course comprises 17% of the total grade for Ch 334 | 
| LAB NOTEBOOK | 20 pts | |
| COLLECTING CHEMICAL INFORMATION ASSIGNMENT | 20 pts | |
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           TOTAL 
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        100 pts | |
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