Instructor: | Scott Echols, NS 112 |
Office Hours: | Thursdays by arrangement |
E-mail: | |
Course Description: | This laboratory will concern itself with methods of purifying organic compounds and will introduce methods of determining sample purity. |
Date | Topic | Rodig Exp.# | Survival Manual Reading | Pre-lab Questions | Post-lab Questions | Other Assignments |
09/28 | Computer Modelling |
Chemical Bonding Handout Spartan Tutorial |
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10/04 |
Organic Chemistry Laboratory Orientation Melting Points |
2 A-C | Ch 1-3, 12 | A 3 B 1,3,4,5 |
1-4 |
Common
Laboratory Equipment Measuring
A Melting Point |
10/11 | Recrystallization | 3 B,C | Ch 11, 13 | A 1, 3, 5 | 1-5 | Gravity
Filtration Vacuum Filtration #1 Vacuum Filtration Recrystallization #2 Post-lab questions due #3 Pre-lab questions due |
10/18 | Simple Distillation | 5 B | Ch 4, 20, 35 | A 1,4,5 B 1,2,4 |
Heating
Sources Collecting Chem Info due |
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10/25 | Fractional Distillation | 5 C | Ch 20, 35 | 1-5 | Fractional Distillation | |
11/01 | Extraction | 4 B | Ch 10, 15, 36 | A 1,2,3,4 B 1,4,5,6 |
1-7 | Using the
Separatory Funnel Extraction #5 Post-lab questions due #4 Pre-lab questions due |
11/09 | Steam Distillation of Essential Oils | 10 A,C | Ch 20 | A all B 1,4 |
1-3 | #4 Post-lab questions due #10 Pre-lab questions due |
11/15 | Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) | 8 B | Ch 27 | A 1,2,3,4 B 1,4 |
1-3 | TLC #10 Post-lab questions due #8 Pre-lab questions due #8 Post-lab questions due |
11/22 | Thanksgiving - no lab | |||||
11/29 | Lab Final | Lab Notebook Due |
GRADING | ||
LAB EXAM | 50 pts | The laboratory portion of the course comprises 20% of the total grade for Ch 334 |
LAB NOTEBOOK | 25 pts | |
PRELAB QUIZZES | 10 pts | |
COLLECTING CHEMICAL INFORMATION ASSIGNMENT | 10 pts | |
INSTRUCTOR'S EVALUATION | 5 pts | |
TOTAL | 100 pts |
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