| Instructor: | Dr. Arlene Courtney, NS 104 |
| Office Hours: | MW 9-11; Th 11-12 |
| 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 |
| 09/28 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory Orientation | Common Laboratory
Equipment The Kemkit Collecting Chemical Information (handout) |
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| 10/05 | Melting Points | 2 A-C | Ch 1-3, 12 | A 3 B 1,3,4,5 |
1-4 | Lab
Resources Measuring A Melting Point #2 Pre-lab questions due |
| 10/12 | 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 Collecting Chem Info due |
| 10/19 | Simple Distillation | 5 B | Ch 4, 20, 35 | A 1,4,5 B 1,2,4 |
Heating
Sources Simple Distillation #3 Post-lab questions due #5 prelab questions due |
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| 10/26 | Fractional Distillation | 5 C | Ch 20, 35 | 1-5 | Fractional Distillation |
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| 11/02 | 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 |
| 11/16 | 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 |
| 11/23 | Thanksgiving - no lab | |||||
| 11/30 | Lab Final | Lab Notebook Due |
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| 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 | |