| Instructor: | Dr. Arlene Courtney, DFSC 214 | 
| Office Hours: | MW 9-11, W 1-2, | 
| E-mail: | courtna10@aol.com | 
| Course Description: | This laboratory will concern itself with methods of purifyingand identifying organic compounds and will introduce methods of determining sample purity. | 
  
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| Date | Topic | Rodig Exp.# | Survival Manual Reading | Other Assignments | 
| 1/08 | 
       Using Chemical 
Literature  | 
    
       None  | 
    
       Ch 3 Interpreting a Handbook  | 
      
       Chemical Information Scavenger Hunt (assignment file you need to download)  | 
| 1/15 |  
       Melting Points  | 
    
       Handout 
  | 
    
       Ch 1, 2, 12 
  | 
     
       Common 
        Laboratory Equipment  | 
  
| 1/22 | Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) | 8 B | Ch 27 | Animation of the TLC Process TLC Thin Layer Chromatography Chemical Information Scavenger Hunt Assignment Due  | 
  
| 1/29 | Recrystallization | 3 B,C | Ch 11, 13 |  
       Animation of the Recrystallization Process  | 
  
| 2/05 | Extraction | 4 B | Ch 10, 15, 36 |  
       Using 
        the Separatory Funnel 
  | 
  
| 2/12 | Simple Distillation | 5 B | Ch 4, 20, 35 |   Simple 
        Distillation Simple Distillation Assembling Jointed Glassware How to Clamp Laboratory Glassware Animation of the Simple Distillation Process 
  | 
  
| 2/19 | Fractional Distillation | 5 C | Ch 20, 35 |  Fractional Distillation  Fractional Distillation Animation of the Fractional Distillation Process  | 
  
| 2/26 | Steam Distillation of Essential Oils | 
       10   | 
    
       
  | 
    Steam Distillation Apparatus Steam Distillation  | 
  
| 3/05 | 1H NMR Chemical Shift (see lecture syllabus) | |||
| 3/12 | 
       Lab Final Spectroscopy Problem Solving 
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       Lab Notebook Due  | 
  
  
  
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. Keep it in your drawer. Each student will have his/her own keys for the his/her drawer. If you lock it, no one will have access to anything in it!. 
    
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           GRADING  
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| LAB EXAM | 60 pts | 
       A: 100-92 pts B: 88-82 pts C: 78-72 pts D: 68-62 pts F: Below 58 pts  | 
      
| LAB NOTEBOOK | 20 pts | |
| COLLECTING CHEMICAL INFORMATION ASSIGNMENT | 20 pts | |
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           TOTAL 
         | 
        100 pts | |
  
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