TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR CHEM 314L Organic LABORATORY
Instructor: Dr. C. Hynes
Laboratory Text: Laboratory Experiments in Organic Chemistry,
3rd. ed. by Mohrig/Neckers
1. Introduction; Safety Rules & Equipment;
Check in
2. Safety & Equipment Quiz; Melting Point
Technique
3. Separation: Simple Distillation
4. Fractional Distillation; GC Analysis
5. Re-crystallization: Aspirin Synthesis
6. Saponification:
Preparation of Soap; Analysis of Detergents
7. Esterification:
Preparation of Flavors and Fragrances
8. Natural Products: Caffeine Extraction
9. Diazotization: Preparation of a Dye
10.
Complex molecules: Preparation of a Porphyrin
11.
Spectroscopy: UV - Visible
12.
IR Spectroscopy
13.
NMR Spectroscopy; Laboratory Check in
14. Alternative Laboratories: Polymers, Organic Analysis