Organic Chemistry Laboratory Fall Term 2009
Tentative Schedule of Activities:
subject to modification--
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9/25 |
Week 1 |
Lab reports; introduction:
read Ch. 1 and 2 |
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10/2 |
Week 2 |
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10/9 |
Week 3 |
No lab this week |
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10/16 |
Week 4 |
Crystallization and recrystallization:
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10/23 |
Week 5 |
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10/30 |
Week 6 |
Distillation:
Purification of acetone (GEMS) |
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11/6 |
Week 7 |
Sublimation:
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11/13 |
Week 8 |
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11/20 |
Week 9 |
Experiment repeat/makeup ( 7th inning stretch!!) |
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11/27 |
Week 10 |
Thanksgiving week, no lab |
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12/4 |
Week 11 |
Polarimetry:
handout |
Safety: 120 questions that could save your life from St. Olaf
Tools to help you with Lab Reports
Movies of Laboratory Procedures thanks to University of Colorado, Boulder
Acetone lab: an ir spectrum of the starting material (impure acetone) is here.