Principles of Organic Chemistry I - Dr. Tom Nalli
Chemistry 350, Fall Semester 2009, Winona State University
Laboratory Schedule
Lab Day |
Date |
Lab Activities |
| Monday | 8/24 | Establishment of teams and introduction to the lab (SLC 386). Check in to lab supply drawers. Safety Rules. Lab notebooks. Lab grading. |
| Tuesday | 8/25 | |
| Thursday | 8/27 | |
| Monday | 8/31 | Discussion of guidelines for lab reports and team contribution forms.
Expt 1. Molecular modeling of alkanes Smith, Chapter 4.9-4.10. Pavia, Expt 18a. Mohrig, Appendix A. You need to install Hyperchem on your laptop in order to carry out this lab! Here are detailed instructions -- follow them carefully! |
| Tuesday | 9/1 | |
| Thursday | 9/3 | |
| Monday | 9/14 | Expt 2. Molecular modeling of cycloalkanes Smith, Chapter 4.11-4.13. Pavia Expts 18b and 18c. Mohrig, Appendix A.
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| Tuesday | 9/8 | |
| Thursday | 9/10 | |
| Monday | 9/21 | Expt 3. Unknown Determination by NMR and IR Spectroscopy. Mohrig, chapter 18-19. Expt 4. Resolution of Enantiomers. Pavia, Expt 40. (In the 2009-2010 Lab Manual it is listed as Expt 37. We are doing both parts A and B.) Mohrig, chapter 14. |
| Tuesday | 9/22 | |
| Thursday | 9/24 | |
| Monday | 9/28 | Completion of Experiments 3 and 4. Experiment 4 class data. Expt 3 Unknown MWs. For the Expt 4 procedures please refer to page 80-81 in Mohrig for how to properly use a separatory funnel. |
| Tuesday | 9/29 | |
| Thursday | 10/1 | |
| Monday | 10/5 | Expt 5. Mechanistic study of an SN reaction. Competitive nucleophiles. Gas chromatography, refractive index, and proton NMR. Pavia, expt 21. Mohrig, chapters 13 and 16. |
| Tuesday | 10/6 | |
| Thursday | 10/8 | |
| Monday | 10/12 | No labs. |
| Tuesday | 10/13 | |
| Thursday | 10/15 | |
| Monday | 10/19 | Expt 6. Preparation of an alkyl bromide. Smith, Chapter 7. Pavia Expt 23B. Mohrig, chapter 7-8. |
| Tuesday | 10/20 | |
| Thursday | 10/22 | |
| Monday | 10/26 | Expt 6. Preparation of an alkyl bromide. Finish up and obtain NMR, GC-MS, and IR spectra of product. Mohrig, chapter 11 and 20. |
| Tuesday | 10/27 | |
| Thursday | 10/29 | |
| Monday | 11/2 | Expt 7. Dehydration of 4-methylcyclohexanol. IR spectroscopy and C-13 NMR of product. Smith, Chapter 9.8-9.9. Pavia, Expt 25B. |
| Tuesday | 11/3 | |
| Thursday | 11/5 | |
| Monday | 11/9 | Finish up Expt 7 - Obtain spectra. Work up data. |
| Tuesday | 11/10 | |
| Thursday | 11/12 | |
| Monday | 11/16 | Expt 8. Cyclopropanation using dichlorocarbene. Pavia, Expt 26. |
| Tuesday | 11/17 | |
| Thursday | 11/19 |