Week

Date

Lab Schedule

Quizzes

1

9/10, 9/12

Check-in

Read

Experiment

course syllabus, Ch 1 & 2

Spartan module on polarity

2

9/17, 9/19

Read

Experiments

Additional

Ch 9, Thin layer chromatography, pp 123-127

1; pp 127-135

Perform TLC using colored compounds ferrocene and acetyl ferrocene (refer to pp 141-142 for structures)

3

9/24, 9/26

Read

Experiments

Ch 5, Distillation pp 65-70; Ch 11, GC pp 148-150

2a, 3a; pp 71-74 

4

10/1, 10/3

Read            

Experiments 

Ch 8, Extractions pp 103-114

1; pp 114-115

Save crude products for recrystallization next week.

quiz

5

10/8, 10/10

Read             

Experiments  

Continuation

Ch 3, Crystallization pp 32-43, 47-48; Handout

Recrystallization of naphthalene (handout)

Ch 8, Exp 1:  Recrystallize crude compounds from week 4.  Allow recrystallized compounds to dry for mp analysis next week.

6

10/15,10/17

Read

Experiment

Continuation 

Ch 4, Melting points pp 50-57

4; p 55-56

Ch 8, Exp 1:  Acquire mp’s of crude and recrystallized samples from week 5.

7

10/22,10/24

8

10/29,10/31

Read

Experiment

Solomons/Fryle Ch 5

Stereochemistry:  Molecular modeling

quiz

9

11/5, 11/7

Read

Experiment

Ch 3, 4, 8, 9 as reference; Handout

Extraction to separate an unknown mixture

10

11/12,11/14

Read

Experiment

Ch 3, 4, 8, 9 as reference; Handout

Extraction to separate an unknown mixture

11

11/19,11/21

NO LAB

Thanksgiving Holiday

12

11/26,11/28

Read

Experiments

Modification

Ch 17, Nucleophilic substitution pp 226-231

1 and 2; pp 231-232

Only select alkyl halides will be used.

quiz 

13

12/3, 12/5

Read

Experiment

Handout

Hydration Reactions of Alkenes

14

12/10,12/12

Final meeting

Check-out

quiz