CH 249 Organic Chemistry Laboratory 3

This is the third laboratory course of the organic chemistry sequence. Focusing on developing synthetic laboratory skills including synthetic methods, problem solving, product yields, and analytical skills including spectroscopies, with a green chemistry emphasis. Students in this course will develop and pursue a synthesis research project.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

CH 242 with a C- or better

Corequisite

CH 243

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Describe, and safely and properly conduct, the techniques of melting point determination, distillations (simple, fractional, and steam), refluxing, recrystallization, extraction, chromatographies as appropriate
2. Develop and pursue a synthesis research project
3. Use chemical references to gather information about organic compounds
4. Apply laboratory techniques to the preparation and/or characterization of a variety of organic compounds
5. Use analytical techniques such as TLC, melting point determination, and IR/NMR spectroscopic techniques to evaluate and identify laboratory products
6. Keep a proper laboratory notebook and report experimental results using a formal report
7. Evaluate experiments both qualitatively and quantitatively for technique, results, and to analyze experimental errors