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CHEM 212L Departmental Syllabus
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LABORATORY

Catalog Data This is the second in a two semester sequence. The skills learned in the first semester are put into practice in carrying out single as well as multistep syntheses. Spectroscopic techniques as well as chromatography are reinforced. Offered in the Spring semester One semester; one credit
Textbooks The Organic Chemistry Laboratory Survival Manual, James W.Zubrick, 14th ed., John Wiley and Sons, New York (1997).
The Official Laboratory Research Notebook
Prerequisite: CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L.
Corequisite: Chemistry 212
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Goals The course is designed to reinforce the basic principles of laboratory safety, maintaining a laboratory notebook, GC/MS, IR, NMR, and HPLC. Students will apply techniques learned in the first course to the synthesis and purification of some some representative organic compound.
Syllabus Topics:
Diels-Alder Reaction
Addition and Elimination Reactions
Friedel-Crafts Alkalation; HPLC
Grignard Reaction; NMR
Malonic Ester Synthesis; NMR
Barbituric Acid Synthesis
Chemiluminescence
Identification of an Unknown Aldehyde or Ketone
Qualitative Organic Analysis

Evaluation:

Grades will be determined by the students' understanding and execution of the assigned exercises, the notebook, and the final comprehensive exam.

Final Exam

Comprehensive
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Coordinator Dr. David Dawson
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