Laboratory Schedule:
| Week | Experiment Number and Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | • Safety training and model kit check out • Spectroscopy review (2 handouts) • Acid / Base review (1 handout) • Resonance review (1 handout) • Record keeping and literature searches | |
| 2 | 5b Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution | • Perform nitration • Practice working with concentrated acids • Determine purity of the product |
| 3 | Capstone Project Introduction | • Searching the chemical literature • Topic selection • Chemical abstracts research |
| 4 | 6b Aldehydes and ketones | • Identify unknowns • Run more specific aldehyde and ketone reactions |
| 5 | Wk 5/6 Capstone Project | • Reaction proposals • Inventory check • Collecting and ordering supplies |
| 6 | 11b Synthesis of Methyl Orange | • Perform azo coupling • Observe interaction of dye with different fabrics • Learn about bleaching |
| 7 | 9a Gas Chromatography (and MS) of FAMES | • Transesterification of unknown fat • Apply GC-MS analysis technique used in food industry • ID the fat based on GC-MS data |
| 8 | Wk 7/8 Capstone Project | • Run reactions • Characterize products |
| 9 | 7b Grignard reaction | • Final characterization if needed • Make and handle water sensitive reaction mixtures • Use acid/base extraction in work up • Recrystallization |
| 10 | Wk 9/10 Capstone Project | • Class presentation (15 min each) |
| 11 | 9b Aldol Condensation | • Perform free radical polymerization • Perform condensation polymerization |
| 12 | 12b Polymerization | • Choose recrystallization solvents • ID product by IR and NMR |
| 13 | 10b Multistep Synthesis | • Synthesis of tetraphenylcyclopentadienone • Perform 3 synthesis steps in sequence |
| 14 | Lab Practical | • Covers all experiments |
| 15 | Final Exam Part 2 ACS National Exam | • Covers all chapters |