Tentative Lab Schedule: (Refer to the course calendar for more exact details and for Due dates.)
WEEK
DATES
Activity
Experiments
1
Aug 17-21

Lab Check in
Memory / Learning
Chemical Bonding Concept Map

Organic Molecules (1) .pdf (Bonds, Stuctures, Formulas & Shapes)
Related Web-page: http://chemconnections.org/organic/chem226/Labs/VSEPR/

Organic Molecules (2) .pdf (Stuctures, Formulas & Orbitals)

Smell / Olfaction: (pdf files)
Part I: Odor and  Molecules/ Distinguishing Organic Molecules Based on Odor
Part II: Odor and  Molecular Formulas
2
Aug 24-28

Organic Molecules (3) .pdf (Organic Functional Groups)
Sudoku (3A): Instuctions .pdf, Sudoku #1 .pdf, Sudoku #2 .pdf

Organic Molecules (4) .pdf (Functions, Polarity, Formal Charge)


Smell / Olfaction: (pdf files)
Part III: Odor and  Functionality
Part IV: Chemical Communication

Molecular Modeling I / WebMO / Dipole Moment
Part 1; Part 2

3
Sept 1-4

Lab Drawer / Equipment Check Out
Aldrich-Kit with Ground Glass Joints

MSDS/ Organic Chemistry:Toxicity, Health & Safety (pdf files)

SAFETY: General Regulations & Lab Guidelines
Safety Quiz Sheet & Acknowledgment
Lab Skills & Operations Survey: form
Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab

Separation (Isolation):
Solubility / Extraction Demo

 
4
Sept 7-11
Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab

Separation (Isolation):
Solubility / Extraction

(Purification)
Recrystallization

Identification:
m.p.

 
5
Sept 14-18
Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab

(Identification)
Analgesics:
TLC

(Preparation)
Synthesis:Salicylic Acid
6
Sept 21-25
Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab

(Identification)
Analgesics:
TLC

(Preparation)
Synthesis:Salicylic Acid

 
7
Sept 28-
Oct 2
Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab
8
Oct 5-9
Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab
9

Oct 12-16
Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab
10
Oct 19-23
Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab
11
Oct 26-30
 Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab Acetate Synthesis / IR
12
Nov 2-6
 Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab CPR / Sn1 & Sn2 Reactions
13
Nov 9-13
 Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab Steam Distillation / Natural Products
14
Nov 16-20
 Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab

Steam Distillation / Natural Products

Diels Alder / Molecular Modeling

15
Nov 23-26
Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab
16
Nov 30 -Dec 4
Lab Skills & Operations Check List & prelab
 Colorful Grignard
17
Dec 7-11
Lab Drawer / Equipment Check In
  

Skills & Operations:
Exercises / Activities / Experiments

1. Use & Care of Tapered Glassware.
2. Weighing Techniques: Tare & Care
3. Transferring Liquids.
4. Care, Handling & Storage of Chemicals.
5. Chemical Hygiene & Waste Disposal
6. Temperature: Measurement & Control.
7. Heating Methods.
8. Reflux.
9. Cooling Methods.
10. Methods of Addition (s, l, & g).
11. Filtration (Gravity).
12. Filtration (Vacuum/Aspirator).
13. Extraction.
14. Evaporation.
15. Rotevap: Recovery of Solvents.
16. Column Chromatography.
17. Thin-Layer Chromatography.
18. Gas Chromatography.
19. Washing Liquids.
20. Drying Liquids.
21. Drying Solids.
22. Drying and Trapping Gases.
23. Recrystallization.
24. Sublimation.
25. Steam Distillation.
26. Simple Distillation.
27. Vacuum Distillation.
28. Fractional Distillation.
29. Melting Point Determination.
30. Boiling Point Determination.
31. Refractive Index Determination.
32. Polarimetry: Optical Rotation.
33. IR: Infrared Spectrometry.
34. NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
35. Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrometry.
36. Mass Spectrometry.

Learning Styles Survey:
Organic Chemistry / Memory / Learning

Safety:
SAFETY: General Regulations & Lab Guidelines
Safety Quiz Sheet & Acknowledgment

MSDS/ Organic Chemistry:Toxicity, Health & Safety (pdf files)

Part I: Definitions (Individual)
Part II:: MSDS Data acquisition, interpretation, application & communication (Group)
NFPA Hazard Classifications & Placard

Molecular Modeling I / WebMO / Dipole Moment
Part 1; Part 2

Smell / Olfaction: (pdf files)
Part I: Odor and  Molecules/ Distinguishing Organic Molecules Based on Odor
Michael Rossman: A case of anosmia easing incarceration
Part II: Odor and  Molecular Formulas
Part III: Odor and  Functionality
Part IV: Chemical Communication

Chemical Communication html : http://chemconnections.org/organic/chem226/Labs/Smell/ChemComm.html

Smell & Stereochemistry html:
http://chemconnections.org/organic/chem226/Labs/Smell/Smell-Stereochem.html

Molecular Modeling II:  Conformations

 Molecular Modeling IIa:  Cyclic / Acyclic Hydrocarbons:Material Properties


Experiment #1 (demo):  Extraction (Observed)

Experiment #1:  Extraction

Experiment #2: Recrystallization & Melting Point

Experiment #3:  Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)
 TLC of Analgesic Drug Components

Experiment #4: Synthesis of Salicylic Acid from Wintergreen

Experiment #5: Gas Chromatography & Fractional Distillation

Experiment #6: Enantiomeric Separation/ Resolution (Ibuprofen)
Optical Activity /Polarimetry: Part I & Part II
Optical Rotation I .pdf; Optical Rotation II .pdf

Experiment #7: Bromination of Cinnamic Acid

Experiment #8: Acetate Synthesis, Simple Distillation, Infrared Spectroscopy, GC

Experiment #9: Sn1 , Sn2 Reactions and Solvent Effects

Experiment #10: Essential Oils / Steam Distillation / Extraction

Experiment #11: Diels Alder reaction of maleic anhydride and furan

Experiment #12: Identification of Terpenoids

Experiment #13 : Colorful Grignard Reaction