Organic Chemistry                                                                                                                                                                                          Spring 2009

Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oregon                                                                                                              Instructor: Dr. Jan Cammack

 

CH243B Tentative Lab Schedule

Texts: Green Organic Chemistry (GOC), Doxsee & Hutchison, 1st  Ed          Techniques in Organic Chemistry (TOC), Mohrig, Hammond, & Schatz, 2nd Ed

Week/Date

Lab Topic / Experiment  

Techniques/Principles

Reading / Assignments

1

Mar 31

GOC #12B:  Electrophilic Aromatic Iodination of Vanillin

 

EAS,

Melting points,

Recrystallization,

Green Principles

Safer reagents

Selective reagents

Green Organic Chemistry

Exp 12: Electrophylic Aromatic Iodination

Techniques in Organic Chemistry

Rotary evaporators

Recrystallization,

Melting points

2

Apr 7

Handout: Lab 2 Alcohols, Phenols, Aldehydes, & Ketones

 

Solubility

Boiling points

Derivatives

Melting points

Techniques in Organic Chemistry

Boiling points

3

Apr 14

Handout: Lab 3 Carboxylic Acids & Esters

Esterification

Hydrolysis/Saponification

Distillation

Techniques in Organic Chemistry

Distillation

4

Apr 21

GOC #1: Solventless Aldol Condensation

 

Melting points

Recrystallization

Solventless reactions

Techniques in Organic Chemistry

Recrystallization

Green Organic Chemistry

Exp 1

Atom Economy

5

Apr 28

 

Handout: Lab 4: Sythesis of Aspirin & Chromatography of Analgesics

 

Vacuum distillation

Closed Tube Melting points,

Sublimation

Techniques in Organic Chemistry

TLC

Vacuum distillation

Sublimation

6

May 5

GOC #19:  Combinatorial Chemistry: Antibiotic Drug Discovery

Bacterial Sampling

Green Organic Chemistry

Exp 19

7

May 12

Handout: Polylactic Acid Hydrolysis

Hydrolysis

Recycling plastics

 

 

8

May 19

GOC #17: Patterning Surfaces With Molecular Films

 

 

 

 

9

May 26

GOC #23:  Biodiesel

Saponification

Transesterification

IR

 

 

10

June 2

Finish up/Clean up Final Exam

 

 

11

June 8-9