CHEM 311 –Lab Schedule – Fall, 2007 (Revised 8/20/2007)
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Date |
Experiment |
Lab Report Due
Date |
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8/20 |
No Lab – First Week |
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8/27 |
Introduction, Lab Safety, Lab Reports, “Green” Chemistry |
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9/3 |
Recrystallization and Melting Point |
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9/10 |
Recrystallization and Melting Point (con’t) |
W, 9/12 |
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9/17 |
Molecular Modeling:
Conformational Analysis |
W, 9/19 |
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9/24 |
Extraction I:
Extraction of Caffeine from Tea |
W, 9/26 |
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10/1 |
Extraction II:
“Green” Extraction of Limonene from Infrared Spectroscopy (IR) |
W, 10/3 |
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10/8 |
Thin-Layer Chromatography of Analgesics |
W, 10/10 |
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10/15 |
No Lab – Fall Break |
n/a |
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10/22 |
Analysis of a Hydrocarbon Mixture by Gas Chromatography |
W, 10/24 |
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10/29 |
“Green” Oxidation of 4-Nitrobenzaldehyde |
W, 10/31 |
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11/5 |
Transfer Hydrogenation of Olive Oil |
W, 11/7 |
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11/12 |
Microwave Synthesis of Biodiesel; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) |
W, 11/15 |
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11/19 |
“Green” Aldol Condensation |
M, 11/26 |
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11/26 |
TBA |
n/a |
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12/3 |
No Lab |
n/a |