CHEM 311

Essentials of Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Fall, 2007

Dr. Jay Hanna

 

GENERAL COURSE LINKS

Course Syllabus

Course Schedule

 

EXPERIMENT HANDOUTS

Recrystallization and Melting Point

Molecular Modeling

Extraction of Caffeine

“Green” Extraction of Limonene

Thin-Layer Chromatography of Analgesics

Analysis of a Hydrocarbon Mixture by Gas Chromatography

“Green” Oxidation of 4-Nitrobenzaldehyde

Transfer Hydrogenation of Olive Oil

Microwave Synthesis of Biodiesel

“Green” Aldol Condensation

 

 

 

SAMPLE LAB REPORTS

Example Lab Notebook Entry

 

 

USEFUL LINKS TO CHEMICAL INFORMATION

Fisher Scientific Website

Sigma-Aldrich Website

ChemFinder.com

Spectral Database of Organic Compounds

Hazard.com/MSDS

NIH Toxnet

 

E-MAIL THE PROFESSOR

e-mail Dr. Hanna