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Welcome to the UMass Department of Chemistry

Organic Chemistry Laboratories - CHEM-269 - Organic Lab for non-Chemistry Majors

Laboratory Director - Dr. Christopher McDaniel (mcdaniel[at]chem.umass.edu)

Laboratory Coordinator - Mrs. Raina Kittilstved

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Click each experiment name for the handout and more information.

Lab
Check-In (start here for day 1 at the lab)
Distillation
Melting Points
Synthesis of Cyclohexene and Gas Chromatography
Recrystallization - Part 1
Recrystallization - Part 2
Acid-Base Extraction
Alcohols, Aldehydes and Ketones
Trimyristin Extraction from Nutmeg
Fisher Esterification and IR Spectroscopy
Luminol and Check-Out