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)
Fall 2020
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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) Fall 2020 |
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Schedule of Experiments (Click on experiment name for handout and in some cases directed to an information page)
If you submit a report late, you must email your TA to let them know. Otherwise, it may go ungraded.
| Lab Experiment | Dates | Special Notes | What is Due This Week? |
| Due to Gradescope by 11:59 PM on Wednesday of week 2 (not Wednesday of week 1 as stated in the handout). | None |
Submit ChemDraw Lab pdf to Gradescope on Wednesday of week 2 by 11:59 PM (not Wednesday of week 1 as stated in the handout). | |
| Day 1: Check-In and Melting Point Experiment | September 7 - 11 | First lab (melting point) is on check-in day. | Safety and Course Policies OWLs, MP pre-lab OWL |
| Thin-Layer Chromatography | September 14 - 18 | Drop Date - Monday, the 7th - Limited-use lab hours begin next week | Melting point Post-lab to Gradescope |
| Recrystallization | September 21 - 25 | None | TLC Post-Lab to Gradescope |
| Acid-Base Extraction | September 28 - October 2 | None | Recrystallization Post-Lab to Gradescope |
| Distillation and Gas Chromatography (GC) | October 5 - 9 |
None, but the last day to withdraw is the 16th. | Acid-Base Extraction Post-Lab to Gradescope |
| Cyclohexene and GC | October 12 - 16 | This is your first formal report. See handout "Formal Report" on the general handouts page. | Distillation Post-Lab to Gradescope |
| Benzoin reduction via sodium borohydride | October 19 - 23 | There are no OWLs (pre- or post-lab) for this experiment. | Cyclohexene Post-Lab FORMAL REPORT to Gradescope |
| Isolation of Trimyristin from Nutmeg | October 26 - 30 | None | Benzoin Reduction FORMAL REPORT to Gradescope |
| Esterification and Infrared Spectroscopy | November 2 - 6 | None | Trimyristin FORMAL REPORT to Gradescope |
| Alcohols, Aldehydes and Ketones (AAK) - a lab practical, of sorts | November 9 - 13 | AAK (not a formal report, use the ELN non-formal template), as you did with experiments 1-5. | Esterification FORMAL REPORT to Gradescope |
| Check-Out and Luminol Activity | November 16 - 20 |
ANY OUTSTANDING POST-LABS ARE DUE TO GRADESCOPE BY 11:59 PM ON THE FIRST READING DAY. THIS GOES FOR DS STUDENTS AS WELL. | AAK post-lab due to Gradescope. |