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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 Fall 2018 |
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Schedule of Experiments (Click on experiment name for handout and in some cases directed to an information page)
| Lab Experiment | Dates | Special Notes | What is Due before lab begins, in Addition to Pre-lab? |
| Day 1: Check-In and Melting Point Experiment | September 4 - 10 | First lab (melting point) is on check-in day. | Safety and Course Policies OWLs, MP pre-lab OWL |
| Thin-Layer Chromatography | September 11 - 17 | Add/Drop - Monday, the 17th | Melting point Post-lab |
| Recrystallization | September 18 - 24 | None | TLC Post-Lab |
| Acid-Base Extraction | September 25 - Oct. 1 | None | Recrystallization Post-Lab |
| Distillation | October 2 - 8 | Monday's section does this experiment on Tuesday the 9th (a Monday schedule). No lab on Oct. 10, 11, or 12th | Acid-Base Extraction Post-Lab |
| Cyclohexene and Gas Chromatography | October 15 - 19 | Your first formal report. See handout "The Typed, Formal Report" on the general handouts page. | Distillation Post-Lab |
| Benzoin reduction via sodium borohydride | October 22 - 26 | None | Cyclohexene Post-Lab FORMAL REPORT |
| Isolation of Trimyristin from Nutmeg | October 29 - Nov. 2 | None | Benzoin Reduction Post-Lab FORMAL REPORT |
| Esterification and Infrared Spectroscopy | November 5 - 9 | No labs November 12 - 16 | Isolation of Trimyristin from Nutmeg FORMAL REPORT |
| Alcohols, Aldehydes and Ketones - a lab practical, of sorts | November 26 - 30 | Not a formal report. Post-lab done in your notebook as with experiments 1-5. | Esterification and Infared Spectroscopy FORMAL REPORT |
| Luminol and Check-Out | December 3 - 7 | Last day of classes is Wednesday, December 12. There are absolutely no make-up labs to be scheduled December 10-12. | Alcohols, Aldehydes and Ketones (not a formal report). Do as you did with experiments 1-5. Any outstanding reports (including make up labs) will not be accepted after 12-18-18. Turn in to lab report drop box just inside orange entrance. |