Please note that the downloads below will be modified somewhat between now and the time of the experiment. Feel free to check them out now but be advised that you should not download a "final" copy until a week or so before the experiment date.

Lab
Experimental Procedure
Photos and Links
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Distillation

TA Prelab Notes

Photo of Distillation Set-up

Close-up of Distillation Set-up

Refining of Crude Oil

The Art of Distillation - An Historical Treatise

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Note that during Week 2 part of the class will do MP and the other part will do Cyclohexene. During Week 3 you will do the exp that you did not do in week 2.
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2 or 3
MP

Mel-Temp Apparatus

Close-up

Melting Point Movie (produced by Bill Vining and Jocelyn Scheintaub)

2 or 3
Cyclohexene

Sample Table

Sample Flow Diagram

4
Recrystallization - 1

Structure-Property Relationships

Recrystallization in Photos

5
Recrystallization - 2
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6
Extraction
7
Alcohols, Aldehydes & Ketones

A Discussion on Color

Table of Alcohols, Aldehydes & Ketones

nmr lecture slides

8
Trimyristin

Sample Table

The Rainforest as a Source of Drugs

Story of Taxol

Natural Products (on Wikipedia)

Some References

3D Model of Trimyristin

Nutmeg (on Wikipedia)

9
Esters

Sample Table

Which one to prepare?

Finding physical properties of organic compounds.

Ester Techniques in Photos

10
Luminol
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This is no longer done as an experiment but the material in this handout will be covered on the final exam. A "prelab" and "postlab" OWL are assigned for this.