Lab Tips for Chemistry 336

Eugene Fujinari, Meden Isaac, Margareta Sequin, Ihsan Erden, and Weiming Wu
San Francisco State University
 

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Schedule of Experiments
Chem 336

Expt

Periods

Pertinent Reading*

1

Check-in, Safety and Introduction

I

1

Kinetics: Solvolysis of t-Butyl Chloride; Manual

II

2

Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of p-Xylene; Manual

III

1

Synthesis of a-Bromoethylbenzene; Manual

1

NMR of a-Bromoethylbenzene

IV

2

Diels-Alder Reaction; Manual

V

2

Synthesis of Methyl Benzoate (macroscale)

VI

2

Grignard Reaction: Synthesis of Triphenylmethanol from Methyl Benzoate

VIIa

**

Qualitative Organic Analysis (Chem 336)

VIIb

**

Independent Research Project (Chem 338); See Instructor


* You should also consult relevant chapters in your lecture textbook (e.g. McMurry)

** Remainder of Semester

Acknowledgment

Heartfelt thanks to the following who helped advance this project to where it is today: to Dr. James C. Kelley, former Dean of the College of Science and Engineering, Dr. James Orenberg, former Chair, and Dr. Clifford Berkman, Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, for supporting our interest in exploring new ways to utilize the internet as additional means to teach students laboratory techniques in Chemistry; to the Chem 336 students (Spring 2000) for beta testing, also Mason Bancroft, Shellane Crisostomo, Christopher Jack, Nathan Kondor, Randall Medefesser, Kim Nguyen-Tan, Kristen Ochoa, Alexander Richard, Duayne Tokushige, and Karen Yu for suggestions and assistance; SFSU's Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and Center for the Enhancement of Teaching (CET).
 

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