Microscale Experiments in Organic Chemistry

Acknowledgements

Components of a Microscale Organic Kit

Microscale vs. Macroscale

Procedures for Safety Equipment

Emergency Procedures for CHE: 206

Emergency Procedures for CHE: 219

Keeping a Laboratory Notebook

Format for a Lab Notebook

Experiment #1 – Distillation Using the Hickman Still

Experiment #2 – Gas Chromatography (Gas-Liquid

Chromatography): Analysis of a Mixture

Experiment #3 – Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)

Experiment #4 – Recrystallization

Experiment #5 – Stereochemistry

Experiment #6 – Extraction

Experiment #7 – Synthesis of n-butyl bromide

(SN2 Reaction)

Experiment #8 and #9 – Elimination: E1 and E2 Reactions

Experiment #10 – Addition Polymers

Experiment #11 – Diels-Alder Reaction

Experiment #12 – Competitive Aromatic Nitration

Experiment #13 – Solubility and solution

Experiment #14a – Infrared Spectroscopy

Experiment #14b – NMR Spectroscopy

Experiment #15 – Williamson Ether Synthesis

Experiment #16 – Sodium Borohydride Reduction

Of ketone

Experiment #17 – Grignard Reaction

Experiment #18– Fischer Esterification

Experiment #19 – Dye-Coupling and Diazo-Imaging

Experiment #20 – Preparation of an α,β-Unsaturated

Ketone

Experiment #21 – Condensation Polymers or Step-Growth

Polymers: Nylon and Polyester