Course Description
This is the second semester of a two-semester laboratory sequence of organic chemistry for chemistry majors to accompany Advanced Organic Chemistry II.
Athena Title
ADV ORG LAB II
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in CHEM 2212L or CHEM 2312L
Prerequisite
CHEM 2211L or CHEM 2311L or CHEM 2411L
Corequisite
CHEM 2412
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The student will learn basic principles of laboratory work in organic chemistry.
Topical Outline
The student will learn how to isolate compounds in pure form by extraction, distillation, chromatography or crystallization and how to analyze them. They will learn how to perform common organic reactions and to determine the structures of products using modern instrumental techniques such as gas chromatography, infrared sepctroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Syllabus