CHE 241 Laboratory Schedule, Fall 2009

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Dates: Experiment
Aug. 31 - Sept. 2 Safety Training and Experiment 1, The Effect of pH on a Food Preservative (microscale)
Additional Reading - Introduction to the Laboratory
Rubric for Grading Lab Reports (revised, 2/25/09)
Rubric for Grading Lab Reports (showing revisions)
Sept. 7 - 9 Experiment 2, Separating the Components of "Panacetin" (microscale)
Sept. 14 - 16 Experiment 3, Identifying a Constituent of "Panacetin"
Sept. 21 - 23 Experiment 6, Separation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (standard scale)
and NMR of isomers
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Sept. 28 - 30 Chemical Shift and Integration in the NMR (handout available online, not from lab manual)
Oct. 5 - 7 Experiment 7, A Green Synthesis of Camphor (microscale)
Oct. 12 - 14 Experiment 9, Isolation and Isomerization of Lycopene from Tomato Paste (microscale)
Oct. 19 - 21 Spin-Spin Splitting in 1H NMR Spectroscopy
Oct. 26 - 28 Expt 18, Structures and Properties of Stereoisomers
Nov. 2 - 4 Expt 23, Stereochemistry of Bromine Addition to trans-Cinnamic Acid
Nov. 9 - 11 Experiment 20, Reaction of Iodoethane with Sodium Saccharin (microscale)
Nov. 16 - 18 Expt 39, Identification of an Oxygen-Containing Organic Compound (no derivatives!)