CHE 341 Laboratory Schedule, Fall 2009

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Dates: Experiment
Sept. 3 Safety Training
Rubric for Grading Lab Reports (showing revisions)
Expt. 32, Identification of a Conjugated Diene from Eucalyptus Oil
Sept. 10 Expt. 29, Borohydride Reduction of Vanillin to Vanillyl Alcohol
Sept. 17 Nitration of Aromatics (handout!)
Sept. 24 Expt. 31, An Unexpected Reaction of 2,3-Dimethyl-2,3-butanediol
Oct. 1 Minilab 34, Preparation of Aldol Condensation Products
Oct. 8 Organic Qual, Part IV in lab manual
Oct. 22 Organic Qual, continued
Oct. 29 Organic Qual, concluded
Nov. 5 Synthesis Projects
  • Choices:
  • Aspirin from Methyl Salicylate (Expt 4 and Expt 34)
  • Ethoxytriphenylmethane from Triphenylmethane (Expt 25, part A and Minilab 17)
  • 2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)indole from Anisole (Expt 37 and Expt 51 (use p-methoxyacetophenone instead of acetophenone))
  • Aspirin from Phthalic Anhydride (Expt 49, Minilab 40, and Expt 34)
  • Adipic Acid from Cyclohexanol (Expt 21 (use cyclohexanol instead of methylcyclohexanol) and Expt 24))
  • o-Iodobenzoic Acid from Phthalic Anhydride (Expt 49 and Expt 44, Part A (use anthranilic acid instead of p-aminobenzoic acid))
  • 2,2,7,7-Tetramethyl-9-phenyloctahydroxanthene-4,5-dione from Mesityl Oxide (Expt 47 and Minilab 39)
  • Benzilic Acid from Benzaldehyde (Expt 56)
  • Synthesis of Dimedone and Dimedone Derivatives (Expt 47 and Minilab 39)
Nov. 12 Synthesis Projects, continued
Nov. 19 Synthesis Projects, concluded
Nov. 24 Makeup day for synthesis projects (if needed)
Dec. 3 Oral Presentations (lecture grade)