Welcome to

CHEM254

Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Course Documents:                  Laboratory Calendar:                                        Syllabus:

Physical Properties, Solubility and Safety information:
05 Azo Dye (htm)
06 Banana Oil
06 Chemiluminescence
07 Vanillin
07 Esters
08 Ugi

Spectra and Chromatograms
05 Class λmax Data & UV-vis Examples (pdf)
05 Swatches (ppt)
06 Wednesday Chemiluminesence Class Results
06 Wednesday Chemiluminescence GC results
07a Vanillin GC Standards
07b Novel Esters GC results
07b Novel Esters UV-vis
07b Novel Ester GC reagents

Laboratory Handouts:
05_Azo_Dyes
05 Azo Dye Swatches (htm)
05 Azo Dye Swatches (ppt)
06 Monday: Banana Oil
06 Wednesday: Chemiluminescent Esters
07 Monday: Synthesis of Vanillin
07 Wednesday: Synthesis of Aromatic Esters
08 Ugi reactions

Synthesis of Chemiluminescent Esters Webpage

Extra Credit:
- In this forum, you are invited to offer a bit of advice for Organic Chemistry Students who may be taking this course in the future.
- You may make, at the most, one entry for each experiment.
- Do not duplicate advice already given. However, you make extend a previous entry in a significant way.
- You will receive at the most 1 point extra credit for each entry. You may earn up to 10 points lab extra credit in one semester.
- If you make an anonymous post and wish to receive extra credit points, please send the instructor an email to that effect.
OChemOnline Link to “Has Anybody Done This Lab?”

Laboratory Development Project: Spring 2008:
Handout:
List of Lab Manual References:
Links to Online Experiment Sources:
Journal of Chemical Education Search (abstract only):
Experiment Evaluation Sheet – Week 1

Illustrated Labs:
http://www.chemistry.sjsu.edu/straus/EXPTG%20htms/EXPTG.htm
http://www.barnard.edu/chem/orgolab/lab8.htm
http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/organic_lab/cola/


CHEM254 lecture homepage:

Chemistry Lab photos and protocols:

Oxidation of Isoborneol: Synthesis of Camphor – Spring 2005 (Adobe Photoshop)

Synthesis of Aromatic Esters – Spring 2005 (Adobe Photoshop)

Azo Dyes – Spring 2005 (Adobe Photoshop)

Methyl Orange – Spring 2003 (htm/power point)

Esterification (Banana Oil) – Spring 2001 (power point file)

Steam Distillation – Spring 2001 (power point file)

Nitration Lab – Spring 2001 (power point file)

Tobacco Lab 2000 photos: (htm file)

Emory University Organic Chemistry Labs: Steam Distilllation, Diels-Alder, Luminol, Nylon

Reference Books at Rebecca Crown Library:

"The Merck Index" 11th edition RS51 .M4 1989 (Also available in Science 304 & 306)

"Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference" 2nd edition T55.3 .H3 L49 (Also available in Science 304 & 306)

Note: There is a copy of the 3rd edition of the "Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference" in the General Chemistry Lab.

Chemical Information Links:

Chemfinder - A quick and easy way to look up useful information on chemical compounds by name. You may have to register for the service at some point if you are a consistent user. It’s free.

Aldrich Catalog online - useful information on a wide variety of commercial compounds. They also have safety information if you can understand their numbering/coding system. You may have to register if you want access to some information such as MSDS forms.

Hazardous Chemical Database – from University of Akron. Search safety information on common chemical compounds by name.

International Chemical Safety Cards: Abbreviated versions of MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets)

Abbreviated MSDS pages from “Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale & Microscale Approach. A “pdf” file with 270 pages.

Safety CLIPs (Chemistry Laboratory Information Profiles) from the ACS (American Chemical Society). Unfortunately, just a few chemicals are profiled to this date.

Organic Chemistry Database - Searching compounds if you know the melting/boiling point, molecular formula and/or molecular weight.

Chemical Land 21 – Alphabetical list of products.

Chem Exper Chemical Directory – Searchable database

J.T. Baker Chemical Company – Search their MSDS database

NIST Chemistry Webbook – National Institute of Standards and Technology

The Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory Oxford University: Chemical and Other Safety Information