In-lab work

Epoxidation Lidocaine Methyl m-nitrobenzoate Ferrocene

Meeting 1

Meeting 9 Meeting 11 Meeting 15

Meeting 2

Meeting 10 Meeting 12
Meeting 3 Meeting 13
Meeting 4
Meeting 5
Meeting 6
Meeting 7
Formal Report Checklist

Former Highlights

Meeting Hot topic Technique
1 Glassware FTIR
2 Resolution of Enantiomers Thin Layer Chromatography
4 UV-Vis spectroscopy
5 Flash Chromatography
6 Check list for Formal Report Distillation
7 Drying solvent Macroscale Reaction (Grignard Setup)
8 Reflux Setup Polarimetry

Techniques

Vacuum Filtration

Column Chromatography

Thin Layer Chromatography

Grignard Reaction

Separatory funnel

Lab Report

Rotary Evaporator

Periodic Table

Solvent

Concentration of Acids, Bases and other compounds


Lab Safety

Lab Safety

Material Safety Data Sheets Resources (MSDS)

N-DEX Gloves

Instrumentation

IR instructions

Refractometer instructions

UV-Vis instrument

Polarimetry

Gas Chromatography

Research Grade NMR

Special Topics

Drying of solvents

Spectroscopic data

IR Table

Proton NMR and Carbon NMR Shift Tables

NMR solvent table

Printed Resources

most of them are available in the chemistry library

Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra
Aldrich Library of FT-NMR Spectra
Beilstein
ChemSources
Chemical Abstracts
Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Data for Biochemical Research (Dawson, et.al., Oxford Science)
Dictionary of Organic Compounds
Escherichia coli and Salmonella (Neidhardt et. al., ASM)
Gmelin Handbook
Houben-Weyl
JANAF Thermochemical tables
Landolt-Bornstein tables
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
Merck Index
MSDS
Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook
Physician's Desk Reference
Physicists Desk Reference, (AIP)
SciFinder Scholar
Smithells Metals reference book
The Metabolic basis of inherited disease (McGraw Hill)
Thermochemical kinetic data

Electronic resources

Need to find chemical physical properties?
go to these sites:
chemfinder or
NIST Chemistry WebBook or
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics or
NIOSH Pocket Guide

WebSpectra Site - for NMR practice problems
Organic Structure Elucidation, A Workbook of Unknowns
- More excellent spectral problems
CIC Computing Facility- Computing room at Young Hall 6096
SciFinder Scholar 2000 (requires a BOL account)
ACS Publications Search ((requires a BOL account)
ChemIndustry.com
Science Learning Center Room Reservation Listings
Computational Chemistry (under construction)