In-lab work
| Epoxidation | Lidocaine | Methyl m-nitrobenzoate | Ferrocene |
| Meeting 8 | Meeting 11 | Meeting 14 | |
| Meeting 9 | Meeting 12 | ||
| Meeting 3 | |||
| Meeting 4 | |||
| Meeting 5 | |||
| Meeting 6 | |||
| Formal Report Draft Checklist | Proposal | ||
| Formal Report Final Checklist |
Former Highlights
| Meeting | Hot topic | Technique |
| 1 | Glassware | FTIR |
| 2 | Resolution of Enantiomers | Polarimetry |
| 4 | Extraction Part I | UV-Vis spectroscopy |
| 5 | Thin Layer Chromatography | Flash Chromatography |
| 6 | Check list for Formal Report | Distillation |
| 7 | Drying solvent | Macroscale Reaction (Grignard Setup) |
| 8 | Reflux Setup |
Techniques videos
| Technique | Video |
| Vacuum Filtration | |
| Separatory funnel/Extraction | |
| Recrystallization | Video1 Video2 |
| Thin Layer Chromatography | |
| Rotary Evaporator | Video |
Concentration of Acids, Bases and other compounds
Lab Safety
Material Safety Data Sheets Resources (MSDS)
Instrumentation
IR instructions
Special Topics
Spectroscopic data
Proton NMR and Carbon NMR Shift Tables
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)