CHE 310 L
Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
Spring 2008

Note: CHE 310 is a pre/co-requisite for this class.
If you withdraw or drop the CHE 310 Lecture course,
you must also withdraw or drop from the lab.

Instructors

Dr. Kempton
Section 017
Thursday
2:00 - 5:00 PM
SC 465
office: SC 450
kempton@nku.edu
Dr. Sieve
Section 011
Monday
2:00 - 5:00 PM
SC 461
office: SC 452
sieveb1@nku.edu
Ms. Fields
Section 015
Tuesday
9:25 am - 12:25 pm
SC 461
office: SC 442
fieldsg@nku.edu
Dr. Kempton
Section 012
Tuesday
1:40 - 4:40 pm
SC 465
office: SC 450
kempton@nku.edu
Dr. Russell
Section 013
Wednesday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
SC 465
office: SC 350
russellk@nku.edu
Ms. Fields
Section 014
Thursday
9:25 am- 12:25 pm
SC 461
office: SC 442
fieldsg@nku.edu
Ms. Fields
Section 016
Thursday
1:40 pm- 4:40 pm
SC 465
office: SC 350
fieldsg@nku.edu
Syllabus

 

Experiments will begin on August 25, 2008
You will need the following for the first day:

1. Safety glasses
The Student Affiliates of The American Chemical Society will
be coming to your lab during the first week of class.
New Visorgogs will be $8; used Visorgogs will be $6 (while supplies last).
CASH ONLY

2. A laboratory notebook (available from the bookstore)

3. You will need to have read Introduction
The pdf file can be downloaded below.

4. Read and be prepared for the Melting point experiment
The pdf file can be downloaded below.

Techniques

The techniques you will need are described in the required text:
Techniques in Organic Chemistry, Second Edition
Authors: Mohrig, Hammond and Schatz
W.H. Freeman and Co., NY; 2006

This book is available in the bookstore.


Experiments

The experiments below can be downloaded in pdf format by clicking on the appropriate colored ball.

Supplements for all faculty
Blue Ball Supplements for Dr. Russell's students


# Experiment
Download
  Introduction
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1. Melting point
2. Recrystallization
3. Unknown purification and Identification
4. Fractional Distillation
New Calibration Curves for GC

5. Acid-Base Extraction
6. Thin Layer Chromatography
7. Column Chromatography
8. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
9. Molecular Modeling
10. Nucleophilic Substitution (SN1)
11. Stereochemistry
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12 Dehydrohalogenation
13. Carbocation rearrangement

Additional Material

The information below can be downloaded in pdf format by clicking on the appropriate colored ball.

Materials for all faculty


Item
Download
Accuracy, Precision and Significant Figures
Running the NMR spectrometer





updated August 20, 2008 11:51 AM