CHE 311 Lab Web site
Spring 2012

This course has the following pre- or co-requsites: 1) CHE 310 L is a prerequisite 2) CHE 311 Lecture is a pre- or co-requsite If you have not previously passed or are not currently enrolled in CHE 311, you may not be enrolled in CHE 311 L.

Experiments will begin on January 9, 2012
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 Optical Rotation experiment
The pdf file can be downloaded below.

Techniques

The techniques you will need are described in the required text: Techniques in Organic Chemistry, 3rd ed. by Mohrig et. al. W.H. Freeman and Co., NY; 2010 This book is available in the bookstore.

Instructors

Instructor	Section	Day & Time
Dr. Austen	001	Monnday 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Dr. Ma	002	Tuesday 9:25 AM - 12:25 PM
Dr. Austen	003	Tuesday 1:40 - 4:40 PM
Dr. Austen	004	Wednesday 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Dr. Esterline	006	Thursday 5:30 - 8:30 PM

Experiments

#	Experiment	Download Supplement	Homework
i	Introduction
1.	Optical Rotation
2.	Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution:Nitration
3.	Nucleophilic Substitution: SN1
4.	Stereochemistry: Bromination of trans- Cinnamic Acid
5.	Elimination
6.	Ether Synthesis
7.	Wittig Synthesis
8.	Hydrolysis of Benzonitrile
9.	Acetylation of Benzoin
10.	Aldol Condensation
11.	Click Chemistry
12.	Reduction of a Ketone with NaBH4

Additional Material

Item	Download
Accuracy, Precision and Significant Figures
ACS accepted abbreviations
Running the NMR spectrometer
Download ChemSketch

updated January 6, 2012 3:52 PM