Introduction
CHML212
Introduction to Lab Safety,
Lab Policies, and Brief Review
Fall 2009
Syllabus
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Grading Breakdown
 Quizzes (50%)
 Lab Notebook, Lab Reports, and Technique (50%)
Course website
 www.uncw.edu/chem/courses/chmL212.html
 Lab schedule
 Announcements
 PowerPoint presentations used in class
 Study guides
 Links to MSDS
Attendance
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Attendance at every lab is
MANDATORY.
There will be NO make-up labs. You
will receive a zero for every lab you do
not attend, regardless of the reason.
Be on time! >10 min late, cannot
perform experiment!
3+ absences = F for course
Laboratory Notebook
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Check out link on course website for lab
notebook requirements for each experiment.
Review Appendix C.
Pre-lab notebook pages are to be turned in
before the lab begins.
In-lab notebook pages are to be turned in
before leaving lab for the day.
Lab Reports
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Located in lab manual.
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Due the next lab period following experiment.
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Late lab reports penalized 5% per day. Once
graded, no other lab reports accepted!
Technique
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Up to 10% of each lab report grade will be
based on technique.
Grade based on:
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Attendance
Dress code (no sandals, clothing must cover ¾ of body while in
lab!)
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Goggles (bring your own to avoid penalty!)
Preparedness (prelab must be completed in lab notebook!)
Attitude (stay positive, no matter how frustrated!)
Participation (both lab partners must perform experiment!)
Drawer cleanliness (all glassware must be cleaned with soap,
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On time materials
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water, and wash acetone. Drawer must be organized before leaving!)
Lab Safety
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Know location of fire extinguisher, eyewash
stations, and safety shower, and fire exits.
You never know when you might need them!
Review ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
LABORATORY SAFETY handout.
Read and sign the ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
SAFETY CONTRACT (CHML212) before
leaving lab!
Experimental Process
Synthesis
Purification &
Product
Isolation
Analysis
Experimental Process
Synthesis
Ex: reflux, heat &
stir
Crude product
Purification and
Product Isolation
Low boiling liquids
distillation
Pure liquid product
High boiling liquids
& solids
Recrystallization,
extraction, or column
chromatography
Pure liquid product or
pure solid product
Experimental Process
Pure liquid product
Pure liquid product or
pure solid product
Analysis
Spectral
IR &NMR
Analysis
Physical
Property
Chromatographic
GC
Spectral
Physical
Property
bp
Chromatographic
mp
HPLC
TLC
IR &NMR
Calculations
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Please review Appendix I in your
laboratory manual to refresh your
memory of commonly used laboratory
calculations!