26600 SCHEDULE OF EXPERIMENTS, Spring 2014
WEEK #
Week(s)
of:
EXPERIMENT
REFERENCE
Handout #1,
Experiment #1
1
1/13
Check In
Synthesis of Fruit Fragrances
(Fischer Esterification)
2
1/20
Williamson Ether Synthesis:
(Preparation of Methyl p-ethylphenyl Ether)
Experiment 22B,
pages 321-311
3
1/27
Diels Alder Reaction
(4-Cyclohexene-cis-1,2-dicarboxylic Acid Anhydride)
Experiment 14,
pages 257-2691
4
2/3
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
(Friedel-Crafts Acylation of 2-Chlorotoluene)
Handout #4,
Experiment #4
5
2/10
Green Cross-coupling Reaction
(Suzuki Coupling in Aqueous Media)
Handout #5,
Experiment #5
6-9
2/17
through
3/10
Qualitative Analysis
(Separation, Purification,
and Characterization, of Unknowns)
Handout #6,
Experiment #6
10
3/17
Spring Break
11
3/24
Stereochemistry of the Wittig Reaction
(Influence of a Spectator Ion)
Handout #7,
Experiment #7
12
3/31
Chemoselective Reduction of 3-Nitroacetophenone
(A Compound with two Reducible Groups)
Handout #8,
Experiment #8
13 and 14
4/7
and
4/14
Synthesis Project
(Chalcone Synthesis – Michael addition/Aldol Condensation)
Handout #9,
Experiment #9
4/21
15
4/28
Evaluation of L-Proline as a Catalyst for an
Asymmetric Aldol Reaction
(stereochemistry, asymmetric catalysis, organocatalysis)
Handout #10,
Experiment #10
Check Out
16
Student Presentations
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D. W. Mayo, R. M. Pike, D. C. Forbes, Microscale Organic Laboratory, 5th Edition.
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