Summer 2015
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Department of Chemistry
Organic Chemistry Lab I
CHEM 2541
Prof. S. Saba
Text:
Padías, Anne B. Making the Connections – A How-to Guide for Organic Chemistry La
Techniques, 2nd ed., Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., Plymouth 2011.
Handouts:
For each lab experiment, a handout describing the experiment including its procedure will be provided.
Lab Lecture:
12:45-1:30 p.m.; JMH 108
Laboratory:
1:30-4:00 p.m.; JMH 222
Grading:
Products 20%; unknowns 20%; technique 10%; final exam 50%
Office Hours:
By appointment; JMH 516
Telephone:
(718) 817-4440
E-mail:
saba@fordham.edu
Date
Experiment
May 27
Check-in
May 28
Melting Points
Unknown
June 1
Crystallization
Product
June 2
Continued
June 3
Simple and Fractional Distillation
June 4
Continued
June 8
Separation of a Mixture by Extraction
June 9
Continued
Product
June 10
Hydration of 1-hexene
Product
June 11
Continued
June 15
Dehydration of 4-Methylcyclohexanol
Product
June 16
Thin-Layer Chromatography of Analgesics
Unknown
June 17
Column Chromatography of Spinach Pigments
June 18
An NMR Demonstration of the Regio- & Stereochemical
Outcome of Alkene Hydration
June 22
Open-lab
June 23
Final Exam
Product/Unknown
Product
Product