Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Welcome to Truman’s organic chemistry laboratory webpage. For now, the most important links are to the Health Form (Please fill this out and bring to the first day of lab) and the links to handouts for each experiment, located here or at the left. The last set of links below are to spectral databases that come in handy when writing your lab reports.
Course-Specific Information
- Laboratory Policies
- Item Replacement Charges
- General Laboratory Safety information and policies (link to the ChemLab general safety page)
- Truman Lab Safety and Policies Document is available in the “Truman Forms and Signs” column at the top of the Laboratory Safety page.
- Health Form (fill in on-line, print out and sign; bring completed form to the first lab meeting)
Lab Syllabi
- CHEM 320
- CHEM 330
- CHEM 332 Spring 2015 Humphry
- CHEM 333 Spring 2015 Moody
In the Laboratory
- The Laboratory Notebook
- What to do Before Coming to Lab
- Cleaning Laboratory Glassware
- Instrumentation Guide
- Writing Laboratory Reports
Library Resources at Truman
Links to Spectral Information
Laboratory Exercises
- Crystallization
- Solventless Aldol Condensation
- Meling Point Determination
- Fractional Distillation
- Acid/Base/Neutral Extraction
- Steam Distillation
- Optical Activity (Polarimetry)
- Biodiesel Synthesis
- Diels-Alder Reaction
- Friedel-Crafts Acylation of Ferrocene
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Multi-Step Synthesis
- Qualitative Analysis
- Grignard Synthesis
- Dilantin Synthesis
- Luminol Synthesis and Chemiluminescence
- Synthesis of Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone