This course instructs sophomores in chemistry-related fields how to handle organic apparatus, practice separation techniques, and perform basic organic reactions.
Prerequisites by topic:
| 1. | General Chemistry | |
| 2. | General Chemistry Experiment | |
| 3. | Organic Chemistry I |
Experiments: (each topic 1 class for 6 hr)
| 1. | Introduction | |
| 2. | Calibration of Thermometer, Simple Distillation | |
| 3. | Boiling Point Apparatus | |
| 4. | Fractional Distillation | |
| 5. | Recrystallization and Melting Point | |
| 6. | Column Chromatography | |
| 7. | Thin-Layer Chromatography | |
| 8. | t-Butyl Chloride SN1 Reaction | |
| 9. | n-Butyl Bromide SN2 Reaction | |
| 10. | Free Radical Halogenation of Cyclohexane | |
| 11. | Dehydration of Cyclohexanol | |
| 12. | Oxidation of an Aromatic Side Chain to a Carboxylic Acid | |
| 12. | Esterification: Preparation of Methyl Benzoate |