CHEM 352 : Project-Based Laboratory: Organic Chemistry Laboratory

This project-based laboratory course provides theoretical and practical training of fundamental organic laboratory techniques. Students will be guided through experimental design process of an organic chemistry-based project. Synthesis, isolation, and purification of the organic compounds will be carried out by utilizing techniques including distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, recrystallization, thin layer chromatography, and column chromatography. Characterization of the purified products will be done by spectroscopic techniques including IR, 13C NMR, 1H NMR, and Mass spectroscopy. Students will also practice fundamentals of effective scientific writing according to the American Chemical Society guidelines. The laboratory techniques and the student effort in this course are equivalent to what is offered and expected in traditional Organic Chemistry Laboratory I & II combined.