ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 3510
Fall, 2005, 1 credit
317 Ottensman Hall
Instructor: Dr. Sundin
Office: 311 Ottensman Hall
Phone 342-1015
Syllabus
Introduction: Chemistry 3510
is a one semester survey of the organic chemistry laboratory.
The prerequisite of Chemistry 3510 is satisfactory completion of, or concurrent
registration in, Chemistry 3540.
Chemistry 3510 also serves as one of the prerequisites for
Chemistry 3610,
a second course in organic chemistry laboratory.
In the organic chemistry laboratory you have the opportunity to see firsthand some
of the relationships discussed in lecture as well as to become familiar with many
of the laboratory practices and techniques that are used in the preparation, isolation,
purification, and identification of organic compounds.
Successful completion of the experiments during the laboratory period will require
some previous planning. You should read the experiment, review basic concepts, and
make a plan for the day before the laboratory period. A listing of the experiments
and helpful hints are listed in the syllabus. Your plan
will be written in the laboratory notebook before coming to the laboratory.
(Due to safety considerations, there are no make-up or open labs for completing experiments!)
Textbook: Microscale Organic Laboratory, 4th Edition, D. W. Mayo,
R. M. Pike, P. K. Trumper, 2000, John Wiley & Sons (Textbook Center, Doudna).
Supplementary Materials: Safety Goggles $5.29; bound laboratory notebook with
carbon copy duplicate pages $23.19 (University Bookstore).
Grade:
Hour Exam Average (2) 40%
Quiz Average 10%
Reports 10%
Product Quality and Yield 10%
Notebook 10%
Technique 10%
Unknowns 10%
Grade Scale:
A 90 -100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
F 59 or less
Notebook: The laboratory notebook must be a
bound (non-spiral) notebook with carbon copy duplicate, numbered pages. All entries
are to be in ink. The first five pages will be reserved for a table of contents.
A detailed description of the notebook format is given in the text (pages 29-32).
For each experiment the notebook should contain the following (as appropriate):
- 1) your name
- 2) date
- 3) title of experiment
- 4) purpose of experiment
- 5) reaction scheme (if any) including side reactions and flow chart
of any purification scheme
- 6) table of reagents, solvents, products, and side products to
include name, molecular weight, mass or volume used, millimoles used, density,
color, melting point, boiling point, refractive index, and solubilities in water,
alcohol, ether, and other solvents
- 7) brief, concise outline of procedure (including sketches of new apparatus,
literature references, and any deviations from reference procedures)
- 8) all measurements, observations, etc.
- 9) characteristics of the product, amounts obtained, analytical and spectral
data, and references to literature values
- 10) calculation of percent yield
- 11) conclusions
- 12) signature of student.
The first seven items must be completed before coming to the laboratory.
Each page will include the student's name and date (top right corner).
Xerox copies of literature information may not be added. However, copies of
actual data generated by you may be taped in the notebook. Make sure it is
properly labeled and clearly identified. There should be no loose pieces of paper
of any kind in the notebook and no taped in spectra or chromatograms, etc., may
stick out of the notebook which could be caught on something and torn out.
Ultimately, the criterion for a good laboratory notebook is, "Is it useful?".
As such, the notebook should provide you with all the information you need to
understand the experiment and should help you utilize your laboratory time efficiently.
The notebook also provides all the information you will need to completely document
your efforts. Since a good notebook may be considered a third arm in the laboratory,
laboratory notebooks may be used on quizzes and exams.
At the end of the laboratory period, the duplicate pages will be removed from the
notebook and handed in. Periodically, the entire notebook will be collected.
Reports: Various report formats will be used. At least one paper will be written as an
article for a journal (Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of the
American Chemical Society, etc) to include: Abstract,
Discussion (introduction, discussion of results, conclusion),
and Experimental.
The particular type of report required is listed in the syllabus.
Technique: I will make a subjective judgement as to how well you have
actually mastered laboratory manipulations.
Quizzes and Exams: The quizzes and exams will assess your knowledge and
understanding of the techniques and chemistry of the experiment. You are, of
course, expected to know what was done in an experiment, why it was done, what was
observed, and the interpretations of the observations.
Absence Policy: Each laboratory period will start with a short quiz
and/or demonstration of various laboratory techniques. The quiz will cover that
day's experiment as well as previous experiments. A quiz missed due to absence
will count as zero. Make-up quizzes are not given. When the quiz average is
determined, the lowest quiz grade will not be counted.
An exam which is missed will also count as a zero unless the absence was due to an emergency.
While a student's grade will not automatically be lowered by missing a laboratory period,
an absence will, in effect, result in a lower quiz grade, report grade, notebook grade,
product grade, and/or technique grade.
Late papers: All late reports and notebooks will have their grade lowered
by 10% for each academic day late.
Drawer, bench, and sink: You are responsible for the equipment in your
drawer and cabinet. Record your lock combination in a safe place. Failure to
lock your drawer or if you forget or lose your combination will result in a lowering
of your technique grade.
You are also responsible for the cleanliness of your general laboratory area.
House equipment should be returned and waste chemicals and papers disposed of in
the proper containers (watch labels on the waste chemicals bottles!). Water on the
bench top should also be sponged up.
Safety: Following all safety rules
(common sense) is paramount for the safety of everyone. Failure to follow the safety
rules will result in a lowering of the technique grade. Blatant disregard for safety
will result in an automatic course grade for the semester of F. Please contact me
right away if you have any disabilities so that appropriate accommodations may be made.
The laboratory is equipped with a disabilities station.
Academic Misconduct:
Academic misconduct will be
adjudicated using the procedures outlined in the Web document
"Policies Governing Student Life at UW-Platteville".
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