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The ManualsModern Projects and Experiments in Organic Chemistry helps instructors turn their organic chemistry laboratories into places of discovery and critical thinking. In addition to traditional experiments, the manual offers a variety of inquiry-based experiments and multi-week projects, giving students a better understanding of how lab work is actually accomplished. Instead of simply following directions, students learn how to investigate the experimental process itself.
The Program Modern Projects and Experiments in Organic Chemistry is designed to provide the utmost in quality content, student accessibility, and instructor flexibility. The project consists of:
1) A laboratory manual in two versions: —miniscale and standard-taper microscale equipment (0-7167-9779-8) —miniscale and Williamson microscale equipment (0-7167-3921-6)
2) Custom publishing option. All experiments are available through Freemans custom publishing service at http://custompub.whfreeman.com. Instructors can use this service to create their own customized lab manual, even including their own material.
3) Techniques in Organic Chemistry. This concise yet comprehensive companion volume provides students with detailed descriptions of important techniques.
Synopsis
The ManualsModern Projects and Experiments in Organic Chemistry helps instructors turn their organic chemistry laboratories into places of discovery and critical thinking. In addition to traditional experiments, the manual offers a variety of inquiry-based experiments and multi-week projects, giving students a better understanding of how lab work is actually accomplished. Instead of simply following directions, students learn how to investigate the experimental process itself.
The Program Modern Projects and Experiments in Organic Chemistry is designed to provide the utmost in quality content, student accessibility, and instructor flexibility. The project consists of:
1) A laboratory manual in two versions: miniscale and standard-taper microscale equipment (0-7167-9779-8) miniscale and Williamson microscale equipment (0-7167-3921-6)
2) Custom publishing option. All experiments are available through Freemans custom publishing service at http://custompub.whfreeman.com. Instructors can use this service to create their own customized lab manual, even including their own material.
3) Techniques in Organic Chemistry. This concise yet comprehensive companion volume provides students with detailed descriptions of important techniques.
Table of Contents
PART 1 EXPERIMENTS1. Extraction of Caffeine from Tea
2. Purification and Thin-Layer Chromatographic Analysis of Caffeine
3. Synthesis of Ethanol by Fermentation of Sucrose
4. Synthesis of Salicylic Acid
5. Analgesics and Synthesis of Aspirin
6. Isolation of Essential Oil from Plants
7. Computational Chemistry
8. Radical Halogenation Reactions
9. Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions
10. E2 Elimination of 2-Bromoheptane--Influence of the Base
11. Dehydration of Alcohols
12. Synthesis of Esters from Alcohols
13. Green Chemistry--Oxidation of Cyclohexanol Using Sodium Hypochlorite
14. Oxidation of Cinnamyl Alcohol Using Pyridinium Chlorochromate
15. Grignard Syntheses
16. Addition Reactions of Alkenes
17. Synthesis of Polystyrene
18. Phase Transfer Catalysis--Synthesis of Butyl Benzoate
19. Diels-Alder Reaction
20. Selectivity in the Bromination of Acetanilide and p-Methylacetanilide
21. Acetylation of Ferrocene
22. Alkylation of 1,4-Dimethoxybenzene
23. Kinetic Versus Thermodynamic Control in Friedel-Crafts Reactions--Alkylation of Chlorobenzene
24. Reduction Reactions of 3-Nitroacetophenone--Comparison of Sn/HCl and NaBH4
25. Horner-Emmons-Wittig Synthesis of Methyl 4-Methoxy-E-Cinnamate
26. Synthesis of Triphenylmethane Dyes--Crystal Violet and Malachite Green
27. Enolate Chemistry--The Synthesis of trans-1,2 Dibenzoylcyclopropane by Ring Closure
28. Amide Chemistry
PART 2. PROJECTS
1. Identification of a White Solid--A Team Approach
2. Separation of a Hydrocarbon, Carboxylic Acid, Amine Mixture
3. Hydrolysis of an Unknown Ester
4. Interconversion of 4-tert-Butylcyclohexanol and 4-tert-Butylcyclohexanone
5. Synthesis of 1-Bromobutane and a Grignard Synthesis of an Alcohol
6. E1/E2 Elimination Reactions
7. Synthesis and Hydroboration-Oxidation of 1-Phenylcyclohexene
8. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution--The Diacetylation of Ferrocene
9. Stereochemistry of Electrophilic Addition to an Alkene
10. Diels-Alder Cycloadditions of Dienophiles to 2,3-Dimethyl-1,3-Butadiene
11. Aldol-Dehydration Using Unknown Aldehydes and Ketones
12. Biochemical Catalysis and the Stereochemistry of Sodium Borohydride Reduction
13. Syntheses Starting with Haloalkanes
14. Sugars: The Glucose Pentaacetates
15. Resolution of Dimethyl 4-Cyclohexene-cis-1,2-Dicarboxylate by Enzymatic Hydrolysis