Synopses & Reviews
Like its precursors, this edition is designed to quickly build student proficiency in a wide range of experimental procedures. New additions include a section on microscale techniques with illustrations of basic equipment, use of Mickman still and conical vials, syringe transfer methods, Pasteur recrystallization and the special analytical balance, polarimetry, organic qualitative analysis, typical NMR (Version EM-360) and FTIR operations. Amply illustrated.
Synopsis
This book describes the instruments and techniques that are used in an organic lab. It contains vital directions for obtaining information on organic chemistry labs from the Internet.
Brief sections provide succinct coverage of targeted information on each technique.
-- An introduction to the terminology of Web sites, browsers, links, home pages, URLs, and more allows readers to obtain information on organic chem labs from the Internet.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
Safety First, Last, and Always.
Keeping a Notebook.
Interpreting a Handbook.
Generic Jointware.
Other Interesting Equipment.
Pipet Tips.
Syringes and Needles.
Drying Agents.
The Melting Point Experiment.
Recrystallization.
Extraction and Washing.
And Now--Boiling Stones.
Sources of Heat.
Distillation.
Reflux.
Sublimation.
Chromatography: Some Generalities.
Refractometry.
Instrumentation in the Lab.
HP Liquid Chromatography.
Infrared Spectroscopy.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).
Theory of Extraction.
Index.