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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LAB

Spring 2012

 

 

I. CH 03-227: 2 SEMESTER HOURS

SPRING SEMESTER 2012
COREQUISITE: CH 03-226
LAB HOURS: Section A: W 2:00-5:50 PM

 

II. INSTRUCTOR:Dr. Salim M. Diab
OFFICE: Room 215, St. Albert
PHONE: 740-3855 (Ext. 3855)
OFFICE HOURS: MWF 10:00-11:00 AM
HOME PHONE: 730-8302
E-mail: sdiab@stfrancis.edu
http://www.stfrancis.edu/ns/diab/etherman.htm

 

III. COURSE DESCRIPTION: A continuation of Organic Chemistry I Laboratory. The emphasis is on investigative organic synthesis, spectroscopy, organic synthesis, qualitative identification of organic compounds, and green chemistry research.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. perform safely and successfully the various techniques learned in the first semester.
2. conduct organic chemistry experiments, follow procedures, use common sense, collect data, analyze data, and make sound conclusions.
3. use the chemical literature to search for essential information in organic chemistry.
4. keep organized and coherent documents of all that occurs in the laboratory.
5. appreciate the complexity and joy of planning, designing, and performing an organic synthesis.
6. utilize spectroscopic techniques to characterize purity and functionality of organic compounds.
7. identify the structures of unknown organic compounds utilizing wet chemistry and spectroscopic techniques.
8. appreciate the numerous and important applications of organic synthesis to our everyday life.

Web Reference: http://orgchem.colorado.edu/hndbksupport/ochemlabtech.html

IV. REQUIRED TEXT AND MATERIALS:
Organic Chemistry Lab CH 225/227, CER - Brooks/Cole Laboratory Series, 2006.

ISBN: 049507408-X

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I. Spectroscopy:

 

IR (ATR) and NMR Spectroscopy - Theory and Interpretation of Structure

Read theory in TECH 710/711

Do pre-lab questions.

Solve Interpretation problems supplied by instructor. 

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II. Synthesis of Compounds of Medicinal and Biological Interest

 

Category 1: Analgesics

SYNT 628 - Preparing Aspirin

Category 2: Essential Oils/Fragrances

SYNT 713 - Synthesis of Fragrances

Category 3: Antiepileptic Drugs

Synthesis of Dilantin (Phenytoin) - Handout

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III. Identification of Unknowns: Organic Qualitative Analysis: You will receive two unknowns. One is a liquid and the other is a solid. Your task is to use any physical and chemical tests from ANAL 727 to elucidate the chemical structure of your unknowns. Follow procedures carefully and use common sense. I am not looking for guess structures of your unknowns, but rather a logical and systematic analysis by the various physical and chemical tests. Once finished, you may check your results with IR (ATR) spectra. Report your results on the forms supplied by instructor. Best of Luck!

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IV. Investigative Research Project: Journal of Chemical Education (www.JCE.DivCHED.org)

Green Organic Synthesis (Select one):

 

1.      A Facile Solvent-Free Cannizzaro Reaction (JCE, Vol. 86 No. 1 Jan. 2009)

2.      A Green, Guided-Inquiry Based Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution for the Organic Chemistry Laboratory

( JCE, Vol. 85 No. 10 Oct. 2008)

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V. EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENTS:
1. Attendance is required. NO MAKE UP unless there is a justifiable conflict.
2. Computer generated lab reports are due for all experiments.
3. All products must be handed in to your instructor.
4. No one is allowed to work in the lab alone, ever – Make up work is allowed only with permission.
5. Community Service: Science Fair Judging to local schools as needed.

6. Breakdown for grading:

Parts I and II Lab Reports ---- 40%

Part III Unknowns -------------40%

Part IV Green Synthesis -------20%

Total -----------------------------100%

7. Criteria used to arrive at the final grade: See Rubrics below

Guidelines to Writing Lab reports: http://www.stfrancis.edu/ns/diab/orglabreport.htm

 

Rubrics for Organic Chemistry Lab. Reports

 

Rubric

(4)Excellent

(3)V. Good

(2) Good

(1) Fair

1. Your name, title, date

 

 

 

 

 

2. Objective/Purpose

 

 

 

 

 

3. Introduction/Theory

 

 

 

 

 

4. Experimental

(materials, chemicals, instruments, procedure, etc.)

 

 

 

 

5. Data and Calculations

(tables, graphs, spectra, etc.)

 

 

 

 

6. Results and Discussion

(observations, conclusions, etc.)

 

 

 

 

7. Answers to Pre- lab questions and problems

 

 

 

 

8. Correct identification of unknowns

 

 

 

 

9. References

 

 

 

 

 

10. Investigative Research and Presentation

 

 

 

 

 

11. Overall evaluation

 

 

 

 

 

 

On-line Journals:
1. Journal of Chemical Education (on-line)

http://www.jce.divched.org

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2. Journal of Organic Chemistry (on-line)

http://pubs.acs.org/journals/joceah/index.html

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Academic Integrity

Academic integrity requires that all academic work be wholly the product of an identified individual or individuals. Collaboration is only acceptable when it is explicitly acknowledged. Ethical conduct is the obligation of every member of the University community, and breaches of academic integrity constitute serious offenses. Since a lack of integrity hinders the student’s academic development, it cannot be tolerated under any circumstances. Violations include but are not limited to: cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, and denying others access to information or material. See USF Catalog for further clarification and information on grievance procedures.

 

What is Plagiarism?

 

The following passage will serve as a working definition of plagiarism for this course:

All academic work, written or otherwise, submitted by a student to his or her instructor or other academic supervisor, is expected to be the result of that student's own thought, research, or self‑expression. In any case in which a student feels unsure about a question of plagiarism involving his or her work, the student is obliged to consult the instructor on the matter before submitting it.

When a student submits work purporting to be his or her own, but which in any way borrows ideas, organization, [or] wording . . . from another source without appropriate acknowledgement of the fact, the student is guilty of plagiarism.

 

Plagiarism includes reproducing someone else's work, whether it be a published article, chapter of a book, a paper from a friend or some file, or whatever. Plagiarism also includes the practice of employing or allowing another person to [write or significantly edit] the work which a student submits as his or her own, whoever that other person might be. Students may discuss assignments among themselves or with an instructor or tutor, but when the actual work is done, it must be done by the student and the student alone.

 

When a student's assignment involves research in outside sources or information, he or she must carefully acknowledge exactly what, where, and how those sources have been employed. If words of someone else are used, the student must put quotation marks around the passage in question and add an appropriate indication of its origin. Making simple changes while leaving the organization, content, and phraseology intact is plagiaristic. However, nothing in these rules shall apply to those ideas which are so generally and freely circulated as to be a part of the public domain.[1]

Submitting plagiarized work will result in an F on the assignment, and may result in an F for the course. 

[1]Based on the Student Code of the University of Kentucky, as quoted by Michael Adelstein and Jean Pival in The Writing Commitment, 2nd ed. (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980), p. 194.

 

 

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