Organic Chemistry II Laboratory for Non-Chemistry Majors
Text: Experimental Organic Chemistry A Small-Scale Approach, Wilcox & Wilcox.
Assistant Instructors:
Monday: Mario Baeza, PSCI 304, 747-, mibaeza2 at miners dot utep dot edu
Wednesday: Saideh Mortazavi, PSCI 308A, 747-5849, ssmortazavi at miners dot utep dot edu
| Week | Monday | Wednesday | Synthesis | Chapter | Lab Report Due |
| 1 | August 25 | 27 | No labs | ||
| 2 | 3 | No labs | |||
| 3 | 8 | 10 | Safety-Check out drawers | ||
| 4 | 15 | 17 | Vacuum Distillation | 6 | |
| 5 | 22 | 24 | Stilbene | 28 | |
| 6 | 29 | October 1 | Stilbene continued | 28 | |
| 7 | October 6 | 8 | Stilbene Dibromide | 28 | |
| 8 | 13 | 15 | Diphenylacetylene | 28 | |
| 9 | 20 | 22 | Midterm Exam | ||
| 10 | 27 | 29 | Benzoin | 48 | |
| 11 | November 3 | 5 | Benzil | 48 | |
| 12 | 10 | 12 | Dibenzyl Ketone |
Davis, R; Schultz, H.P. Journal Organic Chemistry 1962, volume 27, page 854 |
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| 13 | 17 | 19 | Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone | 34 | |
| 14 | 24 | 26 | Hexaphenylbenzene | 41 | |
| 15 | December 1 | 3 | Final Exam-Check in drawers |
Your grade will consist of:
- 1/3 attendance. You must participate fully in the lab, and not come and go as you please!
- 1/3 laboratory midterm and final exams.
- 1/3 online group laboratory reports. No plagiarism will be tolerated! All students must participate in the writing of the lab reports!
Grade cutoff will be as those in the lecture.