Organic Chemistry II Laboratory for Non-Chemistry Majors
Text: Experimental Organic Chemistry A Small-Scale Approach, Wilcox & Wilcox.
Teaching Assistants:
Monday: David
Chavez, dchavez3 at miners dot utep dot edu, PSCI 308A, (915) 747-5849.
Wednesday: Christina Gonzalez,
cgonzalez13 at miners dot utep dot edu, PSCI 203E, (915) 747-5595.
| Week | Experiment (Chapter) | Monday | Wednesday |
| 2 | Safety Check Drawers |
31 | September 2 |
| 4 | Benzaldehyde (6) | 14 | 16 |
| 5 | Stilbene (28) | 21 | 23 |
| 6 | Stilbene continued | 28 | 30 |
| 7 | Stilbene Dibromide (28) | October 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Diphenylacetylene (28) | 12 | 14 |
| 9 | Lab Midterm Exam | 19 | 21 |
| 10 | Benzoin (48) | 26 | 28 |
| 11 | Benzil (48) | November 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Dibenzyl Ketone Davis, R; Schultz, H.P. Journal Organic Chemistry 1962, volume 27, page 854 |
9 | 11 |
| 13 | Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone (34) | 16 | 18 |
| 14 | Hexaphenylbenzene (41) | 23 | 25 |
| 15 | Lab Final Exam/Check Drawers | 30 | December 2 |
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 combined.
- 1/3 laboratory reports due via email to your teaching assistant as directed. 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.