Sandra K. Koster, Ph.D.  Lecturer
Department of Chemistry
4003 Cowley Hall
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 9:15 AM-11:15 AM,
 Friday 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
or by appointment.
(608) 785-8282
(608) 783-7013
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 CHEM 305 COURSE SCHEDULE-Fall 2001 (subject to change)


 

Reading Pages Technique Sections Tentative Dates
(TTH or MW)
Introduction, safety, lab notebooks, glassware, check-in  2 - 39 1-3  9-4 or 9-5
Preparation of Acetylsalicylic Acid (Exp.2) 
   Acetylation reaction 
   Filtration 
   Crystallization 
   Melting point 		 46 - 49 
49 - 52 
634 - 645 
648 - 655 
665 - 674 		 4.1 - 4.5 
5.1 - 5.9 
6.1 - 6.8 		 9-6 and 9-11 or 
9-10 and 9-12
Acetyl Ferrocene (handout) 
Electrophilic substitution reaction 
Column chromatography 
Thin layer chromatography 
Review CHM 303 lecture notes 

761 - 782 
792 - 807 

 12.1 - 12.13 
14.1 - 14.11		 9-13 and 9-18 or
9-17 and 9-19
Triphenylmethanol (Exp.30, 30A) 
Grignard prep, reaction with benzophenone 
Extraction, drying agents, Review crystallization 
and filtration 
Infrared spectrum (nujol mull)
Review thin layer chromatography
276 - 285 
 

685 - 700 

853 - 854
792 - 807

 7.1 - 7.9, 5.1 - 5.9, 4.1 - 4.5 
5.1 - 5.9, 4.1 - 4.5
 

19.6, Appendix 3
14.1 - 14.11

 9-20, 9-25 and 9-27 or
9-24, 2-26 and 10-1
Distillation techniques (handout)
Gas Chromatography (handout)		 706 - 716
808 - 823		 8.1 - 8.4
15.1 - 15.11		 10-2 and 10-4 or
10-3 and 10-8
Isopentyl Acetate and other Flavoring Esters (Exp. 8 as modified by handout) 
   Esterification reaction (+ see handout) 
   Extraction, separations and drying agents 
   Distillation 
   Refractive index 
   Infrared spectroscopy 
   Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy
   Ferric hydroxamate test for ester (optional) 		 93 - 96, 96 - 99 

685 - 700 
 
 

706 - 716 
836 - 842 
842 - 845 
911 - 927

530 

 7.1 - 7.9 

8.1 - 8.4 
18.1 - 18.4 
19.1, 19.2
Appendix 4.1 - 4.10

 10-9 and 10-11 or
10-10 and 10-15
Acid dehydration of 2-methylcyclohexanol (handout and see Experiment 27.) 
Microscale techniques 
Dehydration reaction 
Review steam distillation 
Fractional distillation 
Gas chromatography 
Unsaturation and alcohol tests
Review infrared spectroscopy		  707,713-715,693-696,698,699 
248 - 252 (as modified by handout) 
 
 

753 - 761 
732 - 753 
808 - 823 
504 - 506, 527 - 528 
842 - 845 

 11.1 - 11.3 
10.1 - 10.8 
15.1 - 15.11 
19.1, 19.2		 10-16 and 10-18 or
10-17 and 10-22
Camphor reduction-isoborneol (Exp. 20, part B only) 
NaBH4 reduction 
Review drying agents 
Sublimation 
Melting Point (sealed tube) 
Infrared spectrum (thin film)		 178 - 180, 184 - 189 
178 - 180, 184 - 189 
 

824 - 829 
674 
850 - 851

 7.3 - 7.9 
16.1 - 16.5 
6.8 
19.5 		 10-23 and 10-25 or
10-24 and 10-29
(Midterm exam likely this week)
Natural Product Isolation (probably in a partnership)
Steam distillation or extraction
Polarimetry, determination of optical purity (optional)
Refractive index
Review infrared 
GC-MS (handout)
Review Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Derivatization reaction (optional)		 753 - 761 
829 - 836 
836 - 842 
842 - 845 
504-506 
 
 

11.1 - 11.3 
17.1 - 17.5 
18.1 - 18.4, 19.1, 19.2 

 10-30, 11-1 and 11-6 or 
10-31, 11-5 and 11-7
 

Individual Projects—Qualitative Analysis
See Exp.57, pp. 485-553 and Appendices 1, 2, 3, 4, pp. 878-931. See also CRC Handbook of Tables for
Organic Compound Identification, UW-La Crosse Organic Chemistry Database (OCDB), the World Wide
Web and other handouts and references as provided by your instructor.

A. Synthesis and Identification of Benzalacetophenones (instructor's option). A partnership may be allowed for this experiment.   See handout.
1. Synthesis of a chalcone from an unknown benzaldehyde and an unknown acetophenone.
2. Recrystallization, melting point.
3. Infrared spectrum.
4. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum.

B. Synthesis and Polymerization of Styrene (instrctor's option).

C. Identification of one or two single unknowns (instructor's option).
1. Recrystallization, melting point, or distillation, boiling point.
2. Solubility classification.
3. Infrared spectrum.
4. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum (may or may not be given).
5. Chemical classification tests.
6. Derivative preparation (may or may not be required).
 

D. Separation and Identification of a Binary Mixture (Instructor's option).
1. Separation by solubility class.
2. Purification by distillation or recrystallization.
3. Chemical classification tests.
4. Infrared spectra.
5. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra (may or may not be given ).
6. Derivative preparation (may or may not be required).
7. MSDS search (instructor's option).

Email me at koster.sand@uwlax.edu

last updated 5/28/01