The University of Missouri at Columbia
Chemistry 205 - Introduction to Organic Chemistry - Fall Semester
2003
SCHEDULE OF
EXPERIMENTS
| Nr. | Source | Analysis | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expt. 1 | MU | MP | Recrystallization of Acetanilide and Melting Point Determination. |
| Expt. 2 | MU | MP | Extraction. A. Determination of the distribution coefficient for the partitioning of acetic acid and hexanoic acid between 1-octanol and water. B. Separation of a mixture of basic, acidic and neutral organic compounds by extraction. |
| Expt. 3 | CER 714 | IR | SN1 and SN2
Reactions. A. Synthesis of n-butyl bromide. B. Introduction to IR analysis of product. C. Factors affecting the rates of SN1 reactions. a. Effect of leaving group. b. Effect of alkyl group. c. Effect of solvent polarity. |
| Expt. 4 | MU | TLC UV/Vis |
Thin Layer Chromatography
and Column Chromatography. A. Analysis of the crude pigment extract from tomato paste by TLC. B. Separation of lycopene and b-carotene by column chromatography. |
| Expt. 5 | CER 716 | MP TLC |
Electrophilic Aromatic
Substitution. A. Nitrating Acetanilide or Methyl Benzoate (split class, maybe share results to see both meta and ortho/para directing effects). B. TLC analysis of crude and recrystallized products. Identify solvent system necessary. Melting point analysis. |
| Expt. 6 | CER 715 | MP TLC IR NMR |
Sodium Borohydride
Reduction of Benzil. A. Introduction to NMR analysis of product. B. TLC, melting point and IR (KBr pellets) analysis. C. The above analysis will be used to identify which stereoisomer(s) is (are) formed. |
| Expt. 7 | MU | MP BP Tests |
Identification of an
Unknown Alcohol, Aldehyde or Ketone. A. Qualitative chemical tests. |
| Expt. 8 | CER 713 | GC IR NMR |
Preparation of Isopentyl
Acetate by the Fischer Esterification. A. Introduction to GC analysis of product. B. IR and/or NMR analysis. |
| Expt. 9 | CER 726 | MP IR NMR |
Amide Synthesis of
Phenacetin. Characterization by melting point, IR and NMR |
|
Expt. 10.1 Expt. 10.2 |
UCB
CER 730 |
IR UV |
Dyes & Dyeing I.
Aldol Condensation/Indigo (Used with permission) Dyes & Dyeing II. Synthesizing Orange II Characterization by IR and UV/VIS |
| Expt. 11 | MU | IR NMR |
Synthesis of
1-Phenylethanol: A Grignard Reaction.
A. Preparation of the Grignard reagent (phenylmagnesium bromide). B. Reaction of the Grignard reagent with acetaldehyde. C. Characterization by IR, and NMR. |
| Expt. 12 | MU | MP Tests |
Analysis of an Unknown
Sugar. A. Qualitative classification tests. B. Preparation of the osazone derivative. |
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