Experimental Procedures may be revised as the semester progresses. For this reason it is best to wait until about one week prior to the scheduled experiment to download the handout.

Week
Experimental Procedure
Photos and Links
1
Check-in
2
Melting Points

TLC

Mel-Temp Apparatus

Close-up of Mel-Temp

MP Movie (produced by Bill Vining and Jocelyn Scheintaub)

TLC in Photos
3
Recrystallization - Part 1

Recrystallization in photos
4
Recrystallization - Part 2

List of Possible Recrystallization Unknowns

Finding Physical Properties of Compounds
5
Molecular Modeling

Schedule for CRC

X Group Assignment.
6
Safety Training
7
Extraction
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8
Extraction (cont)
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9
Nutmeg

3D Model of Trimyristin

Nutmeg (myristica fragrans)

The Rainforest as a Source of Drugs

References to Journal Articles
10
Alkenes From Alcohols
11
Radical Chlorination
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12
Distillation

Photo of Distillation Set-up

Close-up of Distillation Set-up
13
Cyclohexene
14
Literature Search

and

Check-out

note: a prelab outline for the literature search is unnecessary. Look over the handout though. It will be explained during the prelab talk.