Syllabus - Organic Chemistry Lab
Chemistry 30475
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Fall 1997
Dr. Clarke W. Earley
Kent State University Stark Campus
403 Main Hall
Phone: 499-9600 (Ext. 403)
email: cearley@stark.kent.edu
Web site: http://www.stark.kent.edu/~cearley/
Office Hours
| MTWR |
8-9am |
| TWR |
11-noon |
| Additional hours available by
appointment |
See Fall
1997 page for Dr. Earley's complete schedule.
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- Required: Macroscale
and Microscale Organic Experiments, by K. L.
Williamson; D.C. Heath, 1994; 2nd
Edition.
- Required:
Safety Goggles, Laboratory Notebook.
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Students are expected to have successfully completed the
equivalent of one year of college-level General Chemistry, which
will typically be CHEM
10060 and 10061.
In addition, students must either have successfully completed or
concurrently be enrolled in Basic
Organic Chemistry (CHEM
20481).
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Grades for this course will be based predominantly on
laboratory reports. With the exception of the first day (Chapters
1 & 2) reports will be graded out of a possible 10 points for
each day spent on the experiment. (For example, since two days
will be spent on Chapter 3, this will be graded out of 20
possible points). The lowest "1-day" score will be
dropped. In addition, one formal laboratory worth 30 points will
also be assigned (Chapter 18: Synthesis of 1-bromobutane).
Finally, two laboratory quizzes worth 20 points each will be
given. These quizzes will cover the material presented in each
half of the course (i.e. - not cumulative). Dates for lab
experiments and quizzes are given in the lecture outline below. Grades will
be based on the scale: 90-100% = A, 80-89% = B,
70-79% = C, 60-69% = D, 0-59% = F.
Grades will not be curved or arbitrarily adjusted in any manner,
and extra credit will not be given
Grading Scale
| Laboratory Reports |
23 x 10 pts |
230 pts |
| Formal Lab Report |
30 pts |
30 pts |
| Laboratory Quizzes |
2 x 20 pts |
40 pts |
| Total |
300 pts |
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Attendance in laboratory is required. You may not turn in a
laboratory report if you were not present to complete that
experiment. While a small amount of flexibility is possible to
allow makeup experiments, this should only be used for
extraordinary situations. Safety goggles are required to be worn
at all times while in the laboratory. If you are unable to attend
laboratory during the regularly scheduled time, you must contact
Dr. Earley BEFORE lab. Excused absences will only be given for
legitimate, documented excuses.
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Laboratory notebooks are required. To encourage the most
efficient use of lab time, students are required to write
complete procedures in these notebooks before attending
lab. While I will allow students to bring their textbooks into
lab, these are only to be used to look up relevant information
contained in tables. Near the beginning of each lab period, I
will check to verify that these procedures have been written out,
and this information will become part of the laboratory report
score.
Laboratory reports will typically consist of the content of
the laboratory notebooks, which will be turned in on the day of
the laboratory quizzes and at other announced times. Most
chapters include a number of questions, some of which may be
assigned. The answers to these should be included in the
laboratory notebook and will be graded as part of the laboratory
report. For Chapter 18 (Synthesis of 1-bromobutane), a formal lab
report will be required, which is to be written in the format of
a typical scientific article.
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Quizzes will be designed primarily to test understanding of
the chemical reactions performed in lab. These will not focus on
experimental procedures (how many milliliters of dichloromethane
were used to extract caffeine from tea leaves?), but rather will
emphasis general principles (why was dichloromethane used to
extract the caffeine?). There is no final examination for this
laboratory course.
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Office Hours are listed near the
top of this syllabus, and my complete schedule for this semester
is also availabe. If you are unable
to attend office hours, see me before or after class (or call)
and we can set up additional time to meet. If you are having
difficulty in this class, please get help as soon as possible.
The pace of this course makes it extremely difficult to catch up
once a student falls behind.
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All students enrolled at the Stark campus are given an account
on the Kent Stark computer system. I will occasionally make
reference to material that is available either locally or on the
Internet throughout this semester. All of this material will be
accessible using Netscape, which is installed on all campus
computers with Internet access. While it is not required that you
take advantage of this information, this material can be quite
helpful. The address for my Web site is: http://www.stark.kent.edu/~cearley/,
which can also be accessed from the Stark campus page, going
through the Chemistry
Department page.
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Academic Dishonesty, Students with
Disabilities, Etc.
Use of the intellectual properties of others without
attributing it to them is considered a serious academic offense.
Cheating or plagiarism will result in receiving a failing grade
for the course. Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the
University.
In accordance with University policy, if you have a documented
disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in
this course, please contact the instructor at the beginning of
the semester or when given an assignment for which an
accommodation is required. Stark campus students should contact
Kelly Oster in Student Services to submit documentation to verify
their eligibility.
The "Kent State University Undergraduate Catalog"
should be consulted for information on grievance procedures,
statement of non-discrimination, and additional information on
official policies.
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(All dates listed below are
tentative and are subject to change)
| Sept. |
2
1 & 2: Intro. & Safety |
4
3: Crystallization |
| Sept. |
9
3: Crystallization |
11
MSDS: (Computer Lab) |
| Sept. |
16
4: Melting Points |
18
Ch. 4: Melting Points |
| Sept. |
23
5: Distillation |
25($)
5: Distillation |
Sept.
Oct. |
30
7: Vacuum Distillation |
2
8: Extraction of Acids & Bases |
| Oct. |
7
8: Extraction of Acids & Bases |
9
8: Extraction of Acids & Bases |
| Oct. |
14
9: Extracting Cholesterol |
16
Lab Quiz #1 |
| Oct. |
21
10: Thin-Layer Chromatography |
23
10: Thin-Layer Chromatography |
| Oct. |
28
11: Column Chromatography |
30
11: Column Chromatography |
| Nov. |
4
13: Infrared Spectroscopy |
6(W)
17: Nucleophilic Substitutions of RX |
| Nov. |
11
Veterans Day |
13
18: SN2 reaction: 1-bromobutane |
| Nov. |
18
19: Alkanes and Alkenes |
20
21: Cyclohexene from cyclohexanol |
| Nov. |
25
22: Catalytic Hydrogenation |
27
Thanksgiving |
| Dec. |
2
23: Bromination of Cholesterol |
4
25: Diels-Alder reaction |
| Dec. |
9
27: Ferrocene |
11
Lab Quiz #2 |
| Notes: |
($)Last day for
any refund is Sept. 26.
(W)Last day to drop a class is Nov. 7. |
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This page was last modified on September
01, 1997
and was written and is maintained by Clarke Earley
Kent State University
Stark Campus
Department
of Chemistry
email: cearley@stark.kent.edu
© 1997 by Clarke Earley, Kent State
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