List of Experiments
Chemistry 315
FALL, 2009

Lab Text: D.L. Pavia, et al., Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques, 2nd Edition .

Lab Manual: S.W. Slayden and W.M. Stalick, Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual, 2005.

The Pavia, Lampman, Kriz & Engel lab text reading assignment for each week appears below. The procedures for most experiments are in the Lab Manual (although not necessarily in the order in which they are performed). If a procedure appears in both the text and the manual, the procedure in the manual will be used.

Chem 313 lecture is a pre- or co-requisite for Chem 315 lab. The last day to add is Sept. 15. If you drop Chem 313, you must also drop Chem 315 or the department will drop you. The drop deadline is Oct. 2.

Lab classes do not meet during the weeks of Sept. 7, Oct. 12, and Nov. 23.

Week of: Experiment Title Lab Text
Aug. 31 Introduction, Safety, Check-in pp. 2-5; Technique 1; 3.9
Sept. 14 Melting Point and Refractive Index Experiment Technique 2;
                24;
               9.1-9.5, 9.7-9.9
Sept. 21 Crystallization Technique 11 (pp. 679-684, 687-688, 694);
                6.2, 6.3
Sept. 28 Infrared, Mass Spec.,
and UltraViolet Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy Problem Set		 Solomons & Fryle Sec. 2.16; 9.13-9.17; 13.9
Technique 25.9-25.14; 28
Unknown List (replaces Appendix 3)
Oct. 5

Identification of an Unknown (IR continued)
Simple Distillation to Determine Boiling Point

Technique 3.3-3.8; 6.1; 13.1; 14.1-14.3;
                25.-25.2, 25.4, 25.7
Oct. 19 Gas Chromatography: Acetates Technique 22.1-22.13; Manual p. 45
Oct. 26 Distillation of a Mixture Technique 15.1-15.6
Nov. 2 Gas Chromatography: Distillate Manual p. 39
Nov. 9 Synthesis of t-BuCl pp. 187-188; Technique 12.1-12.4, 12.8-12.10
Nov. 16 &
Nov. 30		 Qualitative Organic Analysis:
alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics,
alkyl & aryl halides, alcohols		 Experiment 55:
pp. 468-479, 480-482,
486-491, 507-511  
Dec. 7 Lab Final Exam and Checkout  

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