Natural Science 0282 - Organic Chemistry II Lab

This laboratory course will involve a full-class, full-semester research project aimed at the synthesis of catalysts allowing the use of renewable materials as chemical building blocks. Students will become proficient in synthetic organic laboratory techniques including running and monitoring air- and moisture-sensitive reactions. purifying compounds by extraction, distillation, and column chromatography, and characterizing compounds using physical, spectrometric and spectroscopic techniques, especially NMR and GC/MS. In addition to laboratory techniques, emphasis will be placed on use of primary literature, data interpretation, and experimental design. Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry I with Lab. Corequisite: Organic Chemistry II. Keywords:Chemistry, organic, laboratory, research

Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time