Sonoma State University
Chemistry 335A
Spring 2004
Instructor: Dale Trowbridge

LABORATORY SCHEDULE

TEXT: The Organic Chemistry Lavoratory Survival Manual, 5th ed., by James W. Zubrick
OTHER REQUIRED MATERIALS: Safety glasses

Wednesday Lab Thursday Lab Experiment Reading Assignment
Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Check in, Safety Lecture, Library Exercise: 10 pts; Hydrolysis of MethylBenzoate 10 pts Chapter 1, 2, 3, 22
Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Recrystallization and Melting Point of Benzoic Acid from Lab 1: 10 pts Chapter 13
Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Extraction and Chromatography of Organic Mixtures: 10 pts Handout; Chapters 26, 27, 28, 30
Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Simple and Fractional Distillation and Gas Liquid Chromatography of an Ethyl Acetate/Butyl Acetate Mixture: 15 pts Handout; Chapters 20, 35, 31
Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Steam Distillation and Extraction of a Natural Product; GLPC Analysis of Product; Refractive Index Handout; Chapters 15, 31, 29
March 3 March 4 Infrared Spectrum and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum and Mass Spectrum of natural Oil (total of 30 pts) Handout; Chapter 34
March 10, 17, 24 Mar. 11, 18, 25 Active Extraction
Identification of Organic Unknowns: 40 pts
Chapter 15
April 14 April 15 Kinetics I: Solvolysis of an Alkyl Halide: 15 pts  
Apr. 21, 28 Apr. 22, 29 Oxidation of a Secondary Alcohol: 20 pts
Functional Group Interconversions (FGI)
Handout
May 5 May 6 Kinetics II: Nucleophilic Substituiton of a PRimary Alkyl Halide: 15 pts  
 May 12 May 13 Final, Check out  

Grading: laboratory Reports and Products - 175 points
Laboratory Examination - 75 points

TOTAL POINTS = 250 points