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Organic Chemistry Laboratory I Winter 2008 Instructor: Dr. Julian, N356, 667-3384, mjulian@chem.csustan.edu Office hours: MWF 9:30 - 11:00 Class times: Section 1: T 8:00-11:07 Section 2: R 11:15-2:23 Catalog Description: Basic laboratory techniques, simple organic syntheses, isolation of natural products, multi-step syntheses, gas-liquid chromatoraphy, thin-layer chromatography, qualitative organic analysis, spectroscopic applications to structure determination. Learning Objective: At the end of this course, students will be able to: perform laboratory techniques that including melting point, boiling point, distillation, extraction, recrystallization, sublimation, and optical rotation. perform simple organic syntheses and isolation of natural products. use NMR and IR spectra to determine organic structures. demonstrate and interpret data for different types of chromatograpy: gas, thin-layer, and column. Prerequisite: Chem 1110 Required Text: Dana W. Mayo, Ronald M. Pike, Peter K. Trumper, Microscale Techniques for the Organic Laboratory, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001. This syllabus is intended to use as a guide and may be subject to change as the course progresses. Before you come to class, read these sections
Grading Determination: Exclusively A, B, C, D, F with +/-. A traditional grading scale will be used for this class, 90-100% A, 80-89% B, 70-79% C, 60-69% D and lower than 60% F. Your grade will be based on:
Lab reports: Follow the instructions on how to keep a laboratory notebook above. Each lab report is worth 20 points. You will have 10 total lab reports. The extra 20 points is for the additional laboratory exercises as assigned in class. You have to make a copy of your lab report and turn that in on the due date. Attendance and Late lab reports: If you miss one lab class, your final grade will drop one letter grade. If you miss two or more lab classes, you will not receive a passing grade for the course. To make up a lab that you miss you will have to attend another section of the class that is doing the same experiment with the consent of your lab instructor and the instructor that you are going to make up the lab with. It is very important that you inform your instructor as soon as possible if you know you are going to miss a lab so she or he can help you to reschedule your missing lab. In some cases you might not be able to make up the lab that you miss because an instrument used in the experiment requires a long set up time and other sections have already completed the lab. Late reports will be drastically penalized: one day late = -10%, one week late = - 50%, more than one week late = -100%. Quizzes: Quizzes will include short-answer type of questions and will be based on an understanding of the concepts and lab procedure that you have already performed in the previous lab and it might also include the materials that you are performing that day in class. Lab final and lab notebook: The lab final is composed of two parts: a written final and a lab practical final. Each part of the final is worth 20 points and the laboratory notebook is worth 10 points. The lab final will be an opened lab notebook and your notebook is the only lab notebook you may use. I suggest that you keep a well-organized notebook. Please check the course website regularly for any last minute changes to scheduling, assignments, etc.
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