Writing an Organic Chemistry Lab Report Components of a Laboratory Notebook The following components should be contained for each experiment‚ along with any additional material required by your instructor. • Title and date • Introduction (purpose‚ reaction) • Physical data (including calculations) • Procedure outline • Data and observations • Discussion of results (conclusions) Prelab Title and Date Give the title of the experiment and the date on which
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SYNTHESIS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL ASPIRIN (ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID) AIM: The aim for this experiment was to synthesise a small amount of aspirin with salicylic acid as the starting product and sulphuric acid as the catalyst. The product obtained from this reaction will be impure and will need to be purified. This will be done by recrystallization. We will then record the products’ melting point and calculate the yield in order to determine the degree of purity of the aspirin sample. Diagrammatic scheme
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crystals 95% ethanol Clear colorless liquid Acetyl chloride Clear colorless liquid with gas escaping from container FeCl3 Clear colorless liquid Commercial aspirin Fine powdery white solid crystals I2/KI Deep black liquid KMnO4 Brownish liquid Phosphoric acid Clear colorless liquid Table 2. Preparation of Aspirin. Description Salicylic acid + Acetyl chloride Cloudy white liquid with undissolved white powder Mixture at room temp White cloudy liquid Mixture in ice bath
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Organic chemistry Organic chemistry is one of the ‘branches’ of chemistry and is seen as distinct from other branches‚ such as inorganic and physical chemistry. It can be described as the chemistry living processes (often referred to as biochemistry) but extends beyond that. It focuses almost entirely on the chemistry of covalently bonded carbon molecules and as well as life processes‚ it includes the chemistry of other types of compounds‚ including plastics‚ petrochemicals‚ drugs and paint
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CM5121 Graduate Organic Chemistry General Administration Matters Dr. Zhang Sheng Office no: S7-03-12 Email: chmzs@nus.edu.sg CM5121 Assessments CA (quiz‚ project) 50% Final Exam (Closed Book) 50% CA: choose 2 out of 3 Quiz 1 (Week 7‚ closed book) 25% Quiz 2 (Week 11‚ closed book) 25% Project Presentation 25% (Week 11-13) 2 Syllabus Broadly divided into 2 parts: 1) Pericyclic Reactions i) Electrocyclic ii) Cycloaddition and cycloreversion iii) Sigmatropic 2) Rearrangements
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* Introduction to Organic Chemistry Understand the basis of drawing organic structures Depicting 3-D structures in 2-D Most organic compounds have a three-dimensional structure. How do we represent structures on our two-dimensional page? For example‚ methane is a tetrahedral molecule: Bonds in the plane of the paper: Bonds coming towards the observer: (out of the page) Bonds going away
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Chapter 17—Alcohols and Phenols SHORT ANSWER Drawing Instructions: Draw structures corresponding to each of the given names. 1. Draw: cis-4-tert-butylcyclohexanol ANS: 2. Draw: 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol ANS: 3. Draw: 2-phenyl-2-propanol ANS: 4. Draw: glycerol ANS: 5. Draw: 2‚ 4‚ 6-trinitrophenol ANS: IUPAC Naming Instructions: Provide proper IUPAC names. 6. Name: ANS: (E)-2-ethylbut-2-en-1-ol 7. Name: HOCH2CH2OH ANS:
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CHEMISTRY OF HYDROCARBON EXPERIMENT 16 OBJECTIVE The objective of this experiment is to distinguish the difference between various types of hydrocarbons by performing simple tests and reactions involving hydrocarbons. EQUIPMENT AND CHEMICALS Pentene Toluene Heptane Potassium permanganate (1% KMnO4) Aluminum chloride (anhydrous AlCl3) Chloroform (CHCl3) Ligroin Br2 in CCl4 (5%) Stopper pH paper Small test tubes and rack Graduated cylinder (10 ml) Evaporating dish DISCUSSION
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Lab 5 Column Chromatography: Isolation of Lycopene from Tomato Paste Reading: Zubrick‚ pages 79-82‚ 127-130‚ 138-139‚ 141-143‚ and 235-240 Pre-lab: look up the structure of lycopene. Introduction: Lycopene is the red pigment in ripe tomatoes and‚ as an antioxidant‚ helps to fight certain cancers. In this lab you will isolate lycopene from tomato paste. To do this you will first extract carotenoid pigments from the paste and then use column chromatography to isolate the lycopene from
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Infrared Spectroscopy Aim: To obtain IR spectra of know solid sample and liquid sample using the following sample preparing technique: Prepare solid IR sample using Solid Pellet Samplin Technique Use IR is used to identify functional groups. 5 major functional groups easily identified by IR spectroscopy: 1. C=O 2. C–O 3. OH 4. Phenols 5. C–H Instrument details Type of spectrophotometer: Nicolet 380 FT-IR spectroscopy‚ Nicolet Avatar 360 & Thermo Scientific iS10 FT-IR Spectrometer
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