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Syllabus Chem 365-2025                   Required Text and Materials        
2025 Complete Lab Manual (except for Research Module)
Standard Synthesis Lab Report Format
H-NMR Interpretation (Condensed)       H-NMR Interpretation (Longer)       NMR User's Manual
C13-NMR Interpretation (Condensed)        NMR Physics and C13-NMR (Longer)       GC/MS User's Manual

Chem 365 Lab Schedule Spring 2025
Lab times (Langseth 307): Thursday 1:30 pm (Jasperse section). [Thursday 9:00am, Bodwin section] 

Date Experiment Lab Manual for 2025 (Complete) (except research mod)
PreLab Lectures (Streaming)  
Jan 16 Cyalume: Chemiluminescence 1. Cyalume Experiment    
2. Syllabus

3. Standard lab report format
Syllabus and Introduction (9 min)
(2024 version)
Cyalume Prelab Lecture (26 min)
 
Jan 23 Grignard Reactions, Part 1 Grignard Reactions Grignard Prelab Week 1  
Jan 30 Grignard Reactions, Part II 1. Grignard Reactions
2. GC-MS User's Sheet
Grignard Prelab Week 2  
Feb 6 Friedel Crafts Alkylation. Friedel Crafts Reaction Friedel Crafts Prelab  
Feb 13 Alcohol to Ester; Catalysis; Distillation; NMR 1. Alcohol Esterification Expt
2. H-NMR Interpretation (Summary)
3. H-NMR Interpretation (Detailed)
4. NMR User's Sheet
Alcohol Esterification Prelab
How to Run the NMR
 
      NMR Movie: Format for reporting and interpreting H and C NMR  
    NMR Movie: How to find spectra for printing and processing  
Feb 20 Aspirin Synthesis/Alcohol Unknown (NMR) Aspirin, Alcohol NMR Expt 1. Aspirin, Alcohol Prelab
2. NMR: Standard Summary for H or C NMR
3. NMR: Finding spectra for printing and processing
 
Feb 27 Sodium Borohydride Reduction of Ketone

Sodium Borohydride Expt
Cyclohexane Chair Review and Video

Borohydride Reaction Prelab  
Mar 6 Aldehydes and Ketones Unknown/Derivative Carbonyl Unknowns Experiment Carbonyl Unknowns Prelab  
Mar 13 Spring Break      
Mar 20 Dibenzalacetone by Aldol Condensation Aldol Reaction Experiment Aldol Prelab Video (24 min)  
Mar 27 Wittig Reaction Wittig Reaction Reaction Wittig Reaction Prelab (23 min)  

Apr 3

Multistep Synthesis Research Module Week One

NOT 2025 READY (Below is 2024)
Research Module 2024 (full)

Week One Procedure
NMRs-for-video


Full Video, 52 min ...
-intro part
(16 min)
-part 1 procedure (12 min)
-Starting Scheme 2 procedure, including notes on Scheme 1 research report expectations (13 min)
-NMR part (10 min)

 
Apr 10 Multistep Synthesis Research Module Week Two

NOT 2025 READY (Below is 2024)
Research Module 2024 (full)

Week Two Procedure
NMRs-for-video

Week 2 procedure video -29 min
1. Review and Overview, 1-5min
2. Discussion of copper-catalyzed reaction mechanism, 5-9 min
3. Procedure, 9-29 min
Lab Report + NMR video - 25 min
4. Lab Report, 0-12 min
5. NMR:12-25 min

 
Apr 17 Makeup Lab. For Making up previously-cancelled lab days or labs missed by individuals.    
Apr 24 Amine Unknowns

Amines Unknown Experiment

Amines Prelab

 
May 1 Carboxylic Acid Unknown and Titration. Cleanup, Checkout Acid Unknowns Experiment

Acid Prelab Video (24 min)
 
         
      Full Video, 48 min ...
-intro part
(12min)
-procedure part (26min)
-NMR part (20 min)
-Starting Scheme 2 part
 
    Chem365-2020-Covid