Instructor:
Professor Gregory R. Cook
Office:
Dunbar Hall 360A
Telephone:
231-7413
Email:
grcook@plains.nodak.edu
World
Wide Web: http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/grcook/chem341_99/chem351.shtml
Office
Hours: Monday and
Wednesday, 9:00 am - 10:00 am, or by
appointment
Required
Text: "Introduction to
Organic Laboratory Techniques" Third Ed., Pavia,
Lampman, Kriz.
INTRODUCTION:
This laboratory course
is an introduction to basic organic laboratory
techniques such as separation, purification, and
identification of organic compounds. The lab is
designed to reinforce the lecture Chem 341.
GRADING:
Grades will be assigned
based on lab reports (825 pts, 82.5%), a short exam
given on the last day of lab (100 pts, 10%), and a
subjective evaluation of your performance by the TA
(75 pts, 7.5%). Missing four or more labs will
automatically result in a grade of F. Letter grades
will be assigned according to the following
percentiles (subject to change):
A 90 - 100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
SAFETY:
Safety in the chemistry
laboratory is serious issue. Please abide by the
following safety guidelines. Anyone not adhering to
these guidelines will be asked to leave the lab and
will receive 0 points for the week. Repeated neglect
of safety regulations (3 or more times) will result in
failure of the course.
- Safety goggles must be worn
at all times while in the laboratory.
- Contact lenses must not be
worn in the lab. Solvent vapors can get trapped
behind hard lenses and remain in contact with your
eyes for extended periods. Soft lenses can dissolve
and be fused to your eyes. This is not pleasant.
Please wear your goggles.
- Absolutely no food or
beverages are allowed in the labs.
- To avoid skin exposure in
case of spills, shorts and open toed shoes
(sandals) are not allowed.
Chemicals in the lab should be
treated with respect. Although the experiments are
designed to minimize the use of harmful chemicals,
don't assume anything. It is good practice to treat
any material in the lab as if it were hazardous. You
should avoid breathing vapors. Keep liquids and solids
from contacting your skin. Work carefully to avoid
breakage and spillage.
NOTEBOOKS:
You will need a bound
notebook which can make carbon copies. During the lab,
you will record all data, observations, reagent
amounts, etc., in permanent ink. The TA will collect
the carbon copies at the end of each lab period for
that day's activity.
LAB
REPORTS: Laboratory
reports will be due at the next lab session. They can
be typed or neatly handwritten. Late reports will lose
ten points for each day it is late. Your reports
should include the following:
- Introduction -
the purpose of the lab and any pertinent methods
should be briefly stated.
- Experiment Scheme - a
drawing of the reaction or scheme that was carried
out. It is helpful to assign a number to each
structure to refer to in the text of the
report.
- Data - all
data recorded during the experiment. You should put
this in tabular form. Include the molecular weight,
equivalents, and amounts of all reagents and
products. All physical data such as melting/boiling
points should be included, as well as calculated
theoretical and actual yields.
- Discussion -
you should discuss how your results demonstrate (or
don't) the objectives of the experiment. You should
draw your own conclusions about your results
and discuss how they could be improved. Your
discussion should be more than just regurgitating
the textbook.
- Questions -
answer the problems assigned for each
experiment.
Special
Needs:
All students have the right to an environment
that is conducive for learning. Any students who need
special accommodations for learning or who have
special needs are invited to share these concerns or
requests with the instructor as soon as
possible.
Academic
Responsibility: It
is assumed that students at NDSU have the integrity to
complete examinations on their own. Any student who is
found to have acted dishonestly on an exam will
receive an F for that exam. A second infraction will
result in an F for the course. The policy applied is
that of the Code of Academic Responsibility and
Conduct as outlined on pp. 29-30 of "A Code of Student
Conduct" (Office of the Vice President for Student
Affairs, July, 1993).
