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Barton Community College 1814 Organic Chemistry 1 Lab Kit
Table of Contents
A note from the author
Kit Contents List
Student Provided Materials
Procedures for the Safe Handling of this Kit
Hardware Hazards
Chemical Hazards
Expectations for this Lab Course
General Expectations
Academic Expectations
How the Lab Manual is Structured
Module 1 Lab: Caffeine extraction from soda with TLC analysis
Introduction
Supplies - Store all unused chemicals in their original containers in the Kit box
Minimum Safety Expectations
Background
Discussion Questions
Procedure
Part 1: Extraction
Part 2 Purification
Part 3: TLC Characterization
Waste Disposal
Additional Discussion Questions
Module 2 Lab: Name Organic Compounds and Identify Functional Groups
Introduction
Supplies
Minimum Safety Expectations Active Procedure
Discussion Questions
Additional Discussion Question
Branched Alkanes
Functional Groups
Additional Discussion Question
Waste Disposal
Additional Discussion Questions
Module 3 Lab: Stereochemistry and Chirality
Introduction
Supplies
Minimum Safety Expectations
Active Procedure
Using Fischer Projections
Discussion Questions
Procedure
Waste Disposal
Module 4 Lab: Reactions and Mechanisms
Introduction
Supplies
Minimum Safety Expectations
Background
Discussion Question
Procedure
Waste Disposal
Module 5 Lab: TLC
Introduction
Supplies - Store all unused chemicals in their original containers in the Kit box.
Minimum Safety Expectations
Background
Procedure
Part 1: Identify an unknown
Part 2: Alter the Polarity of the Mobile Phase
Waste Disposal
Discussion Questions
Module 6 Lab: Analgesics
Introduction
Supplies- Store all unused chemicals in their original containers in the Kit box.
Minimum Safety Expectations
Background
Discussion Question
Additional Discussion Question
Procedure
Waste Disposal
Additional Discussion Questions
Module 7 Lab: Unsaturation & Saponification
Introduction
Supplies - Store all unused chemicals in their original containers in the Kit box.
Minimum Safety Expectations
Background
Discussion Question
Additional Discussion Question
Procedure
Part 1: Prepare Saponification Reactions
Part 2: Analyze the Soap Curds with soft water and simulated hard water
Waste Disposal
Additional Discussion Questions
Prepare for the Module 8 Lab
This kit is designed for Barton Community College and contains the following items:
Alanine
Battery tea candle
Beakers, 100 mL
Benzoic acid
Bottled water
Brush, vial
Caffeine
Capillary tubes
Calcium hydroxide
Centrifuge tubes
Chromatography paper
CLA gel cap
Dextrose
Dropper bottle
Filter paper
Fructose
Funnel, 60 mm
Glass vials
Gloves
Goggles
Iodine solution
Lab manual
Magnesium sulfate
Marker
Micro centrifuge tubes
Micropipette tips
Molecular model set
Mountain Dew
Oils- avocado, castor, coconut, sunflower
Oxalic acid
Pipettes
Polarizing film
Protractor
Salicylic acid
Small light and battery
Sodium carbonate
Table salt
TLC plates
UV light
Vis-a-vis pen
Wooden stir sticks