CH 323 - Organic Chemistry II Lab

0 lecture hours 4 lab hours 2 credits

Course Description
This elective has been designed together with CH 222, CH 223 and CH 322 to meet the organic chemistry laboratory requirement for admission to medical school. (prereq: CH 322)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Fractional distillation of alcohols
Nuceophilic substitution (SN1 vs SN2) reaction mechanisms
Properties of alcohols
Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)
Dienes (Diels-Alder reaction)
Electrophilic aromatic substitution
Synthesis of methyl benzoate (ester)
Depolymerization of PET plastics
Synthesis of sulfanilamide(antibiotic)
Quantitation and characterization of terethalic acid

Prerequisites by Topic

None

Course Topics

Fractional distillation of alcohols
Properties of alcohols
Nuceophilic substitution (Sn1 vs Sn2) reaction mechanisms
Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)
Dienes (Diels-Alder reaction)
Electrophilic aromatic substitution
Synthesis of methyl benzoate (ester)
Depolymerization of PET plastics
Synthesis of sulfanilamide (antibiotic)
Quantitation and characterization of terethalic acid

Laboratory Topics

Experiment 1: Fractional distillation
Experiment 2: Properties of alcohols
Experiment 3: Nuceophilic substitution (Sn1 vs Sn2)
Experiment 4: Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
Experiment 5: Dienes (Diels-Alder reaction)
Experiment 6: Electrophilic aromatic substitution
Experiment 7: Synthesis of methyl benzoate (ester)
Experiment 8: Depolymerization of PET plastics
Experiment 9: Synthesis of sulfanilamide (antibiotic)
Experiment 10: Quantitation and characterization of Terethalic acid

Coordinator
Dr. Vipin Paliwal

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CH 323 - Organic Chemistry II Lab