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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
Vipin Paliwal



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