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How to be a Successful Organic Chemist
How to be a successful organic chemist is meant as an introductory text for undergraduates taking organic chemistry teaching labs. The text is a clear and practical introduction to safety, chemical handling, organic chemistry techniques, and lab reports.
- Author
- Alexander Sandtorv
- Publisher
- University of Oslo
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 33 sections
- 01: HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT
- 1.01: READING DRAWING AND UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF VISUALIZATION
- 1.02: SAFETY IS KEY- HOW TO FIND RELEVANT SAFETY INFORMATION AND READ SAFETY DATA SHEETS
- 1.03: A SPECIFIC SDS
- 1.04: THE NOTEBOOK MAKING SURE THE NUMBERS ADD UP
- 02: COMMON ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
- 2.01: RECRYSTALLIZATION
- 2.02: Distillation
- 2.03: LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION
- 2.04: TLC -ANALYSIS
- 2.05: SUBLIMATION
- 03: GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY - CHEMICAL HANDLING WASHING WASTE AND SAFETY
- 3.01: GLOVES - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY
- 3.02: GETTING THE CHEMICALS TO YOUR REACTION FLASK- POURING SYRINGES AND WEIGHING
- 3.03: WASHING YOUR GLASSWARE
- 3.04: WASTE
- 3.05: WHAT CAN GO WRONG SOME SAFETY SCENARIOS TO CONSIDER.
- 3.06: STRESS AND ANXIETY
- 04: HOW TO SURVIVE AN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT
- 4.01: TYPICAL FLOW OF AN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIENCE
- 4.02: WHY DID MY EXPERIMENT FAIL TO WORk THE WAY I EXPECTED
- 4.03: THE DEEP UNDERSTANDING
- 4.04: TAKING NOTES AND USING THE NOTEBOOK
- 05: HOW TO INTERPRET YOUR RESULTS
- 5.01: WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN
- 5.02: IR -SPECTROSCOPY- THE WORKHORSE
- 5.03: MELTING POINT ANALYSIS- IDENTITY AND PURITY
- 5.04: TLC- IDENTITY AND PURITY
- 06: HOW TO WRITE A REPORT
- 6.01: THE BASICS
- 6.02: THE WHY- THE REASONS FOR DOING THE EXPERIMENT.
- 6.03: THE HOW- HOW WAS THE EXPERIMENT PERFORMED
- 6.04: THE WHAT- WHAT WERE THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE EXPERIMENT