RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I LABORATORY
ROOM G-216
FALL 2009

INSTRUCTOR:  Dr. Robert J. Shine
             Office: G-250  Phone: Office 201-684-7719  Home 201-444-4150
             E-Mail Address:  bshine@ramapo.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  An introduction to the properties and reactions of
carbon compounds.  Course material includes the application of modern
chemical theories to structure and reaction mechanisms.  Chemical
bonding in organic compounds, stereochemistry, and spectroscopy will
be studied.  Laboratory work will illustrate modern techniques of
purification,identification and synthesis.  Required for Chemistry
and Biology majors. Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Chemistry II (Chem 112).

COURSE TEXT:  The text for these experiments is on my web page.  The web 
address is http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~bshine/org1lab/OrgManHTML   One free
printed copy of the manual will be given to each registered student at
the first class meeting. 

OPTIONAL TEXT: MACROSCALE AND MICROSCALE ORGANIC EXPERIMENTS
               by Kenneth Williamsom, Houghton Mifflin Company
               Fourth Edition, 2003 (ISBN 0-618-19702-8)
               Earlier editions are also suitable

SCHEDULE OF EXPERIMENTS:
Lab 1:  Check in 
       lab procedures, safety video and autopipette use

Lab 2:  Melting Points
       melting points of urea, cinnamic acid and their mixtures 

Lab 3:  Crystallization
       recrystallize naphthalene and benzoic acid

Lab 4:  Extraction 
       separation of acidic and neutral substances

Lab 5:  Distillation 
       simple and fractional distillation of ethanol-water mixture

Lab 6:  Thin layer and gas chromatography
       separation of analgesics

Lab 7:  Column chromatography 
       separation of ferrocene and acetylferrocene

Lab 8:  Optical resolution
       resolution of 1,2-diaminocyclohexane 

Lab 9:  Nucleophilic substitution reactions
       experiments to determine Sn1 and Sn2 mechanism

Lab 10: Lecture on ultraviolet and infrared spectroscopy
       read relevant sections in Solomon's text book

Lab 11: Lecture on NMR and Mass Spectrometry 
       read relevant sections in Solomon's text book

Lab 12:  Microwave synthesis of aspirin
       preparation of aspirin from salicylic acid

Lab 13:  Final Examination and check out


TESTING AND GRADING:  Please see the Course Procedures Page for important
details about this course.  In general, you will do the experimental
work in pairs.  However, each student must turn in a lab report for the
work done.  Lab reports (printed on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper) are due at 
the very beginning of the next regularly scheduled lab period.  The 
lab report should be complete at the time you submit it.  If more 
data needs to be collected for an experiment that was not finished 
in the prior lab period, the Instructor will hand out a sheet where 
new data may be recorded.  The Instructor will give exact details 
of the procedure to follow in such cases.  
     A lab report that is submitted late or by e mail will receive a grade 
penalty.  No lab report will be accepted after other students receive
their graded lab reports for a given experiment.  Generally, this means
that no lab report will be accepted after two weeks from the time the
experiment was first started.  Lab reports may not be submitted by e
mail or fax.
     You may have a short quiz at the beginning of a lab period to 
ensure that you have studied the experiment that will be done that day.
     The grading policy is described on the Course Procedures page.
Please see me at any time if you wish to discuss your grade in the
course.  You must keep all graded lab reports and tests until you 
receive your final grade in case there are questions about your grade.
Make-up labs can not be given.
     If you are registered with the Office of Specialized Services please 
see me to discuss what accommodations may be needed.