Overview
Description
Introduction to laboratory techniques, synthetic methods, identification of organic compounds.
Requirements
Corequisites
CHEM 242CHEM 342
Original catalog text
Corequisites
Corequisite(s): CHEM 242 or CHEM 342.
Units
Laboratory Studio2
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Restrictions
Credit allowed in only one of CHEM 220L, CHEM 345, or CHEM 347.; Restricted to non-chemistry majors; Chemistry majors should enroll in CHEM 347.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- safely handle laboratory glassware, equipment, chemicals, and generated waste in accordance with waste disposal and safety regulations.
- maintain a laboratory notebook according to course guidelines and report results in a scientific laboratory report.
- practice basic laboratory techniques used for the preparation, purification, and separation of organic compounds and apply the laboratory techniques to single- and multi-step organic transformations.
- use instrumentation such as gas chromatographs, polarimeters, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers for the identification of organic compounds and interpret data acquired from these instruments.
- correlate organic chemistry theory with experimental outcomes.
- use experimental data to calculate reaction metrics such as yield and atom economy.
- articulate and follow ethical principles in the laboratory context.