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Fall 2009 Chemistry 231 Labs start on Monday, August 31st.
Welcome:
This is the departmental site for information about the introductory organic chemistry laboratory. This laboratory course is to be taken concurrently with the first semester introductory organic chemistry lecture course. The Chem 231 lecture is a corequisite or pre-requisite to this course.
This course should be both fun and informative. The course is designed to illustrate principles and concepts from the lecture, to give you hands on experience with laboratory techniques common to an organic chemist, and to introduce you to the ways in which chemists characterize and identify organic compounds.
Site Description:
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (Free Download) to view some material on this site. You should enable pop-up windows on your internet browser to use this site. Pages within this site can be accessed by means of the links in the right hand column, labeled as Site Information.Other web sites that you might find helpful during the semester are labeled as Course Related Web Sites. These include a electronic lecture guide / text book (MSU OnLine), an alternative for spectroscopic instruction (Spectroscopy@UCLA), a site for general hints about organic lab (Organic Portal, Demystified), and a link for searching the web (Google). You can find a plethora of sample tests from other schools by using a Google search.At the bottom of each page are links to relevant web sites at the College of Charleston. If you would like to see other content on this site, please tell your instructor.
Required Text:
The primary source of information for this course is your Departmental "Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual", Part A. This manual can be purchased from the College of Charleston Bookstore, on Calhoun Street. Every student will be expected to have the maual with them at each laboratory period.