Organic Chemistry I Laboratory Syllabus for 2014-2015
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Instructor Information

Instructor

Seema Saiyed (Curriculum Vitae)

E-Mail

s0542943@actx.edu

Phone

Office Location

Warren Hall 101C

Office Hours

Mondays and Wednesdays: 12:00PM-12:30PM

Tuesdays and Thursdays: 12:00PM-12:30PM

Fridays: by appointment

The last day to drop with "W" is 07/21/2026

Course Information

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Course

CHEM-2223-002 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory

Prerequisites

Corequisite: CHEM 2323

Course Description

This laboratory-based course accompanies CHEM 2323, Organic Chemistry I Laboratory activities will reinforce fundamental principles of organic chemistry, including the structure, bonding, properties and reactivity of organic molecules; and properties and behavior of organic compounds and their derivatives. Emphasis is placed on organic synthesis and mechanisms. Includes study of covalent and ionic bonding, nomenclature, stereochemistry, structure and reactivity, reaction mechanisms, functional groups and synthesis of simple molecules. Methods for the purification and identification of organic compounds will be examined.

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Department Expectations

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Hours

(2 sem hrs; 6 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

Microscale Organic Laboratory, 4th Edition; Mayo, Pike & Forbes

Supplies

Bound laboratory notebook, safety glasses or goggles and Lab coat or apron.

Student Performance

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

1. Perform chemical experiments, analysis procedures, and waste disposal in a safe and responsible manner.

2. Utilize scientific tools such as glassware and analytical instruments to collect and analyze data.

3. Identify and utilize appropriate separation techniques such as distillation, extraction, and chromatography to purify organic compounds.

4. Record experimental work completely and accurately in laboratory notebooks, and communicate experimental results clearly in written reports.

5. Demonstrate a basic understanding of stereochemistry.

6. Classify organic compounds by structure, molecular orbitals, hybridization, resonance, tautomerism, polarity, chirality, conformation, and functionality in laboratory reports.

7. Identify organic molecules using appropriate organic nomenclature in laboratory reports.

8. Perform organic syntheses of molecules.

9. Describe organic reactions in terms of radical and ionic mechanisms in laboratory reports.

10. Use spectroscopic data to determine the structure of organic molecules.

11. Formulate appropriate reaction conditions for the synthesis of simple organic molecules.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

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In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

Conduct: Safety goggles must be worn at all times: long pants/skirt (must cover at least to the middle of the calf), apron or lab coat, hair back, safety goggles, and, if necessary, gloves. It is preferred that long sleeves also be worn. No open-toed shoes, hats of any sort, shorts, food or drink are allowed. Shoes must cover the whole foot, so no sandals, “crocs”, or ballerina-type shoes are allowed. Anyone acting in an unsafe manner will be warned once. If seen without safety equipment or acting improperly a second time, they will be asked to leave the laboratory. They will be allowed to return in 30 minutes to finish their work, if they can. If they are asked to leave more than once for any given experiment, they will receive a zero for that experiment’s lab report. Safety is the MOST important part of lab. I will not stay after the allotted lab time for a student to complete their lab if they were delayed due to safety issues, notebook issues, or tardiness. Please, see safety rules posted in Lessons tab of AC Connect.

Please read and comply with the Student’s Rights and Responsibilities Handbook.

Student Rights and Responsibilities

In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu.

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Grading Criteria

Required Examinations: Weekly short quizzes on the material covered. A two hour laboratory final will be given on December 3 (for CHEM 2223-002) December 4(for CHEM 2223-001), during regularly scheduled lab period.

Lab reports are due at the beginning of the next lab.

Grading Criteria/Grading Scale: Prelab 10%, Lab. Reports 70%, and Final 20%. . Students are required to turn in the prelab before the start of the experiment and report before the beginning of the next lab , please see the schedule. Also, please ensure that the file format is something I can access AND that the size of the file is 2 MB or less. Any files I cannot read or that are too large will be deleted and counted as no report turned in. . A weekly quiz on the coming week’s work may be given at the lab lecture period. Failure to clean your area or the lab in general will result in a deduction on your lab report. General, unattributal untidiness will cause ALL students to suffer deductions on their lab reports. All students are required to clean their laboratory equipment and check in their locker. Failure to check in the locker will result in one letter grade deduction for the course. Dropping the course is the sole responsibility of the student. Failure to officially withdraw will result in a grade of F. The final grade will be determined by the following averages: A = 90.00%, B = 80.00%, C = 70.00%, D = 60.00% and F = below 60.00%.

Please refer to the pages in the Lessons tab of AC Connect for information on lab reports and writing them. There are further examples of papers available on reserve on the 4^th floor of the library

Lab Notebooks: You will not be allowed to begin an experiment until you have shown the instructor a Prelab (that is generally a lab write-up in your notebook). This will consist of a synopsis of the experiment to be performed that day including any special safety issues, apparatus set-ups, and materials needed. Your notebook should be legible; written in pen (errors should be crossed out ONCE—no white-out); have a table of contents and numbers pages; be permanently bound (no removal of pages); contain result data, spectra, equations, apparatus, lab write-ups, and observations; and be easy to follow and consistently maintained. You will not receive an Experiment Card (see below) until you show the instructor your lab write-up Experiment cards: At the end of the experiment, you MUST fill out a card with relevant data obtained during the lab. If a material was synthesized or isolated, a sample should be attached to the card. Failure to submit your data in this form will result in a zero grade for that experiment’s report. Experiment cards should not leave the lab and if they are not present at the end of the day, you will receive a zero grade. You may not look at your cards after the fact to check data—any information should be recorded both in your notebook and on your card. Data that does not match between reports and experiment cards is considered cheating. A first incident will cause a deduction in grade, a second incident will result in a zero grade for the report, and a third incident will result in a failing grade for the course.

Grade Disputes: While I encourage you to come to me with questions about answers on assignments anytime, if you wish to dispute a grade or have a grade changed, you must contact me about it within two weeks of the grade being posted on AC Online or there will be no change to the grade.

Regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory achievement. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student to attend the laboratory. Safety requires that two students must be present in the laboratory when performing any laboratory activity other than writing in a notebook or taking a melting point. The last day to drop the class is November 20.

Make-up Policy: Labs are scheduled to end at 4:40 pm and MUST be finished by 5:15 pm. If a student has been diligently working and needs extra time to complete an experiment, time will be given

Attendance

Make-up Policy: Labs are scheduled to end at 4:40 pm and MUST be finished by 5:15 pm. If a student has been diligently working and needs extra time to complete an experiment, time will be given

Calendar

Week Starting	Experiment	Reading	Assignment
Aug. 25	Lab Safety Exercise and Notebooks	1-15, 29 (solids), 29-32, Handouts (must print Safety Exercise out and bring it to lab), Please also see Lab Notebook Description in Library	---
Sep. 1*	Physical Constants: Melting Points (mp) & Refractive Index (RI)	26-29, 38-43, Handouts (Paper in Library), Video 8 [ignore all evacuated mp]	---
Sep. 8	Physical Constants: Density (Pycnometer) (D) & Boiling Points (bp)	26-29, 34-40, Handouts, Video 8
Sep. 15	Simple Distillation	16-18, 50-52, [Ex 3A] 112-115, Video 5	Report mp/RI; Draft D/bp
Sep. 22	Modeling Exercise—No Class Sep. 23	---	Report D/bp (a single report)
Sep. 29	GC of Alcohols	44-49, Handout, Video 1?	Report Distillation
Oct. 6	Hydroboration/Oxidation of 1-Octene	16-18, [Ex 13] 223-230, Handout
Oct. 13	Hydroboration/Oxidation of 1-Octene	32 (Yields), 55-58 (Solubility), 60-64(Extractions--Microscale, Video 7), 67-68 (Drying Agents), 87 (evap. with N₂, Video 4)	Report GC
Oct. 20	Optical Rotation Experiment (Carvone) (Work in Groups)	Handout, 92-95 (Optical Rotation), 71-77 (Crystallization, Video 3), 32 (Yields)	Report Hydroboration
Oct. 27	Kinetics of the S_N1 Reaction: Hydrolysis of tert-Butyl Chloride	Handout	Report Optical Rotation
Nov. 3	A) Preparation & Analysis of a Gaseous Product B) Photochemical Isomerization	A) [Ex 9] 184-192, 90-92 (Gas Products--Video 6) B) [Ex 6A&B] 145-154, 71-77(Crystallization, Video 3)	Report Kinetics
Nov. 10	Photochemical Isomerization	82-84 (Thin-Layer Chromatography), Video 2 on IR, Paper on IR in Library; 32 (Yields)	Report Gas Products
Nov. 17	Spectroscopy Exercise & Problems	---	Report Isomerization
Nov. 24	THANKSGIVING	---	---
Dec. 1	Laboratory Exam & Lab Checkout (Dec. 4)	---	Spectroscopy Problems
Dec. 9	Exams Week

Additional Information

Please use the website: www.wiley.com/college/mayo to link to the companion site. On that site, chose student companion and there are helpful additional materials, including videos of techniques which are referenced in the schedule.

Web Portal: Every student has an account in AC Connect. You need to check this daily. Handouts, , grades, schedules and email contact will all be made or posted on AC Connect. This is where you should me as your instructor (since it labels the email with the class, it is much easier to keep track of emails that way).

The handouts in the Lessons tab of AC Connect and the materials distributed during the first lab period (examples of lab reports, etc.) are considered part of the syllabus.

INFORMATION SHEET/SIGNATURE: You must fill out and return the information sheet for this class (handed out and posted in AC Connect). You must also sign it to signify that you have read and understand the syllabus. No graded assignments will be returned to you and you will not be shown your overall grades until the signed information sheet is turned in.

***This syllabus is subject to change. You will be informed of any changes to the syllabus in class, email, and posting in AC Connect.***

Syllabus Created on:

11/30/-1 12:00 AM

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