The Department has put together a lab manual for students taking organic chemistry at CSUB (CHEM 3310 and 3311). This is the most up-to-date version of the lab manual. If you see any information that is missing/incorrect or if you have any suggestions on how to improve the lab manual, please contact Dr. Dani Solano (dsolano@csub.edu).
Topics:
Topic 1: Safety in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Topic 3: Keeping a Proper Lab Notebook
Topic 4: Writing an Organic Chemistry Lab Report
Topic 5: Directions for Finding an Article from a Citation
Topic 6: Common Lab Calculations
Topic 7: Using a Pasteur Pipet
Labs:
Lab 1: Maintaining a Laboratory Notebook
Lab 2: Developing and Testing a Hypothesis
Lab 3: Calibration of a Melting Point Apparatus
Lab 4: Extraction of Iodine from an Aqueous Solution
Lab 5: The Effect of pH on Sodium Benzoate
Lab 6: Separating and Identifying the Components of a Mixture
Lab 8: Chromatographic Analysis of Analgesic Drugs
Lab 9: Addition of Bromine to trans-Cinnamic Acid
Lab 10: Isolation of Lawsone from Henna
Lab 11: Investigation of a Chemical Bond by Infrared Spectroscopy
Lab 13: Predicting the Products of an Aldol Reaction
Lab 14: Qualitative Organic Analysis
Lab 16: Reduction of Vanillin to Vanillyl Alcohol
Appendices:
Appendix A: Instructions for Using the Varian EM360A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer
Appendix B: Instructions for Using the picoSpin Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer
Appendix C: Instructions for Using the IR Spectrometer
Appendix D: Instructions for Using the MicroLab Spectrophotometer