Advanced Laboratory 1 (350-1-01)
Instructors
Frederick J Northrup
Stephanie Nicole Knezz
Meeting Info
Technological Institute LG52: Mon, Wed, Fri 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Overview of class
Chemistry 350-1,2,3 is a full-year, 3-quarter laboratory course intended to be taken by all students in the junior year of the chemistry major program. As there will be carryover of topics from one quarter to the next, the 3 quarters of the course must be taken in the designated sequence. As there may be continuation of some experiments from one quarter to the next (i.e. a compound synthesized in one quarter may be analyzed in a subsequent quarter), the 3 quarters of the course should be taken in the same academic year. Any deviation from this will require permission of the instructors.
The full 3 quarters of this course will cover advanced topics in methods of:
instrumental analysis
synthesis of inorganic compounds
synthesis of organic compounds
spectroscopy
The course is designed for you to work in a "research environment". That is, a research project usually requires a variety of different experiments to reach the desired conclusion. This requires sufficient knowledge to use a variety of experimental techniques and to interpret their results. For example:
- A synthetic chemist must have enough knowledge of reaction mechanisms and synthetic techniques to be able to prepare a specific compound in a single, or more likely, multi-step procedure. Upon successful preparation of the compound, one must perform a variety of analyses to characterize the sample and confirm that the desired compound has been made.
- A physical or analytical chemist who wishes to study the kinetics of a reaction, the spectroscopy of a specific compound, or the use of an analytical technique for characterization of specific compounds often must have the ability to synthesize the compounds of interest.
In these courses you will learn and practice specific techniques for synthesis and chemical analysis. You will apply these techniques both to assigned problems and to a problem of your choice at the end of the three courses.
Chemistry 350-1: Roughly half of this course deals with the advanced analytical techniques mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. The rest of this course deals with advanced techniques of synthetic organic chemistry, but you will be expected to use mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy, as well as the techniques of IR and UV/visible spectroscopy that you have learned previously, to characterize the compounds that you synthesize.
Registration Requirements
Prerequisites: CHEM 220-0; and CHEM 215-3 or CHEM 212-3, and CHEM 235-3 (C- or better); or equivalent.
Class Materials (Required)
No materials are required for this course.
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisites: CHEM 220-0; and CHEM 215-3 or CHEM 212-3 (C- or better); or equivalent.
Prerequisites: Students must have completed CHEM 220-0; and CHEM 215-3 or CHEM 212-3 or 217-3, and CHEM 235-3 (C- or better); or equivalent to enroll.
Associated Classes
LAB - Technological Institute B160: Mon, Wed 1:00PM - 5:50PM
LAB - Technological Institute B160: Tues, Thurs 1:00PM - 5:50PM