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Dr. William J. Kelly
CPP 201A
774-3202
E-Mail: kellyw@swosu.edu
Pre-Lab -CPP 252
Laboratory - CPP 211 Monday, Wednesday 2:00-5:00 PM
Students will meet initially in the Prelab Room for the laboratory lecture and prelab quiz. All lab reports (from the previous experiment)will be collected at the end of the prelab session. The student is expected to be prepared for the laboratory session, having read all prelab material in the text and/or handouts.
Organic Laboratory, Microscale and Standard Scale Experiments, 4th Edition; by Landgrebe; Brooks/Cole Publishing
The student will be expected to obtain the following materials:
Some of these items can be purchased from the Chemistry Club at the start of the semester.
Attendance in all laboratory
periods is mandatoryand will be
checked during each laboratory session. You must get prior approval
from me before missing a lab. You
can reach me by phone either at the office or at home. Leave a message, if
necessary. No lab may be missed and not made up. The lab is skill oriented
and you must be there to learn and demonstrate these skills. If you simply
"cut" a lab without an excuse, you will be withdrawn from the course. You
must make-up all excused absences.
OFFICE PHONE: 774-3204 HOME: 772-3367
We will perform 10 laboratory experiments during the semester. Some of these experiments are designed to familiarize the student with the basic concepts and lab techniques essential in the organic laboratory. These experiments will involve the isolation, separation, purification and identification of organic substances. We will also carry out some synthesis experiments and learn how to manipulate matter ot the molecular level. In addition we will spend two full lab periods covering nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in a lecture format.
QUIZZES
Prior to each experiment a short, multiple choice pre-lab quiz will be
given to assess basic understanding of the experiment to be carried out. Quizzes
will be given over the reading assignment for the experiment to be performed.
They will be given at the beginning of the lab period and will count 10 points
each. All reading assignments are listed in the table on the next page.
EXAMS
Two major exams are scheduled. Part of each exam will be open-notes &
reports unless otherwise announced. Notes and reports must be kept , and brought
to the exam, in a three-ring binder. Exams will be worth 150-200 points,
depending on the quantity of material covered. The exams questions will be
based on theory and practice of experiments performed in the laboratory,
as well as nmr spectroscopy questions.
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EXAM 1 (MIDTERM) |
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10th |
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EXAM 2 (FINAL) |
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21st |
Attendance at exams is mandatory. Make-up exams will be given only under extenuating circumstances. You must have a really good reason for the absence.
LAB REPORTS
Lab reports will usually be due at the beginning of the next laboratory
session following the session in which the experiment is performed. Reports
will worth 10-40 points each, depending on the amount of work required.
It is mandatory that the lab reports
be neatly typed and done with care. I encourage you to make use of graphing
software such as Excel or Cricket Graph for all plots, however plots done
by hand will be acceptable.
LAB NOTEBOOK
You will be expected to keep a bound laboratory notebook to record all
experimental observations, data, etc. Read PP 13-15 in Rodig and the handout
for how to do so. DO NOT use loose
papers for keeping data. I will collect all loose papers I see in the lab.
Your points will come from the following:
The Laboratory grade for the major's course will count for 25% of the overall final grade.
I consider the following grading scheme a contract and will not vary from it. You may check with me as to your current grade at any time. It is a good idea, however, to keep all graded material so you can keep up with your own grade.
Your lab grade will be allocated as follows:
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89% |
A |
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79%-88% |
B |
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69%-78% |
C |
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58%-68% |
D |
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< 58% |
F |
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DATE |
EXPERIMENT |
READINGS IN TEXT |
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1/12 |
Check-in andSafety Lecture |
6-28 |
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1/14 |
handout |
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1/19 |
handout |
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1/21 |
390-394 |
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1/26-28 |
398-402 |
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2/2-4 |
546-550 |
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2/9-16 |
IR SPECTROSCOPY LECTURES
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242-269 |
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2/18 |
none |
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2/23-25 |
543-546 |
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3/1-3 |
427-428 |
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3/8 |
Searching the Chemical Literature |
342-357 |
3/10 |
MID-TERM EXAM |
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3/29-31 |
525-527 |
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4/5-4/7 |
497-499 |
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4/12-14 |
Properties of Amines |
handout and |
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4/21 |
FINAL EXAM |
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5/1 |
CHECK OUT |
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2. When a
student concurrently enrolled in a lecture and lab sequence drops the lecture,
the student must also drop the lab. If there are two or fewer lab meetings
remaining in the semester when the student drops the lecture, not including
periods for lab exams and checkout, the lab instructor may allow the student
to continue and complete the course. This course of action is at the discretion
of the instructor.
3. Since
lecture instruction is essential to the understanding of the principles studied
in the lab, when a student ceases attending lecture and has not dropped the
course, that student will be administratively dropped from the lecture and
lab courses. Exceptions to this rule may include unusual or mitigating circumstances
such as illness, injury, death in the family, etc., and may be granted by
the instructor.
4. When
a student drops or is dropped from lecture, the lecture instructor will notify
the lab instructor.
Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him/her from fully demonstrating his/her abilities should contact me personally as soon as possible so we can discuss accommodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate your educational opportunities.
No tobacco in any form
all will be allowed in the lab or classroom.
No food/drink will be allowed in the lab or classroom.
Be forewarned that cheating on an exam or quiz will lead to a zero on
that exam or quiz and could lead to an F in the course.
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