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The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual: A Student's Guide to Techniques

by: Zubrick, James W.

The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual: A Student's Guide to Techniques

by: Zubrick, James W.

ISBN 13:
9780471129486
ISBN 10:
0471129488
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/1997
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary

This book describes the instruments and techniques that are used in an organic lab. It contains vital directions for obtaining information on organic chemistry labs from the Internet.

1. Safety First, Last, and Always

(10)

Accidents Will Not Happen

(1)

Disposing of Waste

(5)

Mixed Waste

(3)

2. Keeping a Notebook

(14)

A Technique Experiment

(1)

Notebook Notes

(1)

A Synthesis Experiment

(11)

Notebook Notes

(7)

The Acid Test

(1)

3. Interpreting a Handbook

(20)

CRC Handbook

(5)

Entry: 1-Bromobutane

(2)

Entry: Benzoic Acid

(1)

Nostalgia

(2)

Lange's

(3)

Entry: 1-Bromobutane

(1)

Entry: Benzoic Acid

(3)

Merck Index

(5)

Entry: 1-Bromobutane

(3)

Entry: Benzoic Acid

(1)

The Aldrich Catalog

(2)

Entry: 1-Bromobutane

(1)

Entry: Benzoic Acid

(1)

Not Clear--Clear?

(1)

Info on the Internet

(4)

How to Start

(1)

I'm Logged On--Now What?

(2)

So Talk to Me

(1)

4. Jointware

(14)

Stoppers with Only One Number

(1)

Another Episode of Love of Laboratory

(2)

Hall of Blunders and Things Not Quite Right

(4)

Round-Bottom Flasks

(1)

Columns and Condensers

(1)

The Adapter with Lots of Names

(2)

Forgetting the Glass

(1)

Inserting Adapter Upside Down

(1)

Inserting Adapter Upside Down sans Glass

(1)

Greasing the Joints

(2)

To Grease or Not to Grease

(1)

Preparation of the Joints

(1)

Into the Grease Pit

(1)

Storing Stuff and Sticking Stoppers

(3)

Corking a Vessel

(1)

The Cork Press

(1)

5. Microscale Jointware

(14)

Microscale: A Few Words

(1)

The O-Ring Cap Seal

(3)

Sizing Up the Situation

(1)

Why I Don't Really Know How Vacuum Tight These Seals Are

(1)

The Comical Vial (That's Conical!)

(4)

The Conical Vial as Vial

(1)

Packaging Oops

(1)

Tare to the Analytical Balance

(1)

The Electronic Analytical Balance

(1)

Heating These Vials

(1)

The Microscale Drying Tube

(1)

Gas Collection Apparatus

(5)

Generating the Gas

(2)

Isolating the Product

(1)

Some Present-day Gas-Collecting Ironies

(1)

6. Other Interesting Equipment

(4)

7. Pipet Tips

(8)

Pre-preparing Pasteur Pipets

(3)

Calibration

(1)

Operation

(1)

Amelioration

(2)

Pipet Cutting

(1)

Pipet Filtering--Liquids

(1)

Pipet Filtering--Solids

(3)

8. Syringes, Needles, and Septa

(4)

The Rubber Septum

(2)

9. Clean and Dry

(4)

Drying Your Glassware When You Don't Need To

(1)

Drying Your Glassware When You Need To

(3)

10. Drying Agents

(4)

Typical Drying Agents

(1)

Using a Drying Agent

(1)

Following Directions and Losing Product Anyway

(1)

Drying Agents: Microscale

(1)

11. On Products

(4)

Solid Product Problems

(1)

Liquid Product Problems

(1)

The Sample Vial

(1)

Hold It! Don't Touch That Vial

(2)

12. The Melting Point Experiment

101

(20)

Sample Preparation

102

(3)

Loading the Melting Point Tube

103

(1)

Closing Off Melting Point Tubes

104

(1)

Melting Point Hints

105

(1)

The Mel-Temp Apparatus

105

(2)

Operation of the Mel-Temp Apparatus

107

(1)

The Fisher-Johns Apparatus

108

(1)

Operation of the Fisher-Johns Apparatus

109

(1)

The Thomas-Hoover Apparatus

110

(2)

Operation of the Thomas--Hoover Apparatus

112

(3)

Using The Thiele Tube

115

(6)

Cleaning the Tube

117

(1)

Getting the Sample Ready

117

(1)

Dunking the Melting Point Tube

118

(1)

Heating the Sample

118

(3)

13. Recrystallization

121

(18)

Finding a Good Solvent

122

(1)

General Guidelines for a Recrystallization

123

(1)

Gravity Filtration

124

(3)

The Buchner Funnel and Filter Flask

127

(3)

Just a Note

129

(1)

Activated Charcoal

130

(1)

The Water Aspirator: A Vacuum Source

131

(1)

The Water Trap

132

(1)

Working with a Mixed-Solvent System--The Good Part

132

(2)

The Ethanol-Water System

133

(1)

A Mixed-Solvent System--The Bad Part

134

(1)

Salting Out

135

(1)

World Famous Fan-Folded Fluted Paper

136

(3)

14. Recrystallization: Microscale

139

(8)

Isolating the Crystals

141

(1)

Craig Tube Filtration

141

(3)

Centrifuging the Craig Tube

144

(3)

Getting the Crystals Out

147

(1)

15. Extraction and Washing

147

(18)

Never-Ever Land

149

(1)

Starting an Extraction

149

(2)

Dutch Uncle Advice

151

(1)

The Separatory Funnel

152

(3)

The Stopper

153

(1)

The Glass Stopcock

153

(1)

The Teflon Stopcock

154

(1)

The Stem

155

(1)

Washing and Extracting Various Things

155

(1)

How to Extract and Wash What

156

(9)

The Road to Recovery--Back-Extraction

157

(1)

A Sample Extraction

158

(2)

Performing an Extraction or Washing

160

(2)

Extraction Hints

162

(3)

16. Extraction and Washing: Microscale

165

(4)

Mixing

166

(1)

Separation: Removing the Bottom Layer

166

(1)

Separation: Removing the Top Layer

166

(3)

17. And Now--Boiling Stones

169

(2)

18. Sources of Heat

171

(10)

The Steam Bath

172

(1)

The Bunsen Burner

173

(3)

Burner Hints

174

(2)

The Heating Mantle

176

(1)

Proportional Heaters and Stepless Controllers

177

(4)

19. Clamps and Clamping

181

(12)

Clamping a Distillation Setup

184

(3)

Clipping a Distillation Setup

187

(6)

20. Distillation

193

(28)

Distillation Notes

195

(1)

Class 1: Simple Distillation

195

(4)

Sources of Heat

195

(1)

The Three-Way Adapter

195

(1)

The Distilling Flask

196

(2)

The Thermometer Adapter

198

(1)

The Ubiquitous Clamp

198

(1)

The Thermometer

198

(1)

The Condenser

198

(1)

The Vacuum Adapter

198

(1)

The Receiving Flask

199

(1)

The Ice Bath

199

(1)

The Distillation Example

199

(1)

The Distillation Mistake

200

(1)

Class 2: Vacuum Distillation

201

(10)

Pressure Measurement

201

(1)

Manometer Hints

202

(2)

Leaks

204

(1)

Pressure and Temperature Corrections

205

(3)

Vacuum Distillation Notes

208

(3)

Class 3: Fractional Distillation

211

(3)

How This Works

213

(1)

Fractional Distillation Notes

214

(1)

Azeotropes

214

(1)

Class 4: Steam Distillation

215

(6)

External Steam Distillation

216

(1)

Internal Steam Distillation

217

(2)

Steam Distillation Notes

219

(2)

21. Microscale Distillation

221

(6)

Like the Big Guy

222

(1)

Class 1: Simple Distillation

222

(1)

Class 2: Vacuum Distillation

222

(1)

Class 3: Fractional Distillation

223

(1)

Class 4: Steam Distillation

223

(1)

Microscale Distillation II: The Hickman Still

223

(4)

The Hickman Still Setup

223

(2)

The Hickman Still Heating

225

(1)

Recovering Your Product

225

(2)

22. Reflux & Addition

227

(10)

Standard Reflux

228

(1)

A Dry Reflux

229

(2)

Addition and Reflux

231

(6)

Funnel Fun

232

(1)

How to Set Up

233

(4)

23. Reflux: Microscale

237

(4)

Addition and Reflux: Microscale

238

(3)

24. Sublimation

241

(4)

25. Microscale Boiling Point

245

(6)

Microscale B.P.

246

(1)

Ultramicroscale B.P.

247

(4)

26. Chromatography: Some Generalities

251

(4)

Adsorbents

252

(1)

Separation or Development

252

(1)

The Eluatropic Series

253

(2)

27. Thin-Layer Chromatography: TLC

255

(14)

Preparation of TLC Plates

256

(1)

The Plate Spotter

257

(1)

Spotting the Plates

258

(1)

Developing a Plate

259

(2)

Visualization

261

(1)

Interpretation

262

(2)

Multiple Spotting

264

(1)

Pre-prepared TLC Plates

264

(1)

Cospotting

265

(1)

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9780471129486

0471129488

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0471129488

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