California State University, Northridge
Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry
Chemistry 333/334 Laboratory
Course Website
Chem 334L Current Schedule of
Experiments,
Student Learning Outcomes: SLO4: Work effectively and safely in a laboratory
environment, including the ability to: a) follow experimental chemical
procedures; b) maintain a proper laboratory notebook; c)perform chemical
syntheses; d) use modern chemical instrumentation (assessment tools: notebook evaluations by TAÕs;
experimental purity data sheet provided by T.AÕs)
¥Please visit the LEARNING
RESOURCE CENTER to view in-depth instructional DVDÕs for each experiment!
Supplemental videos
illustrating common techniques used in the organic laboratory (requires QuickTime Player)
Note: dial-up connections
will require long times for video download!
1.
Melting
point capillary preparation and taking a melting point measurement
2.
Weighing
a solid on an analytical balance
3.
Gravity
Filtration Setup (picture)
4.
Vacuum
Filtration of a Solid (Buchner)
Vacuum Filtration of a
solid (Hirsch)
5.
Microscale
distillation with a Hickman Still
6.
Simple
distillation setup(demo)
7.
Extraction
(demo 1)
Extraction
(demo 2)
Extraction (demo 3)
Microextraction in a
conical vial
8.
Drying a
solution with drying agent
9.
Thin-Layer
Chromatography (demo 1)
Thin-Layer Chromatography
(demo 2)
10.
Column chromatography:
11.
Sample
preparation for GC analysis
12.
Sample
preparation for IR analysis
We
would like to thank DVAction (The Committee
for Institutional Cooperation (CIC)'s Learning Technologies Initiative) for
website pictures and videos 1-4 and Dr. Dan Straus (San Jose State University)
for videos 4-8, 11 and 12.
Supplemental videos 4(Hirsch), 7 (Separatory Funnel, Microextraction),
9, and 10 are from purchased CD-ROM ÒExperimental Organic Chemistry TechniquesÓ,
by Melanie M. Cooper and Timothy S. Kerns (1998; W.H. Freeman)
