Research Guides: CHEM 2101: Organic Chemistry Lab I: Lab Resources

Assignment Summary

You've been assigned a Chemistry 2101 lab and you will be searching for chemical literature.

In the assignment document is a table with numbered lines. Each line has a different definition, journal article, and compound. Your professor will assign you one of these lines.

Use these resources to complete your lab. If you don't find what you are looking for in one resource, try another.

Item A: Boiling Point, Melting Point, Density, Molecular Weight

Item A is finding and listing 10 properties of the compound.

SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
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- Registration Link for a SciFinder-n Account
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1. Connect to the registration link.
2. Fill out the registration form using your UHD e-mail.
3. Find the confirmation message in your UHD e-mail.
4. Follow the instructions in the confirmation message to activate your account.
Use your UHD e-mail in the registration form.
- Students: username@gator.uhd.edu.
- Faculty and staff: username@uhd.edu.
- Connecting to SciFinder-n
Click on the Access Database button to start a session.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics This link opens in a new window
Combined Chemical Dictionary This link opens in a new window
PubChem This link opens in a new window

Item A: CAS Registry Number

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2. Fill out the registration form using your UHD e-mail.
3. Find the confirmation message in your UHD e-mail.
4. Follow the instructions in the confirmation message to activate your account.
Use your UHD e-mail in the registration form.
- Students: username@gator.uhd.edu.
- Faculty and staff: username@uhd.edu.
- Connecting to SciFinder-n
Click on the Access Database button to start a session.
PubChem This link opens in a new window

Item A: Structure

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2. Fill out the registration form using your UHD e-mail.
3. Find the confirmation message in your UHD e-mail.
4. Follow the instructions in the confirmation message to activate your account.
Use your UHD e-mail in the registration form.
- Students: username@gator.uhd.edu.
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- Connecting to SciFinder-n
Click on the Access Database button to start a session.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics This link opens in a new window
PubChem This link opens in a new window

Item A: Hazards

PubChem This link opens in a new window

Item A: Price Per Quantity

Item A and Item D: IR, NMR, and Mass Spectrum

Item A is finding and listing 10 properties of the compound.

Item D is finding a mass spectrum graph for the compound.

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2. Fill out the registration form using your UHD e-mail.
3. Find the confirmation message in your UHD e-mail.
4. Follow the instructions in the confirmation message to activate your account.
Use your UHD e-mail in the registration form.
- Students: username@gator.uhd.edu.
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Click on the Access Database button to start a session.

Item B: Definition of a Chemical Concept or Word

Item B is finding a definition for the scientific term.

Item C: Journal Article

Item C is finding the article with the citation.

Enter the journal title Journal of Chemical Education below:

Item D: Article on "synthesis of"' or "purification of'" a compound

Item D is finding an article about the compound.

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1. Connect to the registration link.
2. Fill out the registration form using your UHD e-mail.
3. Find the confirmation message in your UHD e-mail.
4. Follow the instructions in the confirmation message to activate your account.
Use your UHD e-mail in the registration form.
- Students: username@gator.uhd.edu.
- Faculty and staff: username@uhd.edu.
- Connecting to SciFinder-n
Click on the Access Database button to start a session.

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