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CHEM 2101: Organic Chemistry Lab I

This guide is designed to assist student with an Organic Chemistry I Lab assignment, and how to use specific chemistry 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.

Item A: CAS Registry Number

Item A: Structure

Item A: Hazards

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. 

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.