Chem 254, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Summer 2006
Your instructor: Dr. Frank Ji
Office: CTH 343
Your assistants: Jessica Thibodeaux,
Required Text: 1. Safety
glasses!
2. Lab notebook.
Week Activity
July 11 Check in
July 13, Exp 1. Condensation
of Benzyldehyde to Benzoin
July 17 Exp. 2. Oxidation of Benzoin to Benzil (purfication
and Characterization)
July
19 Exp. 3 Benzil Rearrangement to Benzilic Acid
July
24 Exp. 4. Ester synthesis
July 26 Exp. 5: Nitration of
Ethyl Benzoate – be cautious when you handle sulfuric and nitric acids!
Check out/Clean-up.