Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments
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Welcome to the Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments repository at OpenBU. We hope that this collection will enable organic chemistry educators to share with other universities valuable experiments performed in the undergraduate teaching laboratory. All lab procedures are available to download and modify, and we encourage the submission of new experiments to the database.
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Friedel-Crafts acylation
(2022)A Friedel-Crafts acylation of anisole with maleic anhydride promoted by aluminum chloride. The reaction goes at room temperature in 30 minutes and the product can be purified via recrystallization. The final product can ... -
Passerini reaction
(2022)A simple Passerini reaction using acetic acid, benzaldehyde and methyl isocyanoacetate, that is is complete in 40 minutes. The product can be purified via recrystallization. Students can analyze the product using NMR, IR ... -
Coumarin bromination
(2022)In this open ended experiment, students have to determine the identity of the brominated product when a coumarin is treated with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS). The product is purified via column chromatography and analyzed by ... -
Cyclization of citronellal
A simple cyclization of citronellal catalyzed by ferric choride. Introduces students to extraction and column chromatography. Diastereomers of the product are visible by TLC and allows for a discussion of stereochemistry ... -
Pechmann condensation
(2022)A simple preparation of a coumarin product via an Pechmann condensation catalyzed by sulfuric acid. The product can be analyzed by NMR and LC/MS. Fluorescence is examined at various pHs in water using a UV lamp. -
Fisher Esterification: Synthesis of Volatile Esters
(2012-01-03)A microwave-accelerated synthesis of volatile aromatic esters is described in this convenient Fisher esterification reaction. Students perform a liquid-liquid extraction to isolate crude product which they purify by ... -
The asymmetric aldol reaction
(2012-01-03)A convenient multi-week experiment that results in the formation of two new stereocenters starting from enantiopure norephedrine as the chiral auxiliary. This experiment uses a variety of purification techniques, including ... -
Claisen-Schmidt (Aldol) reaction
(2012-01-03)A short aldol condensation reaction that produces differentially-substituted dibenzylideneketones whose UV-Vis spectra can be determined. This experiment allows students to construct structure-activity relationships in the ... -
Suzuki Cross Coupling
(2012-01-03)An easy preparation of differentially-substituted biaryls is reported by palladium-catalyzed cross coupling. The Suzuki cross coupling reaction is both fast and substituent-independent. Column chromatography is performed ... -
Wittig Reaction
(2012-01-03)A simple preparation of a conjugated diene via the olefination reaction between cinnamaldehyde and triphenylphosphonium chloride under basic conditions. Students are reintroduced to dry glassware techniques, recrystallization, ...
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