CHEM 3321: Laboratory for Organic Chemistry I
This lab course is for biochemistry and non-chemistry majors. A large part of Chem 3321 is spent learning techniques in organic chemistry, including TLC, distillation, extraction, crystallization, and IR spectroscopy. Once these techniques are mastered, they are employed in the final four labs of the semester. Two laboratory periods are devoted to working with molecular models sets to study nomenclature, conformational analysis, and stereochemistry.
The course syllabus and TA office hours and emails are available on this website. Course documents will be posted on Canvas.
List of Sections
| Lab | Day | Time | Location | TA |
| 121/821 | Tue | 10:20 AM-1:10 PM | EKLC M1B20 | Garrett Cairo |
| 122 | Tue | 10:20 AM-1:10 PM | EKLC M1B25 | Cassandra Sanchez |
| 124 | Tue | 1:50 PM-4:40 PM | EKLC M1B20 | Somnath Dutta |
| 125 | Tue | 1:50 PM-4:40 PM | EKLC M1B25 | Timothy Davis |
| 131 | Wed | 10:20 AM-1:10 PM | EKLC M1B20 | Austin Bargmann |
| 132 | Wed | 10:20 AM-1:10 PM | EKLC M1B25 | Brendan Langmack |
| 133 | Wed | 10:20 AM-1:10 PM | EKLC M1B35 | Eric Miller |
| 134 | Wed | 1:50 PM-4:40 PM | EKLC M1B20 | Austin Bargmann |
| 135 | Wed | 1:50 PM-4:40 PM | EKLC M1B25 | Brianna Check |
| 136 | Wed | 1:50 PM-4:40 PM | EKLC M1B35 | Cassandra Sanchez |
| 137 | Wed | 5:30 PM-8:20 PM | remote | Chenwei Lu |
| 138 | Wed | 5:30 PM-8:20 PM | remote | Qiucheng Xu |
| 139 | Wed | 5:30 PM-8:20 PM | remote | David Zimmerman |
| 141 | Thu | 10:20 AM-1:10 PM | EKLC M1B20 | Somnath Dutta |
| 142 | Thu | 10:20 AM-1:10 PM | EKLC M1B25 | James Greenwood |
| 145 | Thu | 1:50 PM-4:40 PM | EKLC M1B25 | Somnath Dutta |
| 146 | Thu | 1:50 PM-4:40 PM | EKLC M1B35 | Brianna Check |
| 148 | Thu | 5:30 PM-8:20 PM | remote | David Zimmerman |
| 149 | Thu | 5:30 PM-8:20 PM | remote | Chenwei Lu |
| 151 | Fri | 10:20 AM-1:10 PM | remote | Brendan Langmack |
| 152 | Fri | 10:20 AM-1:10 PM | remote | Rachel Weintraub |
| 154 | Fri | 1:50 PM-4:40 PM | remote | James Greenwood |
| 155 | Fri | 1:50 PM-4:40 PM | remote | Rachel Weintraub |
| 156 | Fri | 1:50 PM-4:40 PM | remote | Qiucheng Xu |
Experiment Schedule
| Dates | # | Experiment |
| Tue Aug 24 - Fri Aug 27 | 1 | Syllabus, Lab Safety & IR Spectroscopy (remote) |
| Tue Aug 31 - Fri Sep 3 | 2 | Check-In & NMR Spectroscopy |
| Tue Sep 7 - Fri Sep 10 | 3 | Modeling Conformations, ChemDraw & Excel |
| Tue Sep 14 - Fri Sep 17 | 4 | Practical NMR |
| Tue Sep 21 - Fri Sep 24 | 5 | Thin Layer Chromatography and Melting Point |
| Tue Sep 28 - Fri Oct 1 | 6 | Extraction |
| Tue Oct 5 - Fri Oct 8 | 7 | Recrystallization |
| Tue Oct 12 - Fri Oct 15 | 8 | Distillation |
| Tue Oct 19 - Fri Oct 22 | 9 | Modeling Chirality & Cycloalkanes |
| Tue Oct 26 - Fri Oct 29 | 10 | Stereochemistry of Alkene Additions |
| Tue Nov 2 - Fri Nov 5 | 11 | Substitution & Elimination |
| Tue Nov 9 - Fri Nov 12 | 12 | Regiochemistry of Eliminations |
| Tue Nov 16 - Fri Nov 19 | 13 | Oxidation of Alcohols & Check-Out |
| Tue Nov 23 - Fri Nov 26 | No labs | |
| Tue Nov 30 - Fri Dec 3 | Final quiz (remote) | |
| Tue Dec 7 - Fri Dec 10 | No labs |