Making the Connections
Third Edition
©2015Anne B. Padias
Covering modern instrumentation techniques as you get comfortable working in the lab in organic chemistry, Making the Connections provides numerous scientific illustrations, basic principles, real-life examples, practical tips, and supplementary questions to enhance your comprehension.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - First the Basics
ALWAYS Safety First
The Why and How of a Laboratory Notebook
Basic Lab Techniques
Solvents
Problems for Chapter 1
Chapter 2 - How to Identify Compounds
Phase Diagrams
Melting Point for Solids
Boiling Point for Volatile Liquids
Density of Liquids
Optical Rotation (Polarimetry)
Refractive Index
Elemental Analysis (Molecular Formula)
Spectroscopy Introduction
Infrared Spectroscopy
NMR
Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
Mass Spectrometry
Molecular Modeling
Problems for Chapter 2
Chapter 3 - Purification Techniques
Recrystallization
Extraction
Drying the Organic Fractions
Distillation
Sublimation
Chromatography
Thin Layer Chromatography
Column Chromatography
Other Column Chromatography Methods
Gas Chromatography
Problems for Chapter 3
Chapter 4 - Running a Reaction
Setup
Execution of the Reaction
The Workup
Primary Identification
Purification and Final Identification
Green Chemistry
Index