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Making the Connections

Third  Edition©2015  Anne B. Padias

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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

Anne B. Padias