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Scheduled Lab & Events, and what is due.

Section runs Tuesday and Thursday, 8am until 12pm, in room 300.  Lab lecture is 12 noon on Tuesdays in room 102.

  There will be NO LAB on 1/16 (MLK Day), or on any date past 4/17 (the last make-up session).


If you are well-prepared for lab and work efficiently, it is often possible to finish before noon.  Just remember that part of your grade is based on the quality of your results, not the speed in which it is completed.

Lab & Events

Thursday 1/11

CHECK-IN!

Thursday 1/18

    **Please remember, goggles and closed-toed shoes (no sandals) must be worn at all times in the lab.  Shorts are not allowed!
    LAB #1: Solids: Recryst. & Melting pts.

Tuesday 1/23

    Continuation of LAB #1

Thursday 1/25

    LAB #2: Extractions: two-base

Tuesday 1/30

    Continuation of LAB #2: natural product extraction

Thursday 2/1

    LAB #3: Liquids: distillations

Tuesday 2/6

    Continuation of LAB #3

Thursday 2/8

    LAB #4: Alkanes and Alkenes: Chlorination

Tuesday 2/13

    Continuation of LAB #4: dehydration

Thursday 2/15

    LAB #5: Diels-Alder rxn

Tuesday 2/20

    Continuation of LAB #5: Catalytic Hydrogenation

Thursday 2/22

    LAB #6: Oxidation of organic compounds

Tuesday 2/27

    MAKE-UP SESSIONS
    1st HOUR EXAM

Thursday 3/1

    Continuation of LAB #6
    Graded exams available for perusal

Tuesday 3/13

    LAB #7: Chemistry of Carbonyl Compounds

Thursday 3/15

    Continuation of LAB #7

Tuesday 3/20

    LAB #8: Grignard Synthesis

Thursday 3/22

    Continuation of LAB #8

Tuesday 3/27

    MAKE-UP SESSIONS
    2nd HOUR EXAM

Thursday 3/29

    LAB #9: Six-step synthesis
    Exams available for perusal

Tuesday 4/3

    Continuation of Lab #9

Thursday 4/5

    Continuation of Lab #9

Tuesday 4/10

    Continuation of Lab #9

Thursday 4/12

    Finish LAB #9

Tuesday 4/17

    3rd HOUR EXAM
    Make-UP SESSIONS

Thursday 4/19

    CHECK-OUT!
    Graded exams once more available for perusal

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What is due

Tuesday 1/30

    Report #1

Tuesday, 2/6

    Report #2

Tuesday, 2/13

    Report #3

Tuesday, 2/20

    Report #4

Thursday, 3/1

    Report #5

Thursday, 3/15

    Report #6

Thursday, 3/22

    Report #7

Tuesday, 4/3

    Report #8

Monday 4/23, by 12 noon

    SPECIAL Report #9

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