Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Department of Chemistry

Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Department of Chemistry

Organic Chemistry I Laboratory

CHEM 3123.105

Syllabus Fall 2013

Instructor:Dr. Christine HahnOffice:Nierman Hall, Room 117

Phone:361 593 3592Email:

Office Hours:Monday + Tuesday25 pm

Wednesday35 pm

Friday24 pm

Prerequisite: 1311, 1312, 1111, 1112

Lab Section/Location: Wednesday, 9:00-12:50 am in Lab 157

Textbook:Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments 6e, Kenneth L. Williamson and Katherine M Masters, BROOKS/COLE CENGAGE Learning

Course Objectives:Students will learn basic techniques needed for organic synthesis:

-Determination of melting and boiling point

-Purification of solid and liquid compounds by recrystallization and distillation

-Separation of compounds mixtures by extraction and chromatography (thin lay and column chromatography)

-Spectroscopic methods to identify molecular structure of unknown organic compounds

-Perform simple organic synthesis

Grading:Labreports 10 x 100P= 1000 P+ 100 P

A ≥ 90%B ≥ 80% C ≥ 70% D ≥ 60% F ≤ 59%

Course Policies:

1. Attendance is required for all lab sessions as specified in the lab schedule. There will be no make-up lab session. Scores of 10 labs are counted. 1 Lab session is thought for any make up.
2. The University Safety Regulation requiresthat you must have completed the mandatory online safety training before you allowed starting any laboratory work.All students are expected to follow these safety guidelines.
3. All studentsare required to have their own eye protection (safety glasses or goggles) and to wear a lab coat from 100% cotton during lab experiments. NO SHORTS, SHORT SKIRTS, CROPPED SHIRTS, OPEN-TOE SHOES OR SANDALS WILL BE ALLOWED. Long open hairs must be bind together.
4. Working in the laboratory alone is prohibited.
5. During lab sessions it is not allowed to consume any type of food, chew gum, and wear headphones. Cell phones are prohibited in the laboratory.
6. Before you start working, you are expected to be familiar with the entire procedure and all theoretical aspects of the lab experiment. This will be reviewed in a short pre-lab lecture (20 min) starting at 12:30 pm.
7. You are expected to come at 12:30 pm. For each 5 min you arrive late you will be taken off 5 points of your lab scores.
8. Your lab notebook must be a hardbound journal. Lab reports and the lab notebook are to be kept as described in Chapter 1, pp 18-24 of the textbook.
9. The lab report is due next Thursdayby 5 pm. You submit your lab notebook in the mailbox of your TA in the department’s office.
10. The instructor reserves the right to modify the sequence and/or pace of lab experiments as it is necessary (due to conference trips, or other unforeseen events).

University Policies

Academic Misconduct Statement (see Student Handbook): You are expected to practice academic honesty in every aspect of this course and all other courses. Students who engage in academic misconduct are subject to university disciplinary procedures.

Forms of academic dishonesty are:

1. Cheating: deception in which a student misrepresents that he/she has mastered information on an academic exercise that he/she has not mastered; giving or receiving aid unauthorized by the instructor on assignments or examinations.

2. Academic misconduct: tampering with grades or taking part in obtaining or distributing any part of a scheduled test.

3. Fabrication: use of invented information or falsified research.

4. Plagiarism: unacknowledged quotation and/or paraphrase of someone else's work, ideas, or data as one's own in work submitted for credit. Failure to identify information or essays from the Internet and submitting them as one's own work also constitutes plagiarism.

Non-academic misconduct (see Student Handbook): The University respects the rights of instructors to teach and students to learn. Maintenance of these rights requires campus conditions that do not impede their exercise. Campus behavior that interferes with either (1) the instructor's ability to conduct the class, (2) the ability of other students to profit from instructional program, or (3) the rights of others will not be tolerated. An individual engaging in such disruptive behavior may be subject to disciplinary action. Such incidents will be adjudicated to the Dean of Students under non-academic procedures.

Sexual misconduct (see Student Handbook): Sexual harassment of students and employees at Texas A&M University-Kingsville is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Any member of the university community violating this policy will be subject to disciplinary action.

Disability Statement (see Student Handbook): Students with disabilities, including learning disabilities, who wish to request accommodations in class, should register with the Services for Students with disabilities (SSD) early in the semester so that appropriate arrangements may be made. In accordance with federal laws, a student requesting special accommodations must provide documentation for the disability to the SSD coordinator.