CH 243B Organic Chemistry Lab 3

1. Describe the structure, properties, nomenclature, synthesis and reactions of carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid derivatives and amines.
2. Recognize the relationship between the structure of organic compounds and their subsequent physical and chemical properties.
3. Organize and maintain a laboratory notebook and prepare for experimentation in the microscale organic laboratory.
4. Translate the principles of organic chemistry into practical use in the organic laboratory.
5. Apply organic principles to the study of biological molecules: carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, proteins and nucleic acids.
6. Recognize the organic chemistry basis of biologically important compounds and their reactions.
7. Assess the structures of biological molecules and their function in living systems.

• Check-In
  • Safety; check-in
  • The laboratory notebook
  • Disposal of chemical wastes
• Analgesics
  • History of aspirin
  • Synthesis of aspirin
• Antibacterial agents
  • History of immunology and chemotherapy
  • Sulfanilamide from nitrobenzene
• Barbiturates and Hypnotic Drugs
  • History of barbiturates
  • Malonic ester synthesis
• Photochemistry
  • Theory of photochemical reactions
  • Synthesis of benzopinacol
  • Synthesis of luminol
• Sugars
  • Carbohydrates and artificial sweeteners
  • Mutarotation of sucrose: a rate study
  • Analysis of unknowns
• Vitamins
  • Background on vitamins
  • Quinones
  • Synthesis of vitamin K1 - a quinone
• Amino Acids
  • Structure and properties
  • Enzymatic resolution of DL-alanine
• Lipids
  • Structure and properties
  • Epoxidation of cholesterol
  • Oleic acid from olive oil
• Searching the Chemical Literature