CIP Code:   40.0502 
HEGIS Code:    1909 
	METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER
	Office of Academic Affairs

	REGULAR COURSE SYLLABUS

SCHOOL:   Letters, Arts & Sciences
DEPARTMENT:  Chemistry
SEMESTER(S) OFFERED:   Fall, Spring, & Summer
PREFIX & COURSE NUMBER:   CHE 312 
COURSE TITLE:   Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CREDIT HOURS:   2   ( 0 + 4 )
CONTACT HOURS:  Lecture  0 	Lab  60 	Internship   0 	Practicum   0 
RESTRICTIONS (VARIABLE TOPICS COURSES):   None
PREREQUISITE(S):   CHE 180, CHE 181, CHE 185
COREQUISITE(S):   CHE 310 may be taken concurrently or prior to taking 312
CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

A laboratory course whose focus is an introduction to basic techniques of preparation, 
purification and identification of organic compounds.

REQUIRED READING MATERIALS  (Title, Author, Publisher, Copyright Date):

Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques, Pavia, D.L., Lampman, G.M., and Kriz, G.S., 
3rd Edition, Saunders Publishing Co., 1988.


SPECIFIC (MEASURABLE) STUDENT BEHAVIORAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:

1.	Determine the melting point of an unknown solid sample.
2.	Verify the identity of an unknown solid via mixed melting points.
3.	Purify a solid sample via crystallization.
4.	Separate the components of a binary solid mixture via extraction.
5.	Separate and identify the components of a solid mixture via thin layer chromatography.
6.	Determine the boiling point of a pure liquid via the Sowoliboff microboiling point technique.
7.	Obtain a refractive index for a liquid sample.
8.	Separate the components of a liquid mixture via simple and/or fractional distillation 
techniques.
9.	Synthesize organic compounds of interest.
10.	Perform common manipulations such as gravity and/or suction filtration, decanting, drying, 
etc.
11.	Determine the % composition of an unknown mixture from gas chromatography data.
12.	Determine the structure of unknown organic compounds from NMR and IR spectral data.

OUTLINE OF COURSE CONTENT (Major Topics and Subtopics):

A.	Introduction
B.	Melting Points of Pure Solids
C.	Crystallization of an Impure Solid
D.	Extraction of a Binary Solid Mixture
E.	Thin Layer Chromatography
F.	Physical properties of a pure liquid:  Boiling point and retroactive index
G.	Distillation
H.	Synthesis of Cyclohexene
I.	Synthesis of n-Butyl Bromide
J.	Synthesis of PABA/Benzocaine
K.	Synthesis of Sulfanilamide
L.	Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography
M.	Laboratory Check-Out and Final Examination


EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:

Students will be evaluated on the basis of the quality of laboratory reports submitted for each 
experiment, performance on a final examination, and the instructor's opinion regarding a 
student's preparation for and bearing in the laboratory.

Copies retained by Dean and Department Chair

Revised 9/94:	Academic Affairs-Curriculum-Regular Course Syllabus
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