As week three comes to a close, the Orgo I students finished up their last experiments and checked out of lab. The foundations of organic structures and configurations have already been established in the first two weeks of class leading up to the final full week where concepts are expanded to reagents and mechanisms of …
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Adventures of Organic Chemistry I
The organic chemistry I students have been hard at work this block learning the foundations of organic structures and reactions. With lecture in the morning and lab most afternoons, the class keeps up an intimidating reputation. This blog, however, will hopefully illustrate that organic chemistry can also be an enjoyable and rewarding experience. I may …
CO2 Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gV_AWWasmI&feature=youtu.be In case you missed the CO2 dance last week, here it is!
Safety First!
All geared up for lab!
Chromatography and the NMR
Students started week two of organic chemistry with their first major test. They didn’t get much rest time after though, as they jumped right back into lab the next day. This week students will be leaning how to use NMR spectroscopy as another tool for identifying organic compounds. NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) treats the nucleus …
Week One
Welcome to Chemistry 250: Structures of Organic Molecules! We have hit the ground running full speed ahead in Orgo 1. Already students have dived into the first three (yes 3 !) chapters of their text books. They are learning how to draw organic molecules and identify different functional groups. Functional groups are characteristic groups of …
