Videos explaining organic laboratory techniques
> ‘Carrying out a melting point determination’ (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh-96_KfqgY > ‘Column chromatography’ (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmWMlKJAdSk&t=25s > ‘Carrying out a recrystallization’ (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4p6KvuqsJ4 > ‘Carrying out a distillation’ (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R64pHuh_49o > ‘Carrying out a fractional distillation’ (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoJ3q3npvng > ‘How to use a hydrometer’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNVePBvI2ps > ‘Carrying out a steam distillation’ (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLDMUcHMebo > ‘Tests for unsaturation’ (MeiTY OLabs) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Tqv1DnwHg > ‘Ferric chloride test for phenols’ (ChemEx LK) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbt_e_FFGhc > ‘Solvent extraction or separation’ (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tmqUVSVPo4 > ‘Acid/base extraction technique’ (UMNOrganicChemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GuDxHAAuaw > ‘Sublimation’ (MIT Digital Lab Techniques Manual) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBNELFi5XiY > ‘2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNP) tests for aldehydes and ketones’ (FranklyChemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2AdINwT8W0 > ‘The Fisher esterification: methyl salicylate’ (Doug’s lab) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvrfHS4DRoM > ‘Synthesis of methyl salicylate, also known as oil of wintergreen’ (TheChemKid) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu2Excsv4zE > ‘Thin layer chromatography (TLC)’ (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj5OWzhZSac > 'Transesterification process for biodiesel' (StartMakingBiodiesel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSXtq2NU56c > Transesterification of vegetable oil and alcohol to produce ethyl esters (Biodiesel Education) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrldwVGmmy4 > Chemiluminescence of luminol - cold light (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkw1RIS_waM > Luminol fountain – chemiluminescence (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS6rGsUBync SDS library for chemicals used in CHE2060
> acetanilide > acetic acid > acetic anhydride > acetone > acetylsalicylic acid > alumina for chromatography > benzoic acid > 1-butanol > caffeine > calcium chloride, anhydrous > 2,2-dichloromethane (aka methylene chloride) > dichloromethane (aka methelyne chloride) > 2,4-dintrophenylhydazine (Brady's reagent) > ethanol, absolute > ethanol, denatured or 95% > ether > ethyl acetate > hydrochloric acid > hydrogen peroxide, 3% > iodine crystals > iron (III) chloride solution, 0.025% (aka ferric chloride) > isopropanol (aka 2-propanol) > luminol > methanol, absolute > methyl orange > methylene blue > naphthalene > m-nitroaniline > oil of wintergreen (methyl salicylate) > 1-pentanol > phenol red indicator solution > phosphoric acid > polyvinyl acetate > potassium permanganate > 1-propanol > salicylic acid (aka 2-hydroxybenzoic acid) > silica gel > sodium carbonate, anhydrous > sodium hydroxide > sodium tetraborate > sulfuric acid, neat |
*Assignments:
Pre-lab quizzes for wet lab exercises (PLQs) Note that PLQs are due when you arrive in lab! > 1: Column chromatography PLQ > 2: Acetanilide recrystallization PLQ > 3: Distillation of alcohol from wine PLQ > 4: Steam distillation of eugenol from cloves PLQ > 5: Extraction to separate a mixture PLQ > 6: Microscale extraction of caffeine from tea PLQ > 7: Isolation of usnic acid from lichen PLQ > 8: Esterification of salicylic acid to methyl salicylate PLQ > 9: Transesterification of triacylglycerol to biodiesel PLQ > 10: Oxidation of luminol PLQ > 11: Demonstration of a polymerization reaction PLQ > 12: A suite of aspirin labs |