Chem 2311 - Soderberg

Chemistry 2311: Organic Chemistry Lab I

Information for students in Tim Soderberg's sections:

Section 1 (Tuesday 8:00 AM)
Section 4 (Thursday 8:00 AM)
Section 5 (Thursday 12:00 PM)

Office: Science 1320
Phone: 589-6331
email: soderbt

Go to the UMM Chemistry Discipline website

Textbook: 'Microscale and Macroscale Techniques in the Organic Laboratory', by Donald Pavia. You will also need to puchase a lab manual and a carbon-copy lab notebook, both of which are available in the campus bookstore. For one class activity, you will need a molecular models kit - this is the same as the one recommended for the Chem 2301 lecture.

Download a PDF version of the course syllabus

Click here for an Excel spreadsheet with ongoing grades

Click here to go to a website where you can download a copy of IsisDraw, a free chemical drawing program. (You can also use the ChemDraw software that is loaded on the Chemistry computers)

Important: Lab make-up policy:

You may be aware that o-chem labs are at or near capacity. The capacity for o-chem lab is 18 students, since each student needs to work in a hood and we have one hood left over for waste.

On occasion you may need to miss lab for an acceptable reason (i.e. illness or an athletic event). Dr. Carpenter and I have discussed our options and have agreed that we can safely accommodate one additional student in each lab section for makeup work. Thus, here is the makeup policy (which is also in your lab manual):

-> if you miss a lab, you must make up the lab prior to your next lab meeting.
-> to make up the lab, identify which lab section will work into your schedule so that you will be completing the missed work prior to your next lab meeting. The lab periods are scheduled as follows:

Tues 8-11 a.m. (Soderberg)
Tues noon-3 (Carpenter)
Wed 2:15-5:15 (Carpenter)
Thurs 8-11 a.m. (Soderberg)
Thurs noon-3 (Soderberg)

-> contact the professor for that lab period (e-mail preferred) to see if s/he can accommodate you in that lab

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you just show up for a makeup lab without first contacting the professor.

Information for the coming week(s) in lab.

Computational lab (experiment 4, outside-of-class part) report assignment: you will work in groups of three people, one person should do the calculations on one pair of stereoisomers. If you have a group of only two people, I will provide the data for stereoisomer pair #3.

Section 1 (Tuesday 8:00 AM)
Linsay,Anu, Kaylee
Ryan, Stephanie K., Matt
Nichole, Ian, Jena
Drew, Lauren, Tavis
Ryan S., Stephanie L.
Trevor, Ember

Section 4 (Thursday, 8:00 AM)
Julie, Hunter, Justin
Tess, Dan
Christy, Tom, Neil
David, Nick, Nate
Joe, Zach, Caleb
Karl, Jamie, Jane

Section 5 (Thursday 12:00 PM)
Jessica, Melissa, Yanjiao
Amber, Elise, Denver
Katie S., Anthony, Hannah
Lauren, Rachel, Matt
Katie K., Andrew, Kristina
James R., James W.

Safety presentations:

You should follow the guidlines on p. 65 of your lab manual as you prepare for the safety presentation. Concentrate on the procedures we will be doing and the chemicals we'll be using that day in lab.

safety handout for week of Sept 8 (my safety presentation, included as an example)

presentation schedules:

Tuesday 8:00 (section 1)

Sept 9: Linsay,Lauren
Sept 22: Anu, Tavis
Sept 29:Kaylee, Emily
Oct 6: Ryan K., Ryan S.
Oct 27: Stephanie K., Stephanie L.
Nov 3: Matt, Trevor
Nov 10: Nichole
Nov 17: Ian, Ember
Nov 24: Jena
Dec 1: Drew

Thursday, 8:00 (section 4)

Sept 17: Julie, Nick
Sept 24: Hunter, ~~Nathan~~
Oct 1: Justin, Joe
Oct 8: Max, Zach
Oct 22: Tess, Caleb
Oct 29: Dan, Karl
Nov 5: Christy, Jamie
Nov 12: Tom, Nathan
Nov 19: Neil
Dec 3: David, Jane

Thursday, 12:00 (section 5)

Sept 17: Gene, Lauren
Sept 24: Jessica, Rachel
Oct 1: Melissa, Matthew
Oct 8: Yanjiao, Katie K.
Oct 22: Amber, Andrew
Oct 29: Elise, Kristina
Nov 5: Denver, James R.
Nov 12: Katie S.
Nov 19: Anthony
Dec 3: Hannah, James W.

Videos to watch (note - if you are on a Mac you should be able to watch the Quicktime versions; on a PC you'll need to have RealPlayer downloaded on your machine. DVD copies are available in the chemistry computer lab (up on the shelf), but not on reserve in the library as your manual states.)

Distillation set-up (watch to prepare for week of Sept 14) Real Player Quicktime

Extraction (watch to prepare for lab on Oct 5 Real Player Quicktime

Sublimation (watch to prepare for week of Nov 2 (Thursday section) or Nov 9 (Tuesday section)) Real Player Quicktime

Click here to go to a site where you can find a free download of RealPlayer