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CHEM 347 - Laboratory Techniques of Organic Chemistry I

(2 units)
Laboratory techniques and principles of the synthesis, purification, and characterization of organic compounds. For chemistry and other pre-professional majors. Credit allowed in only one of CHEM 220L , CHEM 345 , or CHEM 347.

Prerequisite(s): CHEM 242  or Corequisite. Corequisite(s): CHEM 341 .

Units of Laboratory/Studio: 2
Offered: Every Fall
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to safely handle laboratory glassware, equipment, chemicals, and generated waste in accordance with waste disposal and safety regulations.
2. Students will be able to maintain a laboratory notebook according to course guidelines.
3. Students will be able to practice basic laboratory techniques used for the preparation, purification, and separation of organic compounds and apply the laboratory techniques to single-step organic transformations.
4. Students will be able to use instrumentation such as gas chromatographs, polarimeters, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers for the identification of organic compounds and interpret data acquired from these instruments.
5. Students will be able to use experimental data to calculate reaction metrics such as yield and atom economy.
6. Students will be able to correlate organic chemistry theory with experimental outcomes.
7. Students will be able to locate current and archival chemical literature and then report literature information and experimental results in the quality and form of a scientific journal article.
8. Students will be able to articulate and follow ethical principles in a scientific context, including professional standards of laboratory practice.


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