Chemistry 233 - Resource Page

 

Syllabus and Schedule of Experiments Fall 2007

 

Lab Supplements:

Lab [9] - E1 Elimination of 2-butanol

Lab [9] and [10] - Link to Ref. 1 and Supporting Information

Lab [9] and [10] - Link to Ref. 2

Lab [10] - E2 Elimination of 2-bromobutane

Lab [10] - Sodium and Water Video

Lab [10] - Potassium and Water Video

Lab [10] - reagent assignments

How to activate ChemDraw

 

Sample Lab Book Pages

 

Sample Data Set:

Product Card

Annotated Proton NMR Data

Annotated Carbon NMR Data

Annotated IR Data

Experimental Section

Experimental Section 2 - Distillation Lab

 

Sample Literature Articles:

Carbonylative Ring Opening of Terminal Epoxides at Atmospheric Pressure (Denmark, S. E., Ahmad, M. J. Org. Chem ASAP)

Pestalotiopsin A. Side Chain Installation and Exhaustive Probing of Olefin Metathesis as a Possible Tool for Elaborating the Cyclononene Ring (Paquette et al J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 7135-7147)

Synthesis and Enzyme Inhibitory Activity of the S-Nucleoside Analogue of the Ribitylaminopyrimidine Substrate of Lumazine Synthase and Product of Riboflavin Synthase (Cushman et al J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 7167-7175

Convergency and Divergency as Strategic Elements in Total Synthesis: The Total Synthesis of (-)-Drupacine and the Formal Total Synthesis of (()-Cephalotaxine, (-)-Cephalotaxine, and (+)-Cephalotaxine (Stoltz et al J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 7352-7358)

 

Useful Websites:

NMR and IR

NMR Solvent Data from Cambridge Isotope Laboratories

Common Impurities in NMR Spectra: JOC 1997, 62, 7512-7515 (On campus access only)

Spectral Analysis Tutor and Interpretaion Practice from The Univeristy of Alberta Department of Chemistry

Integrated Spectral Analysis Practice from UCLA Department of Chemistry (Professor Craig A. Merlic)

Integrated Spectral Analysis Practice from Notre Dame (Professor Bradley D. Smith)

SDBS Spectral Data Base

 

pKa Tables:

Link to the table compiled by Professor Dave Evans, Harvard University

Link to the table compiled by Williams, Jencks, and Westheimer

Link to the Bordwell pKa Table (This table is very easy to use!)

 

Information about specific compounds:

Sigma-Adrich webpage (mp, bp, d, mw information)

Univeristy of Akron MSDS webpage (safety and physical property data)

 

Resources for writing laboratory reports:

A Brief Guide to Writing in Chemistry

The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing

 

Lab Techniques:

The Vitual Lab Tour