CHEM 3341: Laboratory for Organic Chemistry II
This lab course is for biochemistry and non-chemistry majors. Chem 3341 is a continuation of Chem 3321, Organic Chemistry I Lab. The laboratory techniques learned in 3321 are used to carry out reactions in aromatic substitution, organometallic chemistry, oxidation and reduction chemistry, esterifications, aldol condensations, and Wittig chemistry. A significant portion of the semester is devoted to separating and determining the structure of unknown organic compounds, as well as verifying the identification of compounds synthesized in lab.
The course syllabus and TA office hours and emails are available on this website. Course documents will be posted on Canvas.
List of Sections
| Lab | Day | Time | Location | TA |
| 211 | Tue/Wed/Thu | 1:00 pm-3:50 pm | EKLC M1B20 | Lily Goulding |
| 212 | Tue/Wed/Thu | 1:00 pm-3:50 pm | EKLC M1B25 | Diego Arredondo |
| 213 | Tue/Wed/Thu | 1:00 pm-3:50 pm | EKLC M1B35 | Qiucheng Xu |
| 214 | Tue/Wed/Thu | 1:00 pm-3:50 pm | EKLC M1B65 | Alec Kolodziejczyk |
Experiment Schedule
| Dates | # | Experiment |
| Thu Jul 3 | 13 | Syllabus, Check-In, Lab Safety & Practical NMR 2 |
| Wed Jul 9 | 14 | Epoxidation of Cholesterol |
| Thu Jul 10 | 15 | Diels-Alder Reaction |
| Tue Jul 15 | 16 | Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution |
| Wed Jul 16 | 17 | Microscale Column Chromatography |
| Thu Jul 17 | 18 | Identification of Unknowns day 1 |
| Tue Jul 22 | 18 | Identification of Unknowns day 2 |
| Wed Jul 23 | 19 | Reduction of Ketones |
| Thu Jul 24 | 20 | Wittig Reaction |
| Tue Jul 29 | 21 | Liquid Crystals (ID of Unknowns paper due at start of lab) |
| Wed Jul 30 | 22/23 | Fischer Esterification (211/212), Grignard Dyes (213/214)* |
| Thu Jul 31 | 22/23 | Fischer Esterification (213/214), Grignard Dyes (211/212)* |
| Tue Aug 5 | 24 | Aldol Condensation |
| Wed Aug 6 | Final Quiz & Check-Out | |
| Thu Aug 7 | No labs |