How to be a Successful Organic Chemist

by Alexander Sandtorv

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How to be a successful organic chemist is meant as an introductory text for undergraduates taking organic chemistry teaching labs. The text is a clear and practical introduction to safety, chemical handling, organic chemistry techniques, and lab reports.

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Publisher
University of Oslo
Subjects
Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT
  7. 1.1: READING, DRAWING AND UNDERSTANDING; THE POWER OF VISUALIZATION
  8. 1.2: SAFETY IS KEY- HOW TO FIND RELEVANT SAFETY INFORMATION AND READ SAFETY DATA SHEETS
  9. 1.3: A SPECIFIC SDS
  10. 1.4: THE NOTEBOOK – MAKING SURE THE NUMBERS ADD UP
  11. 2: COMMON ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
  12. 2.1: RECRYSTALLIZATION
  13. 2.2: Distillation
  14. 2.3: LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION
  15. 2.4: TLC -ANALYSIS
  16. 2.5: SUBLIMATION
  17. 3: GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY - CHEMICAL HANDLING WASHING, WASTE AND SAFETY
  18. 3.1: GLOVES - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
  19. 3.2: GETTING THE CHEMICALS TO YOUR REACTION FLASK- POURING, SYRINGES AND WEIGHING
  20. 3.3: WASHING YOUR GLASSWARE
  21. 3.4: WASTE
  22. 3.5: WHAT CAN GO WRONG? SOME SAFETY SCENARIOS TO CONSIDER.
  23. 3.6: STRESS AND ANXIETY
  24. 4: HOW TO SURVIVE AN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT
  25. 4.1: TYPICAL FLOW OF AN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIENCE
  26. 4.2: WHY DID MY EXPERIMENT FAIL TO WORk THE WAY I EXPECTED?
  27. 4.3: THE DEEP UNDERSTANDING
  28. 4.4: TAKING NOTES AND USING THE NOTEBOOK
  29. 5: HOW TO INTERPRET YOUR RESULTS
  30. 5.1: WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
  31. 5.2: IR -SPECTROSCOPY- THE WORKHORSE
  32. 5.3: MELTING POINT ANALYSIS- IDENTITY AND PURITY
  33. 5.4: TLC- IDENTITY AND PURITY
  34. 6: HOW TO WRITE A REPORT
  35. 6.1: THE BASICS
  36. 6.2: THE WHY- THE REASONS FOR DOING THE EXPERIMENT.
  37. 6.3: THE HOW- HOW WAS THE EXPERIMENT PERFORMED?
  38. 6.4: THE WHAT- WHAT WERE THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE EXPERIMENT?
  39. Back Matter
  40. Index
  41. Glossary
  42. Detailed Licensing