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1st Semester Organic Lab Syllabus - CHEM 3511

2nd Semester Organic Lab Syllabus - CHEM 3521

1st Semester Summer Organic Lab Syllabus - CHEM 3511

2nd Semester Summer Organic Lab Syllabus - CHEM 3521

Organic Lecture Syllabus

Organic Lab Schedule

Writing the Lab Notebook

 


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1st Semester Organic Lab Syllabus - CHEM 3511

·         Other Required Materials:
Students will be required to purchase two hard-covered 1" three-ring binders (one for the spectral data and one for returned lab report carbonless copies), a hole punch (or three-hole punch) and a stapler, and a set of splash-proof laboratory goggles (approved type are available in the bookstore).

·         Objectives:
(1) To introduce the student to organic chemistry laboratory techniques used to perform reactions, purify organic products, and identify the purity and chemical identity of products. Students will also learn how to manipulate data for mathematical calculations of reactant recovery, product yield, and product purity.
(2) To provide the student with a firm foundation in organic laboratory techniques so that the student may pursue experimentation in other chemical and scientific laboratories.
(3) To provide the student with a firm understanding of laboratory safety that can be used in all future laboratory experiences.

·         Topics to be Covered:
A tentative list of laboratory experiments (Organic Lab Schedule) will be provided. This list will include experimental techniques and reactions in which these experimental techniques may be utilized. Several methods of spectroscopic identification of organic structural analysis may also be studied.

·         Out of Class Work:
Students are expected to read assignments from the texts prior to class (see reading assignments on lab experiments). All techniques and experimental procedures should be thoroughly studied prior to lab. Students must have the first six items listed below (1-6) written in their lab notebook before coming to lab class; students will only need to fill in the table of data (6) and record observations (7) during lab class, and then write the discussion of results (8) and conclusions (9) sections when the lab experiment is completed.

·         Graded Materials:

A short test will be given at the beginning of each lab period. This quiz will cover the experiment performed the previous week and the experiment to be carried out that day (readings from Matthews and Zubrick). Students who arrive late will not be allowed to take the quiz.  There will be no makeup quizzes, however, students will be allowed to drop their lowest quiz grade.

Each student is required to keep an individual laboratory notebook. Write-ups should be in either black or blue ink (be consistent) in an approved notebook. All laboratory data must be kept in this notebook (no other note sheets will be allowed in lab). The format of each experimental write-up should include the following items:

1) Title, experiment number, and date
2) Purpose
3) Chemical structure, or balanced chemical equation and mechanism (for reaction laboratories)
4) Outline of procedure
5) Diagram of apparatus
6) Tabulated form of all measured data
7) Observations
8) Discussion of results
9) Conclusions
(see Writing the Lab Notebook for detailed explanations)

Students must have the first six items (1-6) written in their lab notebook before coming to lab class; students will only need to fill in the table of data (6) and record observations (7) during lab class, and then write the discussion of results (8) and conclusions (9) sections when the lab experiment is completed.

A carbonless copy of each lab report is due by 10:10 am Wednesday following the completion of each experiment; the lab report carbonless copy will be returned the following Monday at 11:05 am and should be retained by the student in a three-ring binder throughout the remaining portion of the semester. 

Each student is required to submit individual spectral data sets (GLC, GCMS, IR, PMR, CMR) for lab experiments that include spectral analysis. These must be submitted in a hard-covered 1" three-ring binder in the order GLC, GCMS, IR, PMR, CMR (as listed in the lab analysis section of the appropriate experiment). Submission format for each is listed at the end of the appropriate appendix in the "Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments, Including Identification Techniques, Spectroscopy, and Supporting Spectral Data" book. Each experiment's spectral data sets should be separated using a divider page which is labeled at its edge; in addition, the individual spectral data sets within each experiment should be separated by labeled divider pages or "tape flags". The student's name, lab section (day of week and lab start time), and current semester of study (e.g. Fall 200#) must be on the outside front cover of the three-ring binder. The spectral binder is due by 10:10 am Wednesday following the completion of each spectral analysis experiment and will be returned the following Monday at 11:05 am.

Laboratory products are due following the completion of each experiment and must be properly labeled (see below).

A laboratory exam will be given at the following times, and will cover laboratory reactions and mechanisms, experimental procedures and techniques, and background material.

8:00 Tuesday lab - December 13 - Monday - 8:00-10:00 am
12:45 Tuesday lab - December 15 - Wednesday - 10:30 am-12:30 pm

Students will be assigned a set of lab desk drawers with equipment for which they will be responsible from check-in (first lab) to check-out (final lab). Any broken or missing equipment that must be replaced during the semester will be subtracted from the student's "Lab equipment" points based on the current cost of equipment replacement using the most recent Fisher Catalog or similar equipment catalog currently utilized by the APSU Chemistry Department. The number of points subtracted from the starting total of 20 points will be based on the following scale: 1 point = $5.00 current catalog replacement cost.

·         Grading Scales:

Lab Grade
Lab participation - 3 pts per lab
Lab quizzes - 4 pts each
Lab notebook - 8 pts per write-up
Spectral data - 8 pts per spectral set
Products - 2 pts each
Lab exam - 20 pts
Lab checkout - 3 pts
Lab equipment - 20 pts
Lab average = total pts earned / total pts possible

Course Grade
Lecture grade (75%) + Lab grade (25%) = Course average (100%)

Letter Grade from Numerical Average
A >90.00,  B >80.00,  C >70.00,  D >60.00,  F <60.00

·         Labeling Laboratory Products:
All samples must be properly labeled before being submitted for grading. A properly labeled sample should contain the following information:
submitter's name(s)
hood #
sample name
experiment number
date & class (beginning) time
# g (experimental)
% recovery/yield (experimental & typical class value)
mp, bp, microbp, and/or refractive index (experimental & theoretical)
GLC, MS, IR, and/or NMR data (see lab text for specifics)

·         Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to be present and on time for all laboratory meetings. No make-up labs will be permitted for unexcused absences. A student who is absent and has an acceptable excuse must make-up the laboratory experiment the Tuesday following their return to classes; this make-up experiment must be performed in the other organic laboratory section. All excuses for missing lab must be submitted in writing at the next class (lecture or lab) which the student attends. A student who accumulates more than one unexcused absence from lab may be dropped from the course and given a grade of  F.

·         Laboratory Behavior:
The laboratory is expected to be a learning environment, therefore it is expected that students will be quiet, attentive, and courteous. Normal laboratory rules are followed, including no drinking, eating, smoking (yuck), horseplay, or yelling is allowed. Students are expected to follow all safety rules listed on the General Chemistry Safety and Laboratory Rule sheets. Students must wear safety goggles at all times will in the laboratory (NO EXCUSES ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR NOT WEARING YOUR SAFETY GOGGLES!!!). Pagers, cell phones, or other electronic devices must be turned off while students are in class.

·         Drop/Withdrawal Policy:
Students who choose to withdraw from organic lab must also withdraw from organic lecture. Students must obtain the instructor's signature to withdraw from CHEM 3510/3511 after the "APSU Automatic W Deadline" date.

October 11 - Monday - APSU Automatic W Deadline
October 22 - Friday - Dr. Matthews' Automatic W Deadline
November 12 -Friday - APSU/Dr. Matthews' Last Day to Drop a Course

·         Educational Goals:
The general objective of the University is to produce educated men and women equipped to use their abilities productively and wisely. The curricula of the University are routes to intellectual maturity and means to be development of ideas, insights, values, and competencies which form a permanent personal capacity for thought and action. The University does not claim that it will develop educated men or women. It does claim it will provide the opportunity and the favorable conditions for students to construct their own education and to acquire the means of making self-education the rewarding enterprise of a lifetime, enabling them to become effective agents of social change.
Given this opportunity at the University in this course, each student should develop, at an appropriate level:
(1) skills of inquiry, abstract and logical thinking, and critical analysis;
(2) literacy in writing, reading, listening, and speaking;
(3) the ability to understand and use numbers and statistics;
(4) an understanding of the scientific method;
(5) a concentration in a discipline in order to enter a chosen profession, undertake advanced study, or develop an avocation.
These are the marks of an educated man or woman, and it is the aim of the University to challenge and assist in their attainment. To this end Austin Peay State University is committed to the integration of human learning functions and to an orderly educational sequence.

·         Alarms:
In case of an alarm occurring while class (lecture or lab) is in progress and more than 5 minutes of class time is remaining, students will leave the building in an orderly fashion and meet at a preordained place in 5 minutes when roll will be called and class will continue.


2nd Semester Organic Lab Syllabus - CHEM 3521

·         Chemistry 3520 - Organic Chemistry (3 credit hours lecture + 1 credit hour lab)
Chemistry 3521 - Organic Chemistry Lab Syllabus
Semester: Spring 2005
Semester Dates: January 18 (Tuesday) - May 6 (Friday)

·         Instructor - Dr. F. J. Matthews
Office: SSC D304
Office phone: 221-7622
Chemistry office phone: 221-7626
Office hours: office hours or see office door
E-mail address: matthewsf@apsu.edu  

·         Course Description:
CHEM 3520 (lecture) and CHEM 3521 (lab) represent a single course and must be taken concurrently. A course grade, determined using 75% lecture grade and 25% lab grade, will be assigned at the end of the semester. Students who choose to repeat organic lecture or lab will be required to repeat both as they represent corequisites.

·         Laboratory Course Description:
Study of functional groups (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alkyl halides, aromatic compounds, alcohols and ethers, carbonyl and carboxyl compounds) and their reactions, structure determination, stereochemistry, and spectroscopy.

·         Corequisite: CH3520

·         Laboratory Times:
Tuesday - 8:00-10:45am
Tuesday - 12:45-3:30 pm
SSC E305 (Briefing)
SSC D307 (Laboratory Work)

·         Laboratory Texts:
Matthews, F.J. "Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments, Including Identification Techniques, Spectroscopy, and Supporting Spectral Data"; 11th edition; Clarksville TN, August 2004.
Zubrick, J.W. "The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual - A Student's Guide to Techniques"; 5th edition; J. Wiley and Sons: New York, 2001.
"Student Lab Notebook with Permanent Binding - Top Bound - 100 Carbonless Duplicate Sets"; Hayden McNeil Specialty Products. 
Lide, D.R., Ed. "CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics"; CRC Press (purchase from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, or other online stores; Student Edition is acceptable if hardcover version).

·         Other Required Materials:
Students will be required to purchase two hard-covered 1" three-ring binders (one for the spectral data and one for returned lab report carbonless copies), a hole punch (or three-hole punch) and a stapler, and a set of splash-proof laboratory goggles (approved type are available in the bookstore).

·         Objectives:
(1) To introduce the student to organic chemistry laboratory techniques used to perform reactions, purify organic products, and identify the purity and chemical identity of products. Students will also learn how to manipulate data for mathematical calculations of reactant recovery, product yield, and product purity.
(2) To provide the student with a firm foundation in organic laboratory techniques so that the student may pursue experimentation in other chemical and scientific laboratories.
(3) To provide the student with a firm understanding of laboratory safety that can be used in all future laboratory experiences.

·         Topics to be Covered:
A tentative list of laboratory experiments (Organic Lab Schedule) will be provided that will include experimental techniques and reactions in which these experimental techniques will be utilized. Several methods of spectroscopic identification of organic structural analysis may also be studied this semester.

·         Out of Class Work:
Students are expected to read assignments from the texts prior to class (see reading assignments on lab experiments). All techniques and experimental procedures should be thoroughly studied prior to lab. Students must have the first six items listed below (1-6) written in their lab notebook before coming to lab class; students will only need to fill in the table of data (6) and record observations (7) during lab class, and then write the discussion of results (8) and conclusions (9) sections when the lab experiment is completed.

·         Graded Materials:
A short test will be given at the beginning of each lab period. This quiz will cover the experiment performed the previous week and the experiment to be carried out that day (readings from Matthews and Zubrick). Students who arrive late will not be allowed to take the quiz.

Each student is required to keep an individual laboratory notebook. Write-ups should be in either black or blue ink (be consistent) in an approved bound notebook. All laboratory data must be kept in this notebook (no other note sheets will be allowed in lab). The format of each experimental write-up should include the following items:

1) Title, experiment number, and date
2) Purpose
3) Chemical structure, or balanced chemical equation and mechanism (for reaction laboratories)
4) Outline of procedure
5) Diagram of apparatus
6) Tabulated form of all measured data
7) Observations
8) Discussion of results
9) Conclusions
(see Writing the Lab Notebook for detailed explanations)

Students must have the first six items (1-6) written in their lab notebook before coming to lab class; students will only need to fill in the table of data (6) and record observations (7) during lab class, and then write the discussion of results (8) and conclusions (9) sections when the lab experiment is completed.

A carbonless copy of each lab report is due by 12:00 pm Wednesday following the completion of each experiment; the lab report carbonless copy will be returned the following Monday at 10:00 am and should be retained by the student in a three-ring binder throughout the remaining portion of the semester. 

Each student is required to submit individual spectral data sets (GLC, GCMS, IR, PMR, CMR) for lab experiments that include spectral analysis. These must be submitted in a hard-covered 1" three-ring binder in the order GLC, GCMS, IR, PMR, CMR (as listed in the lab analysis section of the appropriate experiment). Submission format for each is listed at the end of the appropriate appendix in the "Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments, Including Identification Techniques, Spectroscopy, and Supporting Spectral Data" book. Each experiment's spectral data sets should be separated using a divider page which is labeled at its edge; in addition, the individual spectral data sets within each experiment should be separated by labeled divider pages or "tape flags". The student's name, lab section (8:00 am or 12:45 pm), and current semester of study (e.g. Spring 200#) must be on the outside front cover of the three-ring binder. The spectral binder is due by 12:00 pm Wednesday following the completion of each spectral analysis experiment and will be returned the following Monday at 10:00 am.

Laboratory products are due following the completion of each experiment and must be properly labeled (see below).

A laboratory exam will be given at the following times, and will cover laboratory reactions and mechanisms, experimental procedures and techniques, and background material.

8:00 Tuesday lab - 8:00-10:00 - May 3 - Tuesday
12:45 Tuesday lab - 1:30-3:30 - May 2 - Monday

Students will be assigned a set of lab desk drawers with equipment for which they will be responsible from check-in (first lab) to check-out (final lab). Any broken or missing equipment that must be replaced during the semester will be subtracted from the student's "Lab equipment" points based on the current cost of equipment replacement using the most recent Fisher Catalog or similar equipment catalog currently utilized by the APSU Chemistry Department. The number of points subtracted from the starting total of 20 points will be based on the following scale: 1 point = $5.00 current catalog replacement cost.

·         Grading Scales:

Lab Grade
Lab participation - 3 pts per lab
Lab quizzes - 4 pts each
Lab notebook - 8 pts per write-up
Spectral data - 8 pts per spectral set
Products - 2 pts each
Lab exam - 20 pts
Lab checkout - 3 pts
Lab equipment - 20 pts
Lab average = total pts earned / total pts possible

Course Grade
Lecture grade (75%) + Lab grade (25%) = Course average (100%)

Letter Grade from Numerical Average
A >90.00,  B >80.00,  C >70.00,  D >60.00,  F <60.00

·         Labeling Laboratory Products:
All samples must be properly labeled before being submitted for grading. A properly labeled sample should contain the following information:
submitter's name(s)
hood #
sample name
experiment number
date & class (beginning) time
# g (experimental)
% recovery/yield (experimental & typical class value)
mp, bp, microbp, and/or refractive index (experimental & theoretical)
GLC, MS, IR, and/or NMR data (see lab text for specifics)

·         Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to be present and on time for all laboratory meetings. No make-up labs will be permitted for unexcused absences. A student who is absent and has an acceptable excuse must make-up the laboratory experiment the Tuesday following their return to classes; this make-up experiment must be performed in the other organic laboratory section. All excuses for missing lab must be submitted in writing at the next class (lecture or lab) which the student attends. A student who accumulates more than one unexcused absence from lab may be dropped from the course and given a grade of  F.

·         Laboratory Behavior:
The laboratory is expected to be a learning environment, therefore it is expected that students will be quiet, attentive, and courteous. Normal laboratory rules are followed, including no drinking, eating, smoking (yuck), horseplay, or yelling is allowed. Students are expected to follow all safety rules listed on the General Chemistry Safety and Laboratory Rule sheets. Students must wear safety goggles at all times will in the laboratory (NO EXCUSES ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR NOT WEARING YOUR SAFETY GOGGLES!!!). Pagers, cell phones, or other electronic devices must be turned off while students are in class.

·         Drop/Withdrawal Policy:
Students who choose to withdraw from organic lab must also withdraw from organic lecture. Students must obtain the instructor's signature to withdraw from CHEM 3520/3521 after the "APSU Automatic W Deadline" date.

March 1 - Tuesday - APSU Automatic W Deadline
March 16 - Wednesday - Dr. Matthews' Automatic W Deadline 
April 8 - Friday - APSU Last Day to Drop a Course before Mandatory Grade of F 

·         Educational Goals:
The general objective of the University is to produce educated men and women equipped to use their abilities productively and wisely. The curricula of the University are routes to intellectual maturity and means to be development of ideas, insights, values, and competencies which form a permanent personal capacity for thought and action. The University does not claim that it will develop educated men or women. It does claim it will provide the opportunity and the favorable conditions for students to construct their own education and to acquire the means of making self-education the rewarding enterprise of a lifetime, enabling them to become effective agents of social change.
Given this opportunity at the University in this course, each student should develop, at an appropriate level:
(1) skills of inquiry, abstract and logical thinking, and critical analysis;
(2) literacy in writing, reading, listening, and speaking;
(3) the ability to understand and use numbers and statistics;
(4) an understanding of the scientific method;
(5) a concentration in a discipline in order to enter a chosen profession, undertake advanced study, or develop an avocation.
These are the marks of an educated man or woman, and it is the aim of the University to challenge and assist in their attainment. To this end Austin Peay State University is committed to the integration of human learning functions and to an orderly educational sequence.

·         Alarms:
In case of an alarm occurring while class (lecture or lab) is in progress and more than 5 minutes of class time is remaining, students will leave the building in an orderly fashion and meet at a preordained place in 5 minutes when roll will be called and class will continue.


1st Semester Summer Organic Lab Syllabus - CHEM 3511

·         Chemistry 3510 - Organic Chemistry (3 credit hours lecture + 1 credit hour lab)
Chemistry 3511 - Organic Chemistry Lab Syllabus
Semester: Summer 2004

·         Instructor - Dr. F. J. Matthews
Office: SSC D304
Office phone: 221-7622
Chemistry office phone: 221-7626
Office hours: office hours or see office door
E-mail address: matthewsf@apsu.edu  

·         Course Description:
CHEM 3510 (lecture) and CHEM 3511 (lab) represent a single course and must be taken concurrently. A course grade, determined using 75% lecture grade and 25% lab grade, will be assigned at the end of the semester. Students who choose to repeat organic lecture or lab will be required to repeat both as they represent corequisites.

·         Laboratory Course Description:
Study of functional groups (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alkyl halides, aromatic compounds) and their reactions, structure determination, stereochemistry, and spectroscopy.

·         Corequisite: CHEM 3510

·         Laboratory Times: TuWTh - 9:30-12:30
SSC E305 (Briefing)
SSC D307 (Laboratory Work)

·         Laboratory Texts:
Matthews, F.J. "Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments, Including Identification Techniques, Spectroscopy, and Supporting Spectral Data"; 10th edition; Clarksville TN, June 2004.
Zubrick, J.W. "The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual - A Student's Guide to Techniques"; 5th edition; J. Wiley and Sons: New York, 2001.
"Student Lab Notebook with Permanent Binding - Top Bound - 100 Carbonless Duplicate Sets"; Hayden McNeil Specialty Products. 
Lide, D.R., Ed. "CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics"; CRC Press (purchase from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, or other online stores; Student Edition is acceptable if hardcover version).

·         Other Required Materials:
Students will be required to purchase two hard-covered 1" three-ring binders (one for the spectral data and one for returned lab report carbonless copies), a hole punch (or three-hole punch) and a stapler, and a set of splash-proof laboratory goggles (approved type are available in the bookstore).

·         Objectives:
(1) To introduce the student to organic chemistry laboratory techniques used to perform reactions, purify organic products, and identify the purity and chemical identity of products. Students will also learn how to manipulate data for mathematical calculations of reactant recovery, product yield, and product purity.
(2) To provide the student with a firm foundation in organic laboratory techniques so that the student may pursue experimentation in other chemical and scientific laboratories.
(3) To provide the student with a firm understanding of laboratory safety that can be used in all future laboratory experiences.

·         Topics to be Covered:
A tentative list of laboratory experiments (Organic Lab Schedule) will be provided that will include experimental techniques and reactions in which these experimental techniques will be utilized. Several methods of spectroscopic identification of organic structural analysis may also be studied this semester.

·         Out of Class Work:
Students are expected to read assignments from the texts prior to class (see reading assignments on lab experiments). All techniques and experimental procedures should be thoroughly studied prior to lab. Students must have the first six items listed below (1-6) written in their lab notebook before coming to lab class; students will only need to fill in the table of data (6) and record observations (7) during lab class, and then write the discussion of results (8) and conclusions (9) sections when the lab experiment is completed.

·         Graded Materials:
A short test will be given at the beginning of each lab period. This quiz will cover the experiment performed the previous week and the experiment to be carried out that day (readings from Matthews and Zubrick). Students who arrive late will not be allowed to take the quiz.

Each student is required to keep an individual laboratory notebook. Write-ups should be in either black or blue ink (be consistent) in an approved bound notebook. All laboratory data must be kept in this notebook (no other note sheets will be allowed in lab). The format of each experimental write-up should include the following items:
1) Experiment number, title, and date; student name, lab partner name, hood number, course number, lab meeting time
2) Purpose
3) Balanced chemical equation and mechanism, or chemical structure(s) of studied compounds if no reaction is performed 
4) Outline of procedure
5) Diagram of apparatus
6) Table of data for all measured and required data
7) Observations
8) Discussion of results
9) Conclusions
(see Writing the Lab Notebook for detailed explanations)

Students must have the first six items (1-6) written in their lab notebook before coming to lab class; students will only need to fill in the table of data (6) and record observations (7) during lab class, and then write the discussion of results (8) and conclusions (9) sections when the lab experiment is completed.

A carbonless copy of each lab report is due by 2:00 pm Thursday following the completion of each experiment; the lab report carbonless copy will be returned the following Monday at 12:30 pm and should be retained by the student in a three-ring binder throughout the remaining portion of the semester.  

Each student is required to submit individual spectral data sets (GLC, GCMS, IR, PMR, CMR) for lab experiments that include spectral analysis. These must be submitted in a hard-covered 1" three-ring binder in the order GLC, GCMS, IR, PMR, CMR (as listed in the lab analysis section of the appropriate experiment). Submission format for each is listed at the end of the appropriate appendix in the "Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments, Including Identification Techniques, Spectroscopy, and Supporting Spectral Data" book. Each experiment's spectral data sets should be separated using a divider page which is labeled at its edge; in addition, the individual spectral data sets within each experiment should be separated by labeled divider pages or "tape flags". The student's name and current semester of study (e.g. Summer I - 200#) must be on the outside front cover of the three-ring binder. The spectral binder is due by 2:00 pm Thursday following the completion of each spectral analysis experiment and will be returned the following Monday at 12:30 pm.

Laboratory products are due following the completion of each experiment and must be properly labeled (see below).

A laboratory exam will be given at the following time, and will cover laboratory reactions and mechanisms, experimental procedures and techniques, and background material.

Lab Exam - July 1, Thursday

Students will be assigned a set of lab desk drawers with equipment for which they will be responsible from check-in (first lab) to check-out (final lab). Any broken or missing equipment that must be replaced during the semester will be subtracted from the student's "Lab equipment" points based on the current cost of equipment replacement using the most recent Fisher Catalog or similar equipment catalog currently utilized by the APSU Chemistry Department. The number of points subtracted from the starting total of 20 points will be based on the following scale: 1 point = $5.00 current catalog replacement cost.

·         Grading Scales:

Lab Grade
Lab participation - 3 pts per lab
Lab quizzes - 4 pts each
Lab notebook - 8 pts per write-up
Spectral data - 8 pts per spectral set
Products - 2 pts each
Lab exam - 20 pts
Lab checkout - 3 pts
Lab equipment - 20 pts
Lab average = total pts earned / total pts possible

Course Grade
Lecture grade (75%) + Lab grade (25%) = Course average (100%)

Letter Grade from Numerical Average
A >90.00,  B >80.00,  C >70.00,  D >60.00,  F <60.00

·         Labeling Laboratory Products:
All samples must be properly labeled before being submitted for grading. A properly labeled sample should contain the following information:
submitter's name(s)
hood #
sample name
experiment number
date & class (beginning) time
# g (experimental)
% recovery/yield (experimental & typical class value)
mp, bp, microbp, and/or refractive index (experimental & theoretical)
GLC, MS, IR, and/or NMR data (see lab text for specifics)

·         Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to be present and on time for all laboratory meetings. No make-up labs will be permitted for unexcused absences. A student who is absent and has an acceptable excuse must make-up the laboratory experiment immediately following their return to classes. All excuses for missing lab must be submitted in writing at the next class (lecture or lab) which the student attends. A student who accumulates more than one unexcused absence from lab may be dropped from the course and given a grade of  F.

·         Laboratory Behavior:
The laboratory is expected to be a learning environment, therefore it is expected that students will be quiet, attentive, and courteous. Normal laboratory rules are followed, including no drinking, eating, smoking (yuck), horseplay, or yelling is allowed. Students are expected to follow all safety rules listed on the General Chemistry Safety and Laboratory Rule sheets. Students must wear safety goggles at all times will in the laboratory (NO EXCUSES ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR NOT WEARING YOUR SAFETY GOGGLES!!!). Pagers, cell phones, or other electronic devices must be turned off while students are in class.

·         Drop/Withdrawal Policy:
Students who choose to withdraw from organic lab must also withdraw from organic lecture. Students must obtain the instructor's signature to withdraw from CHEM 3510/3511 after the "APSU Automatic W Deadline" date.

APSU Automatic W - June 11 - Friday
Dr. Matthews' Auto W - June 17 - Thursday
APSU Mandatory F - June 18 - Friday 

NOTE: Dr. Matthews will not be available after 12:30 pm, Thursday, June 17.

·         Educational Goals:
The general objective of the University is to produce educated men and women equipped to use their abilities productively and wisely. The curricula of the University are routes to intellectual maturity and means to be development of ideas, insights, values, and competencies which form a permanent personal capacity for thought and action. The University does not claim that it will develop educated men or women. It does claim it will provide the opportunity and the favorable conditions for students to construct their own education and to acquire the means of making self-education the rewarding enterprise of a lifetime, enabling them to become effective agents of social change.
Given this opportunity at the University in this course, each student should develop, at an appropriate level:
(1) skills of inquiry, abstract and logical thinking, and critical analysis;
(2) literacy in writing, reading, listening, and speaking;
(3) the ability to understand and use numbers and statistics;
(4) an understanding of the scientific method;
(5) a concentration in a discipline in order to enter a chosen profession, undertake advanced study, or develop an avocation.
These are the marks of an educated man or woman, and it is the aim of the University to challenge and assist in their attainment. To this end Austin Peay State University is committed to the integration of human learning functions and to an orderly educational sequence.

·         Alarms:
In case of an alarm occurring while class (lecture or lab) is in progress and more than 5 minutes of class time is remaining, students will leave the building in an orderly fashion and meet at a preordained place in 5 minutes when roll will be called and class will continue.


2nd Semester Summer Organic Lab Syllabus - CHEM 3521

·         Chemistry 3520 - Organic Chemistry (3 credit hours lecture + 1 credit hour lab)
Chemistry 3521 - Organic Chemistry Lab Syllabus
Semester: Summer 2006

·         Instructor - Dr. F. J. Matthews
Office: SSC D304
Office phone: 221-7622
Chemistry office phone: 221-7626
Office hours: office hours or see office door
E-mail address: matthewsf@apsu.edu  

·         Course Description:
CHEM 3520 (lecture) and CHEM 3521 (lab) represent a single course and must be taken concurrently. A course grade, determined using 75% lecture grade and 25% lab grade, will be assigned at the end of the semester. Students who choose to repeat organic lecture or lab will be required to repeat both as they represent corequisites.

·         Laboratory Course Description:
Study of functional groups (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alkyl halides, aromatic compounds, alcohols and ethers, carbonyl and carboxyl compounds) and their reactions, structure determination, stereochemistry, and spectroscopy.

·         Corequisite: CHEM 3520

·         Laboratory Times: TuWTh - 9:30-12:30
SSC E305 (Briefing)
SSC D307 (Laboratory Work)

·         Laboratory Texts:
Matthews, F.J. "Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments, Including Identification Techniques, Spectroscopy, and Supporting Spectral Data"; 14th edition; Clarksville TN, June 2006.
Zubrick, J.W. "The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual - A Student's Guide to Techniques"; 6th edition; J. Wiley and Sons: New York, 2004.
"Student Lab Notebook with Permanent Binding - Top/Side Bound - 100 Carbonless Duplicate Sets"; Hayden McNeil Specialty Products. 
Lide, D.R., Ed. "CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics"; CRC Press (purchase from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, or other online stores; Student Edition is acceptable if hardcover version).

·         Other Required Materials:
Students will be required to purchase two hard-covered 1" three-ring binders (one for the spectral data and one for returned lab report carbonless copies), a hole punch (or three-hole punch) and a stapler, and a set of splash-proof laboratory goggles (approved type are available in the bookstore).

·         Objectives:
(1) To introduce the student to organic chemistry laboratory techniques used to perform reactions, purify organic products, and identify the purity and chemical identity of products. Students will also learn how to manipulate data for mathematical calculations of reactant recovery, product yield, and product purity.
(2) To provide the student with a firm foundation in organic laboratory techniques so that the student may pursue experimentation in other chemical and scientific laboratories.
(3) To provide the student with a firm understanding of laboratory safety that can be used in all future laboratory experiences.

·         Topics to be Covered:
A tentative list of laboratory experiments (Organic Lab Schedule) will be provided that will include experimental techniques and reactions in which these experimental techniques will be utilized. Several methods of spectroscopic identification of organic structural analysis may also be studied this semester.

·         Out of Class Work:
Students are expected to read assignments from the texts prior to class (see reading assignments on lab experiments). All techniques and experimental procedures should be thoroughly studied prior to lab. Students must have the first six items listed below (1-6) written in their lab notebook before coming to lab class; students will only need to fill in the table of data (6) and record observations (7) during lab class, and then write the discussion of results (8) and conclusions (9) sections when the lab experiment is completed.

·         Graded Materials:
A short test will be given at the beginning of each lab period. This quiz will cover the experiment performed the previous week and the experiment to be carried out that day (readings from Matthews and Zubrick). Students who arrive late will not be allowed to take the quiz.

Each student is required to keep an individual laboratory notebook. Write-ups should be in either black or blue ink (be consistent) in an approved bound notebook. All laboratory data must be kept in this notebook (no other note sheets will be allowed in lab). The format of each experimental write-up should include the following items:
1) Title, experiment number, and date
2) Purpose
3) Chemical structure, or balanced chemical equation and mechanism (for reaction laboratories)
4) Outline of procedure
5) Diagram of apparatus
6) Tabulated form of all measured data
7) Observations
8) Discussion of results
9) Conclusions
(see Writing the Lab Notebook for detailed explanations)

Students must have the first six items (1-6) written in their lab notebook before coming to lab class; students will only need to fill in the table of data (6) and record observations (7) during lab class, and then write the discussion of results (8) and conclusions (9) sections when the lab experiment is completed.

A carbonless copy of each lab report is due at 8:00 am on the day following the completion of each experiment; the lab report carbonless copy will be returned prior to the due date of the next lab report and should be retained by the student in a three-ring binder throughout the remaining portion of the semester.  

Each student is required to submit individual spectral data sets (GLC, GCMS, IR, PMR, CMR) for lab experiments that include spectral analysis. These must be submitted in a hard-covered 1" three-ring binder in the order GLC, GCMS, IR, PMR, CMR (as listed in the lab analysis section of the appropriate experiment). Submission format for each is listed at the end of the appropriate appendix in the "Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiments, Including Identification Techniques, Spectroscopy, and Supporting Spectral Data" book. Each experiment's spectral data sets should be separated using a divider page which is labeled at its edge; in addition, the individual spectral data sets within each experiment should be separated by labeled divider pages or "tape flags". The student's name and current semester of study (e.g. Summer II - 200#) must be on the outside front cover of the three-ring binder. The spectral binder is due at 8:00 am on the day following the completion of each spectral analysis experiment; the spectral binder will be returned prior to the due date of the next lab report and should be retained by the student.

Laboratory products are due following the completion of each experiment and must be properly labeled (see below).

A laboratory exam will be given at the following time, and will cover laboratory reactions and mechanisms, experimental procedures and techniques, and background material.

Lab Exam - August 10 - Thursday

Students will be assigned a set of lab desk drawers with equipment for which they will be responsible from check-in (first lab) to check-out (final lab). Any broken or missing equipment that must be replaced during the semester will be subtracted from the student's "Lab equipment" points based on the current cost of equipment replacement using the most recent Fisher Catalog or similar equipment catalog currently utilized by the APSU Chemistry Department. The number of points subtracted from the starting total of 20 points will be based on the following scale: 1 point = $5.00 current catalog replacement cost.

·         Grading Scales:

Lab Grade
Lab participation - 3 pts per lab
Lab quizzes - 4 pts each
Lab notebook - 8 pts per write-up
Spectral data - 8 pts per spectral set
Products - 2 pts each
Lab exam - 20 pts
Lab checkout - 3 pts
Lab equipment - 20 pts
Lab average = total pts earned / total pts possible

Course Grade
Lecture grade (75%) + Lab grade (25%) = Course average (100%)

Letter Grade from Numerical Average
A >90.00,  B >80.00,  C >70.00,  D >60.00,  F <60.00

·         Labeling Laboratory Products:
All samples must be properly labeled before being submitted for grading. A properly labeled sample should contain the following information:
submitter's name(s)
hood #
sample name
experiment number
date & class (beginning) time
# g (experimental)
% recovery/yield (experimental & typical class value)
mp, bp, microbp, and/or refractive index (experimental & theoretical)
GLC, MS, IR, and/or NMR data (see lab text for specifics)

·         Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to be present and on time for all laboratory meetings. No make-up labs will be permitted for unexcused absences. A student who is absent and has an acceptable excuse must make-up the laboratory experiment immediately following their return to classes. All excuses for missing lab must be submitted in writing at the next class (lecture or lab) which the student attends. A student who accumulates more than one unexcused absence from lab may be dropped from the course and given a grade of  F.

·         Laboratory Behavior:
The laboratory is expected to be a learning environment, therefore it is expected that students will be quiet, attentive, and courteous. Normal laboratory rules are followed, including no drinking, eating, smoking (yuck), horseplay, or yelling is allowed. Students are expected to follow all safety rules listed on the General Chemistry Safety and Laboratory Rule sheets. Students must wear safety goggles at all times will in the laboratory (NO EXCUSES ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR NOT WEARING YOUR SAFETY GOGGLES!!!). Pagers, cell phones, or other electronic devices must be turned off while students are in class.

·         Drop/Withdrawal Policy:
Students who choose to withdraw from organic lab must also withdraw from organic lecture. Students must obtain the instructor's signature to withdraw from CHEM 3520/3521 after the "APSU Automatic W Deadline" date.

APSU Automatic W - July 21 - Friday
APSU Mandatory F - July 28 - Friday

NOTE: Dr. Matthews will not be available after 4:30 pm, Thursday, July 21 nor 27.

·         Educational Goals:
The general objective of the University is to produce educated men and women equipped to use their abilities productively and wisely. The curricula of the University are routes to intellectual maturity and means to be development of ideas, insights, values, and competencies which form a permanent personal capacity for thought and action. The University does not claim that it will develop educated men or women. It does claim it will provide the opportunity and the favorable conditions for students to construct their own education and to acquire the means of making self-education the rewarding enterprise of a lifetime, enabling them to become effective agents of social change.
Given this opportunity at the University in this course, each student should develop, at an appropriate level:
(1) skills of inquiry, abstract and logical thinking, and critical analysis;
(2) literacy in writing, reading, listening, and speaking;
(3) the ability to understand and use numbers and statistics;
(4) an understanding of the scientific method;
(5) a concentration in a discipline in order to enter a chosen profession, undertake advanced study, or develop an avocation.
These are the marks of an educated man or woman, and it is the aim of the University to challenge and assist in their attainment. To this end Austin Peay State University is committed to the integration of human learning functions and to an orderly educational sequence.

·         Alarms:
In case of an alarm occurring while class (lecture or lab) is in progress and more than 5 minutes of class time is remaining, students will leave the building in an orderly fashion and meet at a preordained place in 5 minutes when roll will be called and class will continue.