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Experiments 

  • Experiment 1
    1. Purification of Impure Acetanilide (Recrystallization)
    2. Boiling Tips 
    3. Melting Point Measurement 
  • Experiment 2
    1. Identification of Analgesic Drugs (TLC)
    2. Column Chromatography
  • Experiment 3: Extraction Part 1 
    1. Extraction Part 1 
    2. Handout & Worksheet - Finding Kd
  • Experiment 4 : Extraction Part 2
    1. Extraction Part 2
    2. Identification of the Unknowns (Melting Point Measurement)
  • Experiment 5: Distillation
    1. Simple Distillation
    2. Fractional Distillation
  • Experiment 6: Gas Chromatography
  • Experiment 7: Steam Distillation (Eugenol)
  • Experiment 8: Extraction of Caffeine  
  • Experiment 9 : Nucleophilic Substiturion of Alkyl Halides
    1. Part 1: Structural Effects on the Sn1 and Sn2 Reactivities
    2. Part 2 : Solvent Effects on Sn1 Reactivity
  • Experiment 10 : Nucleophilic Substiturion of Alkyl Halides
    1. Part 3 : Effect of Change in Temperature on the Sn1 Reaction Rates
    2. Part 4 : Reaction of Ethyl Bromide with Hydroxide Ion, an Sn2 Reaction
  • Experiment 11: Dehydration  of Alcohol
  • Experiment 12: Making Soap
  • Experiment 13: Ester Synthesis 

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