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Tentative lecture and Lab Schedule for Green Organic Lab Winter '01

1/08 Overview of course. Organizational details and introductory material. Prelab - Electrophilic iodination of p-acetophenol

1/09, 11 Lab #1 - Electrophilic iodination of p-acetophenol

1/10 Prelab - Resin-based oxidation chemistry

1/15 No class. MLK Day

1/16, 18 Lab #2 - Resin-based oxidation chemistry & start palladium-catalyzed alkyne coupling/intramolecular alkyne addition

1/17 Spec #1- Introduction to NMR ‹ basis of method, chemical shift, utility of method

1/22 Prelab - Palladium-catalyzed alkyne coupling/intramolecular alkyne addition

1/23, 25 Lab #3 - Workup and purify benzofuran product

1/24 Spec #2 - NMR spectroscopy

1/29 Spec #3 - NMR (continued), IR review, sample prep

1/30, 2/1 Lab #4 - Spectroscopy day (NMR introduction)

1/31 Spec #4 - Solving structural problems with spectroscopy

2/5 Prelab - Molecular photoresists

2/6, 2/8 Lab #5 - Molecular photoresists and start benzoin condensation

2/7 Green 1 - Overview of advanced strategies in green chemistry: Better catalysts, safer products, alternative synthetic pathways

2/12 Prelab - Benzoin condensation

2/13, 2/15 Lab #6 - Carbonyl chemistry: The benzoin condensation

2/14 Green 2 - Case studies ‹ Synthetic and biologically-derived catalysts

2/19 Prelab - Microwave synthesis of a tetraphenyl porphyrin

2/20, 2/22 Lab #7 - Microwave synthesis of a tetraphenyl porphyrin ‹ NMR ring currents

2/21 Green 3 - Case studies ‹ Safer products

2/26 Prelab - Photocell experiment

2/27, 2/29 Lab #8 - Photochemistry experiment ‹ Fabrication of a photocell

2/28 Green 4 - Case studies - Alternative reaction pathways

3/5 Prelab - Computer Assisted Synthesis

Lab 3/6, 3/8 Lab #9 - Computer-assisted synthetic analysis

3/7 Green 5 - Process Evaluation

3/12 Wrap-up and CH339 overview

3/13, 3/15 Lab #10 - Makeup lab period

3/14 Final review

3/20 Final exam - 15:15 in 331 Klamath