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