Science - Chemistry 2, 3 & 4 - Organic & Analytical Chemistry: DFC Organic Chemistry 4

The Organic  & Analytical 2B LibGuide provide access to useful resources and instructions to help you in your essays and reports writing

• Library Support Information
• Primary & Secondary Literature
• How to write a Scientific Report
• Online Searching Instructions
• Access to Organic and Analytical Chemistry Online Book
• Make use of these Dictionaries and Encyclopedic Reference Works
• Search the Databases to find articles for your technical reports writing: ACS, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, etc.
• JoVE Videos: Organic & Inorganic Chemistry
• Citing and Referencing; Plagiarism support
• Periodic Table
• Library Training videos & Instructions

Organic Chemistry 4 Practicals

Practical Topic
1. The synthesis and characterisation of aspirin
2. An investigation of how SN1 and SN2 reactions are affected by the structure of the substrate, the nature of the leaving group and the type of solvent.
3. The separation and purification of a mixture of benzoic acid, 2-naphthol and naphthalene.
4. The isolation of lactose from milk and the oxidation of D-glucose.
5. The application of the Grignard reaction in the synthesis of a tertiary alcohol from benzyl chloride and acetone.
6. Introduction to Computational Chemistry_SPARTAN Software
7. The quantitative analysis of a mixture using gas chromatography.
8. The synthesis of m-chloronitrobenzene and an azo-dye from a diazonium salt.
9. The extraction and identification of anethole.
10.The synthesis of 4-cyclohexene-cis-1,2-dicarboxylic acid and (2R,3S)-bicyclo [2.2.1] hept-5-ene-2,3-dicarboxylic acid via the Diels-Alder reaction.
11 . The resolution of racemic 1-phenylethylamine using (+)-tartaric acid and the inversion of cane sugar.
12. Investigating the spectra, properties and graphical models of selected organic molecules using SPARTAN