CHM 2211L 16-LAB (2302) ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
I LAB
Spring 2021
Meeting Information: Hybrid
Course Location: TS-DE433 and Zoom
Meeting Days: Wednesday
Class Times: 2:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Instructor: Chris
Lue, Ph.D.
Office # 813-253-7233
Contact: lue.chris@spcollege.edu
Office Hours: By
appointment
Office hours
are held via Zoom.
Course Info: This lab will involve hands-on
investigations of topics in Organic Chemistry including basic techniques of
synthesis, purification, separation, and identification of organic compounds.
Corequisite: CHM 2211
Text: Mayo, Pike, and Forbes, Microscale Organic Laboratory 6th Ed. (ISBN:
9781118083406)
Note:
Older editions and/or electronic versions of the text are acceptable
Required:
• Safety goggles
(NOT glasses), approved for use in chemical laboratories (American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) Z-87.1-1989)
•
Lab coat (required; 100% cotton preferred; example Landau 3172)
•
Latex/nitrile gloves (optional)
•
One laboratory notebook (glued or sewn binding)
•
A non-programmable scientific calculator (TI-30x II, or similar)
Upon the completion of this course the
student will, with a minimum 70 percent accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each
of the stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual
course instructors.
Students are expected to read the
related sections of the lab manual and complete the prelab prior to coming to class. Students are expected to complete lab
reports according to the policies outlined in this syllabus. It is the
student’s responsibility to obtain missed work when absent from class.
Dean: Nativea
Middleton
Office Location: UP 337B (Seminole Campus)
Office Number: 727-394-6995
Academic Chair: Kelli Stickrath
Office Location: LY 211
Office Number:
727.712.5835 |
FREE TUTORS: In the LSC, TS-FA154 and CL-LI 226
COLLEGE CALENDAR: http://www.spcollege.edu/webcentral/admit/dates.htm.
January 11 Classes
begin
January 15 Last
day to withdraw with refund
January 18 MLK
Day – COLLEGE CLOSED
March 7 -14 Spring
Break – NO CLASSES
March 24 Withdraw
deadline
April 2-4 Spring
Holiday – COLLEGE CLOSED
May 3-6 Final
Exams
Out of respect for the instructor and
fellow students, please be on time to class. If you miss the prelab lecture,
you will be asked to leave the lab. Under no circumstances will you be
admitted to lab if you are more than 15 minutes late, and you will be considered
absent for that lab meeting. Attendance will be verbally recorded for
the first two weeks of the semester. If you are not attending this class during
this time, you will be automatically dropped from the course, per SPC
regulations. For the benefit of other students, please refrain from coming to
class ill. Missed labs cannot be made up.
At the 60% mark of the semester, if you have missed or have failed to
submit reports from two or more lab meetings, you will fail to meet my criteria
for active participation and will be withdrawn and given a “WF” for the course.
After the 60% mark you will receive an “F” for the course.
The college-wide attendance policy is
included in the “Addendum to the Syllabus”, which should be read at the
following web address: http://www.spcollege.edu/addendum/.
Faculty must
file lack of attendance reports (exceeding 2 absences) for veterans,
dual-enrolled, Early College and Collegiate High School students.
Faculty members are unable to withdraw a
student from their course. If a student wishes to withdraw from this class
before the final date set for withdrawals, this student must initiate a W
online. Failure to withdraw from a class before the set date, March 24, 2021, will result in an “F” or “WF” for the
course. If a student withdraws from the laboratory class, the student must also
withdraw from the co-requisite 2210 lecture or vice versa. Please see me before
withdrawing from the class.
1.
Lab
Dress Code:
• Shoes,
not sandals or open shoes, are required in the lab at all times.
• Due to
the probable spillage of water and the floor becoming slippery, rubber
soled shoes, such as tennis shoes, are best.
• Shorts or skirts will not
be worn. They will not keep solutions from splattering on your legs. Blue jeans
may be the best type of lab wear.
• Belly-button
policy: Shirts that expose your midriff are not permitted in lab. The
bench
top is near your waist level, so spills there will be common.
• SPC requires
everyone working in the laboratory to wear a lab coat.
• Safety
goggles are required at all times in the lab.
• If you are wearing contact lenses in the lab, you must notify
the instructor in case of an accident.
•
Prescription glasses are acceptable with safety goggles.
Penalties:
• First violation - you will be sent to
change your clothes to come under compliance.
• Second violation – you will receive a zero for that lab.
• Safety goggles – students not wearing
safety goggles while inside the laboratory will be asked to leave the lab and
will receive a zero for the current
experiment.
2.
Broken
glass must be disposed of in the appropriate container; notify instructor in the
event of broken glassware.
3.
No
food or drink allowed. I will discard
any visible food or drink in the trashcan located outside the laboratory.
1. The experiment must be read prior to
coming to lab. Pay particular attention to the safety precautions.
2. There
is an online pre-lab reading quiz to make sure you have an understanding of the
general lab concepts before coming to lab. The quiz will close 2 hrs. before
lab. Each quiz is worth 20 points.
3. Submit the formal report to the dropbox online.
4. Write the purpose, physical properties,
and procedure in the lab notebook (Refer to separate handout).
5.
The
previous week’s lab worksheet must be turned in at the beginning of the lab
period and will receive a date stamp (if applicable). Late lab reports will
be accepted up to 1 week late with a 10 point
penalty.
You must
strictly adhere to the dress code.
Electronic
Communication Devices: Cell phones must be turned off or in vibrate mode and
put away during lab.
1. A short lab lecture will be given to
explain various experimental considerations. It is your responsibility to ask
questions about any procedures that you do not understand.
2. Safety goggles must be worn when
entering and at all times while in the laboratory. Even if you are finished the
lab, other students may still be working with dangerous chemicals. Prescription
glasses or sunglasses are not considered safety goggles. If you need to remove your safety goggles,
please step outside of the laboratory.
Students not wearing safety goggles will be asked to leave the
laboratory for the remainder of the period.
3.
All
data are collected in your laboratory notebook following the guidelines. All data must be recorded using pen and
NOT pencil. If a correction needs to be made, simply draw a single line
through it and write the corrected information above or below it. Under no
circumstances, should white out be used.
4.
Most
experiments will be worked with a partner.
Please work with the person sitting NEXT to you. No more than two people are to work
together at one time unless I approve it.
All formal lab reports are to be written independently of your partner
or anyone else. Sharing and copying lab reports is considered plagiarism. (See
SPC Student Handbook for information on this subject.) Only in the event that your experiment is unsuccessful may you obtain
results from a neighbor so that you can write the discussion section of your
report.
5. After completing your experiment, your
equipment should be cleaned and returned. Your lab bench must be clean.
6.
Before
leaving the lab, you should have your data acknowledged with a stamp.
Each
student will work with a partner. I am developing a means to have shared electronic
laboratory notebooks. I will grade notebooks after each experiment. Entry
counts 10 points. The lowest grade is dropped. The grade for the notebook is
shared between partners. Due to social distancing requirements, it is
impossible to keep individual lab notebooks that are complete.
Most of the experiments in this class
require a formal written laboratory report. The goal of the formal reports is
to provide students with experience in technical writing. Considering that this
class is only a one – credit course, it is not realistic for each student to write
a formal report for each experiment. The scheme outlined allows students to
work with partners, but it prevents one student from doing all of the writing.
Each student is responsible for writing
three formal reports and critiquing the other three reports written by his or
her partner.
On the first class-meeting period, students
will partner up and decide who is A and partner B. For the experiments listed
in the schedule that are shaded in pale gray, partner A will write and
submit the formal lab report. Before partner A submits the
report, partner B will edit and critique the report. In lieu of
submitting a lab report, partner B will submit either a Word/ or Pages
document with electronic comments or a scanned document with handwritten
comments concerning the lab report. The reverse is applicable for the
experiments shaded in dark gray for which partner B writes the report.
Note that the grade for the lab report
will be based solely on the submitted report and not the critique.
Because there are an odd number of formal reports, both partners will receive a grade for the Friedel – Crafts acylation formal report. I will not grade a critique for this report.
There
is one experiment on the schedule that is not shaded and has a lab report sheet
rather than a formal report. Each student is required to submit his or her own
lab report sheet. The lab report sheet counts the same as a formal lab report.
To make the submission easier, I am providing an electronic PDF form rather
than handwriting. This report sheet must be submitted to a dropbox.
Each
experiment has a subjective score. This score is based upon good safety
practices and laboratory technique. Students will earn a score for each
laboratory experiment they attend.
A student’s grade is comprised of one report
sheet and four formal reports (100 pts each; 400 pts. total after the lowest
report grade dropped); three critiques (50 pts each; 100 pts. total after the
lowest critique grade dropped); six sets of experiment questions (8 pts each;
40 pts. total after the lowest grade dropped; a technique, safety, and a
subjective score for each lab attended (10 pts. each; 50 pts. total after the lowest
grade dropped); the laboratory notebook (80 pts.); eight pre-lab quizzes (20 pts. each; 140 pts
total after the lowest grade dropped); the safety (100 pts.); and a final lab
quiz (100 pts.).
The following is the point distribution for this course:
|
Category |
Points |
|
Safety Quiz |
100 |
|
Prelabs |
140 |
|
Lab Reports |
400 |
|
Report
Critiques |
100 |
|
Questions |
40 |
|
Laboratory
Notebook |
80 |
|
Technique
Points |
50 |
|
Final Quiz |
100 |
Your laboratory reports, critiques, prelabs, questions, technical points, notebook, and
practical will be totaled to determine your final grade using the following
scale:
909 –
1,010 points (90% and above) A
808 – 9086
points (80%-89%) B
707 – 807
points (70%-79%) C
606 – 706
points (60%-69%) D
<605
points (Below 60%) F
The college has an official policy on academic honesty and
proper classroom behavior. It is the
student’s responsibility to review the online Academic
Honesty Policy or "Academic Honesty and Student Behavior:
Expectations of Students at SPC" brochure.
It is important to remember that everyone’s goal should be to learn.
Behavior that impedes the learning process of others will not be tolerated.
Disruptive behavior includes talking at inappropriate times, text-messaging or
talking on the phone during class or repeatedly coming to class late. Students
are expected to be actively engaged in the learning process and should ask the
instructor questions as needed.
If you are caught plagiarizing on a
laboratory report, I will recommend you receive a “WF” for the course. Cheating
and plagiarizing do not benefit you or your classmates. Remember cheating
involves a minimum of two individuals and all parties involved will suffer the
same consequence. There is no tolerance for cheating and academic dishonesty.
Please
turn off cellular telephones, iPods and other electronic devices prior to
entering class! All
notes should be taken in your laboratory notebook. Please stay on task. If you cannot stay on task, I reserve the right to
excuse you from the laboratory.
If you wish to receive special
accommodations as a student with a documented disability, please make an
appointment with Elizabeth Shumate NeSmith on this
campus at 727-712-5789. If you have a documented hearing loss, please contact
the Program for the Deaf at 727-791-2628 (V/TDD). If you will need assistance
during an emergency classroom evacuation, it is imperative that you speak with Elizabeth
Shumate immediately about arrangements for your safety
For information about campus safety and
security policies please contact 727-791-2560. For information about sexual
offenders on your campus please contact campus security or the associate
provost office, or for general information go to the State of Florida website
at http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/sopu/index.asp.
The student
survey of instruction is administered in courses each semester. It is designed
to improve the quality of instruction at St. Petersburg College. All student
responses are confidential and anonymous and will be used solely for the
purpose of performance improvement.
|
Laboratory Meeting |
Laboratory Dates |
Experiment Number |
Experiment Description |
|
1 |
1/13 *Add/Drop
Week |
– |
Introduction (Ch.1), Check-In, Safety
(Ch. 2), Microscale Review (Ch. 3). |
|
2 |
1/20 (A) |
11B |
Isolation and Characterization of Caffeine Safety Quiz |
|
3 |
1/27 (A) |
11B 6 |
Finish Caffeine Isomerization of an
Alkene: TLC Analysis |
|
4 |
2/3 (B) |
6 |
Isomerization of an Alkene: TLC Analysis (cont.) |
|
5 |
2/10 (A) |
9 |
E1 Elimination Reaction |
|
6 |
2/17 (B) |
29A |
Nitration:
2,5-Dichloronitrobenzene Friedel-Crafts Acylation |
|
8 |
2/24 (B) |
Handout |
Friedel-Crafts Acylation (cont.) |
|
7 |
3/3 (A) |
Handout |
Friedel-Crafts Acylation (cont.) |
|
No lab |
3/10 |
|
Spring Break |
|
8 |
3/17 (B) |
8A |
The Esterification Reaction: Ethyl Laurate |
|
9 |
3/24 (A) *Last Day to Withdraw |
8A |
The Esterification Reaction: Ethyl Laurate (cont.) |
|
10 |
3/31 (B) |
5B |
Reduction of a Ketone Using a Metal Hydride |
|
11 |
4/7 (A) |
Handout |
Biodiesel Synthesis |
|
12 |
4/114(B) |
Handout |
Biodiesel
Synthesis (cont.) |
|
13 |
4/21(A) |
Handout |
Final Lab Quiz |
|
14 |
4/28 (B) |
Handout |
Final Lab Quiz |
The
partner attending the live class Is listed in parentheses after the date.
Resources: There are (FREE) tutors online, who can help
you at times when I may not be available. For non-academic resources, please
see: http://www.spcollege.edu/appeals