260 course schedule

Summer 2024 Schedule for Chem 260

Here are some short videos to remind you about
1) balancing the equation and stoichiometric ratios
2) the reagents table and limiting reagent
3) calculating % yield

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Experiment (E), Report Form and Marking Guide	Tutorial (T)	Assessment	Learning Tools	References
Safety notes Course notes Reagents Table in Excel Appendix to the manual and the yellow pages Millipore Sigma (Aldrich)		All homework reports are due at the start of the next E class. In-lab assignments are due at the end of the class in which they have been given.	Lab technique tips Intro to drawing programs
E0 Introduction and luminescent lanthanides. Report form for E0	T0 Admin & general concepts of spectroscopy. Answers to practice problems	T0 In-class workbook	Periodic Table Molecular weight calculator Video on balancing the equation and stoichiometric ratios Video on the reagents table and limiting reagent Video on calculating % yield	Reference 1 Reference 2
E1 Chemically active extraction	T1 1H NMR spectroscopy Answers to practice problems	E1 pre-lab is on Brightspace E1Structured report T1 In-class notebook	Consult lecture course material on the properties of carboxylic acids, amines and aromatics. Appendix sections: Melting point, rotary evaporator, recrystallization, filtration, extraction and thin-layer chromatography. Video on thin layer chromatography Video on liquid-liquid extraction Video on using the rotary evaporator Video on NMR instrumentation
E2 The oxidation states of cobalt Report form for E2	T2 IR interpretation of infrared spectra Answers to practice problems	E2 Structured report T2 In-class workbook	Video on balancing the equation and stoichiometric ratios Video on the reagents table and limiting reagent Video on calculating % yield Video on bonding & magnetism Guidelines on balancing redox equations Standard reduction potentials for common half-reactions Video on IR instrumentation	Reference
E3 Synthesis and chemistry of alkenes	T3 1H NMR of alkenes and mixtures Answers to practice problems	E3 pre-lab is on Brightspace E3 Structured report T3 In-class workbook	Consult lecture course materials on the dehydration of alkenes. Appendix sections: Distillation (experimental aspects), and Gas Chromatography. Video on setting up a distillation Review of tlc Video on using the ATR-IR spectrometer
E4 Titanium	T4 Titanium structural analysis	E4 + T4 Structured report and in-lab assignments	Titanium in solution Transition metals, magnetism and colour Viewing crystal structures and Mercury download Video on unit cells Point group determination Before downloading Mercury or ChemDraw, you might want to consider using these programs in the drop-in lab of the Student Computing Facility, or in Ell346. For in-class use, we will provide laptops. The Mercury study will only be for in-class work.	Reference 1; Reference 2 Reference 3; Reference 4
E5 Separation of a reaction mixture	T5 13C and DEPT-135 NMR Answers to practice problems	E5 pre-lab is on Brightspace E5 Structured report T5 In-class workbook	Video on column chromatography Review of tlc Review of rotovaps Review of ATR-IR
E6 Copper carboxylates	T6 Copper carboxylates IR analysis Copy of handout data table given in class (T6) IR spectra of free carboxylic acids (handout in class)	E6 + T6 Structured report		Reference 1; Reference 2 Copper in Canada IR spectra of free carboxylic acids (handout in class)
E7 Selective reduction	T7 Analyses of reduction products	E7 pre-lab is on Brightspace E7&T7 Structured report	Consult lecture course materials on the reduction of carbonyl groups. Review IR and NMR, for NMR focus on “coupling”. Appendix sections: Review techniques as required. Video on NMR sample prep Review liquid-liquid extraction Review of rotovaps Review of ATR-IR
E8 Vanadium tartrate complexes	T8 Processing NMR spectra	E8 Report form T8 In-class workbook	Video on inorganic optical isomers Transition metals, magnetism and colour	Reference 1
E9 Grignard reaction	T9 Multinuclear and spin dilute systems in NMR. Answers to practice problems	E9 pre-lab is on Brightspace E9 Structured report due at the end of class T9 In-class workbook	Consult lecture course materials on the Grignard reaction and alcohol synthesis. Review NMR, focus on carbon-13 spectra. Appendix sections: Review techniques as necessary. Review liquid-liquid extraction Review of rotovaps Review of ATR-IR
E10 Tin(II) or tin(IV)?	T10 Mass spectrometry Answers to practice problems	E10 structured report T10 In-class workbook	Video of how a mass spectrometer works
E11 The Aldol reaction		E11 Structured report due at end of class	Review of ATR-IR Video on melting ranges
E12 The Fe(II)/Fe(III) interchange

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