craynerd
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AS Organics - Microscale chem
Hi Guys
I just got this a while back on ebay:
http://www.kimble-kontes.com/html/pg-747010.html
I teach A level Chemistry and have given the students an opportunity to carry out esterification and oxidation of alcohols using the set. They really
enjoyed it. To be honest, we have the full scale quick-fit but they enjoyed doing it in microscale.
I am trying to get some more ideas for practicals involving the following topics on the curriculum:
Alkanes - Free Radical Substitution
Substitution and dehydration of alcohols
Haloalkane nucleophilic substitution and elimination
Reactions of alkenes - electrophilic addition inc. addition polymerisation
Sorry, i know this is a very broad topic, i am just looking for some exciting ideas. I feel the alcohols topics was very good, full of practical but
the other topics were lacking
Enjoy reading the forums
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Magpie
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Have you seen the university level lab text "Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques," by Pavia, Kriz, et al? It is intended for "small scale"
like 19/22 glassware, but could probably be adapted for microscale. It has experiments covering the subjects you mentioned.
The single most important condition for a successful synthesis is good mixing - Nicodem
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matei
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You can find lots of experiments developed especially for microscale in Journal of Chemical Education.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Magpie
Have you seen the university level lab text "Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques," by Pavia, Kriz, et al? It is intended for "small scale"
like 19/22 glassware, but could probably be adapted for microscale. It has experiments covering the subjects you mentioned. |
@Magpie, Pavia et al. was my textbook back in college. I still have it, great book. College organic chem was one of my favorite courses that I ever
took.
@craynerd, another book you might try is "Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments" by Williamson. It is superb.
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My chem teacher has a book called Vial Organic, it has several microscale organic reactions, some of which I will soon be doing since I'm a teacher
assistant for her right now.
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