In this course, students are divided into two groups for the laboratory experiments. Each group begins working on a different experiment and completes a cycle of four experiments by the end of the semester. As a result, no two groups ever work on the same experiment at the same time. The Experiments Schedule shows this rotation format.
During the first seven weeks of the course, the class attends a series of lectures on the general background and theory relevant to the experiments. Lecture topics are presented in the Lecture Schedule below.
Experiments Schedule
SES # | GROUP a | GROUP b |
---|---|---|
1 | Laboratory Check-In | |
2 | Kinetics Day 1 | NMR Day 1 |
3 | Kinetics Day 2 | NMR Day 2 |
4 | Kinetics Day 3 Lab Quiz |
NMR Day 3 Lab Quiz |
5 | Kinetics Day 4 | NMR Day 4 |
6 | NMR Day 1 | Kinetics Day 1 |
7 | NMR Day 2 Kinetics Report Due |
Kinetics Day 2 NMR Report Due |
8 | NMR Day 3 Lab Quiz |
Kinetics Day 3 Lab Quiz |
9 | NMR Day 4 | Kinetics Day 4 |
10 | Unknown C.A. Day 1 NMR Report Due |
Ferrocene Day 1 Kinetics Report Due |
11 | Unknown C.A. Day 2 | Ferrocene Day 2 |
12 | Unknown C.A. Day 3 Lab Quiz |
Ferrocene Day 3 Lab Quiz |
13 | Unknown C.A. Day 4 | Ferrocene Day 4 |
14 | Unknown C.A. Day 5 | Ferrocene Day 5 |
15 | Ferrocene Day 1 | Unknown C.A. Day 1 |
16 | Ferrocene Day 2 Unknown C.A. Report Due |
Unknown C.A. Day 2 Ferrocene Report Due |
17 | Ferrocene Day 3 Lab Quiz |
Unknown C.A. Day 3 Lab Quiz |
18 | Ferrocene Day 4 | Unknown C.A. Day 4 |
19 | Ferrocene Day 5 | Unknown C.A. Day 5 |
20 | Laboratory Check-Out | |
21 | Ferrocene Oral Reports | Unknown C.A. Oral Reports |
22 | Ferrocene Oral Reports (cont.) | Unknown C.A. Oral Reports (cont.) |
Lecture Schedule
Lec # | Topics |
---|---|
1 | Mandatory Safety Lecture |
2 | Introduction to the Laboratory Kinetics I |
3 | NMR I |
4 | Kinetics II |
5 | NMR II |
6 | Data Analysis and Error Analysis |
7 | Writing Laboratory Reports |
8 | Unknown Carboxylic Acids I |
9 | Unknown Carboxylic Acids II |
10 | Ferrocene I |
11 | Ferrocene Molecular Orbitals Calculation with Spartan |
12 | Ferrocene II |
13 | Oral Report Workshop |