Lab Techniques

Guidelines for setting up and performing some of the organic laboratory techniques are given.  These instructions are not complete and the setup and/or procedure may have to be modified for some experiments.  Many more details can be found in your lab book.  The main difference is that there are pictures and video clips that you might find useful.

Melting Point

Recrystallization

Distillation

Microscale Steam Distillation of Clove Oil using a Hickman Stillhead

Drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate

Reflux

Extraction and washing

Using the Shimadzu GCMS-
    Part 1 (setting up method file) (14 min video)- may take a while to load
    Part 2 (setting up data file and injecting sample- liquid with no solvent) (8 min video- may take a while to load)
    Part 3 (data analysis and generating a report) (10 min video- may take a while to load)
    GCMS Reports- written document of helpful hints

 

 

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