CHEMISTRY 114

Advanced Organic Chemistry Lab

Tentative Schedule for Fall 2006*

 

 

Date                                        Activity                                  Due Dates                             

 

Aug 23                                    Introduction, check-in, safety lecture

 

Project 1                                 Qualitative Organic Analysis

Aug 23 - Sept 6                       single unknown                       Progress report due Sept 13

Sept  13 - Oct 2                       binary unknown                      Formal report due Oct 9 (start of class)

 

during this period, you should be actively researching a topic for your "mini-project," and bring in your ideas for approval.  All miniproject topics should be approved by no later than October 4.

 

Project 2                                 Chemistry 114 "Mini-Project"                              

Oct 9                                       Mini-Project Proposal due1

Review of protocols, set up

 

Oct 11 - Nov 27                      Research on Mini-project  (NO lab work after Nov 27)         

(Nov 8                                     Oral and written Progress Reports)    

 

Nov 29 & Dec 4                      Oral reports on Mini-projects ("Symposium" open to public)

 

Dec 6                                       lab check out                           Formal report on Mini-Project due

 

* These dates may be modified as necessary

1 Includes formal pre-lab writeup (lab notebook and written proposal) for the Mini-Project.  The project

    should be discussed and approved by me well in advance of this date!

 

 

 

 

CHEM 114   QUIZ & EXAM SCHEDULE

(all Quizzes held Wednesdays during the 1330 lecture hour)

 

Spectroscopy Quiz One                                  Sept 13

Spectroscopy Quiz Two                                  Oct 4

Spectroscopy Quiz Three                                Oct 25

Spectroscopy Quiz Four                                 Nov 15

Spectroscopy Quiz Five                                  Nov 29

Spectroscopy Quiz Six (double points)           Dec 6

 

Be sure you keep track of when quizzes will be given!

 

Successive quizzes will be comprehensive for material previously covered.  Quizzes are open only to books used in this course and your notes, but you must bring your own copies!  (no sharing)

                                   

            FINAL EXAM                 Tuesday, December 12, 2005

12:15pm to 2:30pm

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