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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1998  > April  >
In the Laboratory
Incorporating Organic Name Reactions and Minimizing Qualitative Analysis in an Unknown Identification Experiment
Claire Castro and William Karney
University of San Francisco, Department of Chemistry, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
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April 1998
Vol. 75 No. 4
p. 472
Abstract
We have developed a new type of unknown identification experiment for the introductory organic chemistry laboratory. The unknown sample the student is provided with is the product of an organic name reaction. The student is only informed of the starting material and conditions used in the compound's synthesis, and must then: (1) deduce the compound's structure, (2) determine the name reaction and corresponding mechanism that yields the compound, and (3) present his/her results to the class. Structure determination is accomplished through the acquisition and interpretation of NMR and IR spectra. Numerous suitable name reactions are suggested.
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*  Citation
 Claire Castro and William Karney. J. Chem. Educ. 1998 75 472.
*  Keywords
 Laboratory Instruction, Organic Chemistry, IR Spectroscopy, NMR Spectrometry, Qualitative Analysis
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June 24, 2005
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