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
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
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 |