Chemistry 243a Lab Manual

• Recrystallization
• Isolation of the Active Ingredient in an Analgesic Drug
• Isolation of Caffeine From Tea and Coffee
• TLC Analysis of Analgesic Drugs
• Extraction of Spinach
• Infrared Spectroscopy
• Hydrogenation of a Fatty Acid
• Isolation of Limonene From Citrus
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
• Carvones, Gas Chromatography and Optical Activity
• S_N1 and S_N2
• Alkenes by Elimination

Chemistry 243b Lab Manual

• Ethanol
• Diels-Alder Reaction
• Nitration
• Borneol Oxidation
• Aldehyde/Ketone Qualitative Analysis
• FAME
• Benzoin to Benzil to Tetraphenylcyclopentadiene
• OFF
• Methyl Orange
• Polymers