Chemistry 344 Experiments

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Experiment 3: Separation of a Mixture by Acid-Base Extraction

Experiment 4: Computational Molecular Modeling (WebMO)

Experiment 5: Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions (S_N1/S_N2)

Experiment 6: Elimination Reactions (E1/E2)

Experiment 7: Oxidation of 4-tert-Butylcyclohexanol

Experiment 9: Wittig Synthesis of Ethyl Cinnamate

Experiment 10: Stereochemistry of a Carbonyl Reduction

Experiment 11: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution – Nitration

Experiment 12: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution – Acylation

Experiment 13: Grignard Reaction of 1-Fluoro-4-bromobenzene

Experiment 15: Aerobic Oxidation of an Alcohol Using a Cu/TEMPO Catalyst System

Experiment 22: S_NAr Reaction of a Fluorinated Aromatic Compound

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Legacy Experiments:

Experiment 8: Reactions of Nitrogen Functional Groups

Experiment 14: Suzuki Coupling

Experiment 16: Biginelli Synthesis of a Heterocycle

Experiment 17: Aldol Condensation

Experiment 18: Transesterification Catalyzed by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene

Experiment 19: Radical Bromination of Bibenzyl

Experiment 20: Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions (S_N1/S_N2)

Experiment 21: Grignard Reaction of Chlorobromobenzene with DMF

Experiment X: Purification of a Liquid by Distillation