Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Hands-on Online Organic Chemistry Lab The Organic Chemistry I Laboratory is a hands-on course designed to complement the theoretical concepts covered in the CHEM40010: Organic Chemistry I lecture course.

The lab focuses on the separation, purification, and synthesis of organic compounds using distillation, recrystallization, melting point analysis, chromatography, and other techniques.

Emphasizing safety and precision, students will perform a series of carefully designed experiments, analyze data, interpret results, and engage in scientific reasoning.

It is recommended that students have completed a college-level Organic Chemistry I lecture course prior to enrolling in this course.

This course is designed to provide an introductory-level college organic chemistry lab for health science majors.

Please note: the laboratory and lecture courses were developed independently and are not synchronized on a week-by-week schedule and students are advised to first complete an Organic Chemistry I lecture course prior to enrolling .

Learning Outcomes Interpret chemical structures, draw bond-line molecule representations, draw resonance structures and assess their relative contribution, predict the position of acidbase equilibrium.

Learn the concept of atom hybridization and bond geometry.

Identify major functional groups and be able to name simple chemical compounds or draw their structures based on the name.

Become familiar with typical organic chemistry lab equipment and their use.

Develop skills to recrystallize, separate, and purify molecular species.

Demonstrate the ability to conduct a reaction and understand the reaction mechanism.

Demonstrate understanding and the utilization of reading FTIR and NMR spectra.

Provide technical reports in pdf format detailing the experiments and their findings.

Prerequisites Students are expected to have completed an undergraduate-level Organic Chemistry I lecture course prior to enrolling.

While not required, completion of Organic Chemistry II is recommended and will be beneficial.

Format This course is offered in an online asynchronous format.

There are no set meeting times, however, students follow a weekly schedule and there will be deadlines to meet in terms of course requirements.

This course cannot be completed at an accelerated rate.

Transferring for College Credit Many courses at UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies may be eligible for college credit at UC San Diego or other institutions.

Credit transfer is determined by the receiving institution.

We recommend consulting with the registrar's office at your intended institution before enrolling to confirm how your courses will transfer.