TY - BOOK AU - Mohrig,Jerry R TI - Modern projects and experiments in organic chemistry: miniscale and Williamson microscale SN - 0716739216 AV - QD257.5 .M63 2003 PY - 2003///] CY - New York PB - W.H. Freeman KW - Chemistry, Organic KW - Experiments N1 - Includes bibliographical references; PART 1 EXPERIMENTS; 1. Extraction of Caffeine from Tea; 2. Purification and Thin-Layer Chromatographic Analysis of Caffeine; 3. Synthesis of Ethanol by Fermentation of Sucrose; 4. Synthesis of Salicylic Acid; 5. Analgesics and Synthesis of Aspirin; 6. Isolation of Essential Oil from Plants; 7. Computational Chemistry; 8. Radical Halogenation Reactions; 9. Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions; 10. E2 Elimination of 2-Bromoheptane—Influence of the Base; 11. Dehydration of Alcohols; 12. Synthesis of Esters from Alcohols; 13. Green Chemistry—Oxidation of Cyclohexanol Using Sodium Hypochlorite; 14. Oxidation of Cinnamyl Alcohol Using Pyridinium Chlorochromate; 15. Grignard Syntheses; 16. Addition Reactions of Alkenes; 17. Synthesis of Polystyrene; 18. Phase Transfer Catalysis—Synthesis of Butyl Benzoate; 19. Diels-Alder Reaction; 20. Selectivity in the Bromination of Acetanilide and p-Methylacetanilide; 21. Acetylation of Ferrocene; 22. Alkylation of 1,4-Dimethoxybenzene; 23. Kinetic Versus Thermodynamic Control in Friedel-Crafts Reactions—Alkylation of Chlorobenzene; 24. Reduction Reactions of 3-Nitroacetophenone—Comparison of Sn/HCl and NaBH4; 25. Horner-Emmons-Wittig Synthesis of Methyl 4-Methoxy-E-Cinnamate; 26. Synthesis of Triphenylmethane Dyes—Crystal Violet and Malachite Green; 27. Enolate Chemistry—The Synthesis of trans-1,2 Dibenzoylcyclopropane by Ring Closure; 28. Amide Chemistry; PART 2. PROJECTS; 1. Identification of a White Solid—A Team Approach; 2. Separation of a Hydrocarbon, Carboxylic Acid, Amine Mixture; 3. Hydrolysis of an Unknown Ester; 4. Interconversion of 4-tert-Butylcyclohexanol and 4-tert-Butylcyclohexanone; 5. Synthesis of 1-Bromobutane and a Grignard Synthesis of an Alcohol; 6. E1/E2 Elimination Reactions; 7. Synthesis and Hydroboration-Oxidation of 1-Phenylcyclohexene; 8. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution—The Diacetylation of Ferrocene; 9. Stereochemistry of Electrophilic Addition to an Alkene; 10. Diels-Alder Cycloadditions of Dienophiles to 2,3-Dimethyl-1,3-Butadiene; 11. Aldol-Dehydration Using Unknown Aldehydes and Ketones; 12. Biochemical Catalysis and the Stereochemistry of Sodium Borohydride Reduction; 13. Syntheses Starting with Haloalkanes; 14. Sugars: The Glucose Pentaacetates; 15. Resolution of Dimethyl 4-Cyclohexene-cis-1,2-Dicarboxylate by Enzymatic Hydrolysis ER -