Note: These video references are provided only to understand the general principles of the lab setup for CEM 355 at Michigan State University. There may be slight variations to the technical procedures that we will do in our lab. Please pay attention to our lab-specific details and follow the safety procedures outlined in the syllabus (and supplementary material) and/or as directed by your TA.

Melting Point Apparatus (SMP30)

Simple Distillation Setup

(Hickman Distillation Apparatus)

Preparation of Cyclohexene from Cyclohexanol

Thin-Layer Chromatography

Column Chromatography

Extractions

Liquid-Liquid (Demo Here: Part 1 and Part 2)

Acid/Base

Theory Behind Extractions

Recrystallization

Demo

Theory

Synthesis of Benzopinacolone

Pinacol Rearrangement

            Mechanism: Part 1 and Part 2

Microscale Grignard

Preparation of 2-Chloro-5-Nitrobenzamide

General Principle of Caffeine Extraction from Coffee and Tea

Identification of a Carbonyl Compound

IR Review

Combine IR/NMR Review

Microscale Boiling Point in a Thiele Tube

Dinitrophenylhydrazones Derivatives

Mechanism 1 and another Mechanism 2