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1. Introduction.
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2. Laboratory Safety, Courtesy, and Waste Disposal
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3. Melting Points and Boiling Points.
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4. Recrystallization.
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5. Distillation.
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6. Steam Distillation, Vacuum Distillation, and
Sublimation.
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7. Extraction.
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8. Thin-Layer Chromatography: Analysis of Analgesics and
Isolating Lycopene from Tomato Paste.
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9. Column Chromatography: Fluorenone, Cholesteryl
Acetate, Acetylferrocene, and Plant Pigments.
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10. Gas Chromatography: Analysis of Alkene Isomers.
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11. Infrared Spectroscopy.
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12. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.
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13. Mass Spectroscopy.
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14. Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Refractive Indices, and
Qualitative Instrumental Organic Analysis.
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15. Computational Chemistry
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16. The SN2 Reaction:
1-Bromobutane.
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17. Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Halides.
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18. Radical Initiated Chlorination of 1-Chlorobutane.
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19. Alkenes from Alcohols: Cyclohexene from Cyclohexanol.
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20. Bromination and Debromination: Purification of
Cholesterol.
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21. Dichlorocarbene
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22. Oxidation: Cyclohexanol to Cyclohexanone;
Cyclohexanone to Adipic Acid.
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23. The Cannizzaro Reaction: Simultaneous Synthesis of an
Alcohol and an Acid in the Absence of Solvent.
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24. Oxidative Coupling of Alkynes:
2,7-Dimethyl-3,5-octadiyn-2,7-diol.
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25. Catalytic Hydrogenation.
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26. Sodium Borohydride Reduction of
2-Methylcyclohexanone: A Problem in Conformational Analysis.
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27. Epoxidation of Cholesterol.
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28. Nitration of Methyl Benzoate
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29. Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Benzene and
Dimethoxybenzene; Host-Guest Chemistry.
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30. Alkylation of Mesitylene.
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31. The Friedel-Crafts Reaction: Anthraquinone and
Anthracene.
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32. Friedel-Crafts Acylation of Ferrocene:
Acetylferrocene.
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33. Reactions of Triphenylmethyl Carbocation, Carbanion,
and Radical.
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34. 1,2,3,4-Tetraphenylnaphthalene via Benzyne.
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35. Triptycene via Benzyne
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36. Aldehydes and Ketones.
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37. Dibenzalacetone by the Aldol Condensation.
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38. Grignard Synthesis of Triphenylmethanol and Benzoic
Acid.
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39. The Wittig and Wittig-Horner Reactions
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40. Esterification and Hydrolysis.
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41. Acetylsalicylic Acid (Aspirin).
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42. Malonic Ester of a Barbiturate.
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43. Amines.
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44. The Sandmeyer Reaction: 1-Bromo-4-chlorobenzene,
2-Iodobenzoic Acid, and 4-Chlorotoluene.
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45. Synthesis and Bioessay of Sulfanilamide and
Derivatives.
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46. Dyes and Dyeing.
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47. Martius Yellow.
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48. Diels-Alder Reaction.
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49. Ferrocene [Bis(cyclopentadienyl)iron].
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50. A Diels-Alder Reaction Puzzle: The Reaction of
2,4-Hexadien-1-ol with Maleic Anhydride.
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51. Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone.
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52. Hexaphenylbenzene and Dimethyl Tetraphenylphthalate.
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53. The Benzoin Condensation: Catalysis by the Cyanide
Ion and Thiamine.
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54. Nitric Acid Oxidation; Preparation of Benzil from
Benzoin; and Synthesis of a Heterocycle: Diphenylquinoxaline.
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55. Borohydride Reduction of a Ketone: Hydrobenzoin from
Benzil.
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56. The Synthesis of 2,2-Dimethyl-1,5-dioxolane; The
Acetonide Derivative of a Vicinal Diol.
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57. The 1,4-Addition: Reductive Acetylation of Benzil.
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58. Synthesis of an Alkyne from an Alkene; Bromination
and Dehydrobromination: Stilbene and Diphenylacetylene.
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59. The Perkin Reaction: Synthesis of
α-Phenylcinnamic
Acid and Its Decarboxylation to cis-Stilbene.
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60. Multicomponent Reactions: The Aqueous Passerini
Reaction.
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61. Chemiluminescence: Syntheses of Cyalume and Luminol.
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62. Photochemistry: The Synthesis of Benzopinacol
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63. Carbohydrates and Sweeteners.
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64. Virstatin, a Possible Treatment for Cholera.
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65. Biosynthesis of Ethanol and Enzymatic Reactions.
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66. The Synthesis of Natural Products: Pseudopellitierene
and Camphor.
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67. Polymers: Synthesis and Recycling.
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68. Searching the Chemical Literature.