Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry 2 Lab BIPH 2118

Course description:

This course gives Introduction to the methods of qualitative organic analysis,including the use of chromatographic technique, And the course covering certain areas of organic chemistry in more detail with special emphasis on the mechanisms and the synthetic applications of organic reactions. Also chemical analysis on functional groups. Various reactions including nucleophilic substitution, dehydration, and oxidation will be used to synthesize new compounds from starting materials. Students will be given the opportunity to work on two projects in the lab. Working with a partner in a 2-part experiment. Each student will also design a synthetic experiment on their own, using knowledge they have gained throughout the pharmaceutical organic chemistry courses. The purpose of this experiment is for the student to create a hypothesis and to see if their hypothesis will be supported experimentally. After running their experiment, the student will be able to run another experiment that hopefully improves upon their first experiment to give them more information about their original hypothesis.

Course Aims:

  • Relate to and support topics covered in the organic chemistry lecture course.
  • Acquaint the student with the tools used in the chemical laboratory for synthesis, purification, separation, and analysis of organic compounds.
  • Instruct the students in the safe – both personally and environmentally – handling of chemicals and lab glassware, equipment setup and conduct of laboratory experimentsj and Instruct the student in accurate and professional record-keeping.

Course outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
  • Demonstrate the nomenclature and behavior of organic functional groups through reactions and functional group analysis. 
  • Utilize a variety of traditional organic laboratory techniques such as TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography), column chromatography, extraction, and fractional distillation will also be used.
  • Identify two unknown compounds from physical property data (melting points, boiling points, functional group analysis) and acid-base reaction chemistry.