This area contains presentations associated with the Organic Teaching Laboratory. This area is currently under construction.

Material on this area is copyright (C) 1995 Dr. J. Kofron, Dr. J.K. Hardy and The University of Akron. The material may not be copied, or otherwise redistributed without permission.

Experiments 2-6 and 8-9 are adapted from Kenneth L. Williamson, Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments, 2nd ed., 1994, Houghton Mifflin Co. (successor to D.D. Heath Co.)

The Experiments

  1. Distribution Coefficients.
  2. Extraction.
  3. Melting Points.
  4. Methylcyclohexenes.
  5. Catalytic Hydrogenation.
  6. Grignard Reactions.
  7. Beilstein Test
  8. Preparation of Butyl Bromide.
  9. Oxidative Coupling of an Alkyne.

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