Basic Techniques of Preparative Organic Chemistry

PREFACE

Chapter 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Publisher Summary

The Nature of Organic Reactions

Basic Principles of Preparative Organic Chemistry

Unit Operations

Reports and Communications

Good Laboratory Practice

Yields and Losses—Their Calculation and Importance

Chapter 2: REVIEW OF APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

Publisher Summary

Glassware

Ground-glass Fittings

Corks and Bungs

Size of Apparatus

Cleaning and Drying Glassware

Chapter 3: HAZARDS

Publisher Summary

Toxicity

Bodily Injuries

Smoking

Fire

Explosion

Implosion

General Attitude to Hazards

Chapter 4: TECHNIQUES AND UNIT OPERATIONS FOR CARRYING OUT A REACTION

Publisher Summary

General Principles

Materials Handling

Assembly of Apparatus

Heat Transfer

Chapter 5: TECHNIQUES AND UNIT OPERATIONS FOR ISOLATING AND PURIFYING A REACTION PRODUCT

Publisher Summary

Distillation

Extraction

Recrystallization

Precipitation

Filtration

Chapter 6: DRYING

Publisher Summary

Drying Solids

Drying Liquids

Drying Gases

Chapter 7: CRITERIA OF PURITY

Publisher Summary

Determination of a Melting Point

Mixed Melting Points: Identifying a Compound

Refractive Index

Chromatography

Chapter 8: PACKING AND STORING PRODUCTS AND SAMPLES

Publisher Summary

Solids

Liquids

Labels for Samples, etc

Chapter 9: REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Publisher Summary

APPENDIX: SPECIMEN LABORATORY NOTEBOOK RECORDS