Organic Chemistry Laboratory. Organic Chemical reactions involve specialty glassware, equipment, and instrumentation that is different from many fields in Chemistry. Emphasis in the Organic Laboratory is on the synthesis and purification of compounds followed by the application of instrumentation in the analysis and identification of the products. Like all laboratories, safety practices, the keeping of a laboratory notebook, and report writing should also be incorporated. The competencies are based on the guidelines recommended by the American Chemical Society.1 Also, note that a wide variety of experiments satisfy these competencies. All laboratories are required to be taught hands-on, with physical (not virtual) equipment in a laboratory setting. The following competencies have been identified as essential for a background in Organic Chemistry Laboratory. Please note that the competencies do not need to be introduced in the order listed. Competency 1: Laboratory Safety and Laboratory Notebook Competency 2: Purification Techniques Competency 3: Spectroscopy Competency 4: Functional Group Interconversion Competency 5: Chromatography Competency 6: Statistical Analysis Competency 7: Computational See Appendix E: Competencies for Preparation in Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
Organic Chemistry Laboratory. The field of chemistry has traditionally been based on sequential courses of General Chemistry with laboratories in the freshman year followed by sequential courses of Organic Chemistry with laboratories in the Sophomore year. It is important to point out that not all institutions follow this sequence and therefore it is up to the institution to determine how the competencies are identified in the primary content areas. For example, one institution may only require one semester of General Chemistry followed by two semesters of Organic Chemistry. In addition, one institution may have a 3 credit course that covers certain competencies while another institution may have a 4-credit course. The purpose of this Agreement is to standardize the competencies regardless of course names or credit hours.
Organic Chemistry Laboratory. Organic Chemical reactions involve specialty glassware, equipment, and instrumentation that is different from many fields in Chemistry. Emphasis in the Organic Laboratory is on the synthesis and purification of compounds followed by application of instrumentation in the analysis and identification of the products. Like all laboratories, safety practices, the keeping of a laboratory notebook, and report writing should also be incorporated. The competencies are based on the guidelines recommended by the American Chemical Society.1 Note that a wide variety of experiments could satisfy these competencies. The following competencies have been identified as essential for a background in Organic Chemistry Laboratory: Competency 1: Laboratory Safety and Laboratory Notebook Competency 2: Purification Techniques Competency 3: Spectroscopy Competency 4: Functional Group Interconversion Competency 5: Chromatography Competency 6: Statistical Analysis Competency 7: Computational See Appendix E: Competencies for Preparation in Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
