Students in this course attend lectures and work in the lab. These two schedules are presented below.
Lecture Schedule
Note:
JS - Dr. Janet Schrenk
MG - Dr. Mircea D. Gheorghiu
| SES # | TOPICS | LECTURER |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation to 5.310 | |
| 2 | Mandatory Safety Lecture | |
| 3 | Unknown Amino Acid | JS |
| 4 | Error Analysis | JS |
| 5 | Spectroscopy I | JS |
| 6 | Spectroscopy II | JS |
| 7 | Ferrocene | JS |
| 8 | Chromatography | JS |
| 9 | Essential Oils | JS |
| 10 | Potentiometric Titration I | MG |
| 11 | Potentiometric Titration II | MG |
| 12 | Kinetics I | MG |
| 13 | Kinetics II | MG |
| 14 | Review Session Potentiometric Titration | MG |
| 15 | Review Session Kinetics | MG |
| 16 | Review Session Unknown Amino Acid, Ferrocene, and Essential Oils | JS |
| 17 | One Hour Closed Book Lecture Quiz |
Experiment Schedule
There are five required experiments in 5.310. The experiments are listed below, along with how many lab periods you will need to complete each one.
| SES # | TITLES | # OF LAB PERIODS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown Amino Acid | 5 |
| 2 | Synthesis of Ferrocene | 4 |
| 3 | Essential Oils | 4 |
| 4 | Chemical Kinetics | 3 |
| 5 | Titration | 3 |