Tues August 24 introduction; grading; safety;
display of common glassware construction elements;
glassblowing torch use; treating skin burns; cutting tubing;
flaring; firepolishing; joining tubing check-in; cutting glass tubing;
basic
torch use;
flaring
and firepolishing; flame
cutting tubing Thurs August 26 joining glass tubing of
similar,
dissimilar
diameters; test
tube bottom Tues August 31 T-joints; ring seals; steps to
construct a gas bubbler; Thurs September
2 ring
seals; construction
of a bubbler Tues September 7 Strategies
in finding/devising synthesis of a
molecule; Chemical
Abstracts; metal cluster chemistry; glove bag
use Chemical Abstracts use in
library Thurs September
9 Synthesis of hexanuclear
transition metal cluster compounds
W6Cl12,
(H3O)2W6Cl14,
Mo6Cl12 Tues September
14 General concepts of compound
and material purification and characterization; X-ray
diffractometry Synthesis of
W6Cl12,
(H3O)2W6Cl14,
Mo6Cl12 Thurs September
16 Purification of
W6Cl12,
(H3O)2W6Cl14,
Mo6Cl12 Tues September
21 High Tc
superconductors; conductivity; Meissner effect;
technological applications; elemental
analysis Purification and analyses of
W6Cl12,
(H3O)2W6Cl14,
Mo6Cl12 Thurs September
23 Synthesis of YBa2Cu3O7-d Tues September
28 Transition metal coordination
chemistry; molecular symmetry aspects enantiomers,
diasteromers Synthesis of
YBa2Cu3O7-d
and a student-devised
high Tc superconductor Thurs September
30 Complete superconductor
syntheses and pellet preparations Tues October 5 Magnetochemistry Iowa City fly-off contest;
Syntheses and resolution of optically active Co coordination
complexes Thurs October 7 Special 1:30 PM Review
Session for Midterm Exam Syntheses and resolution of
optically active Co coordination complexes Tues October 12 MIDTERM EXAM Resolution and magnetochemistry
of optically active Co coordination complexes Thurs October 14 Special 1:30 PM Prelab
lecture: Main group organometallic chemistry;
technological applications; Grignard reagent preparation
High-field multinuclear FT NMR spectroscopy Synthesis of
Sn(CH2Ph)3Cl Tues October 19 High-field multinuclear FT NMR
spectroscopy Purification of
Sn(CH2Ph)3Cl and student instruction
in hands-on use of Bruker 300 MHz NMR
spectrometer Thurs October 21 Special 1:30 PM Prelab
lecture: High-field multinuclear FT NMR spectroscopy;
Transition metal organometallic chemistry Preparation of
PhCH2MgCl and Sn(CH2Ph)4
and student instruction in hands-on use of Bruker 300 MHz
NMR spectrometer Tues October 26 Transition metal organometallic
chemistry: cyclopentadienyl molybdenum carbonyls;
air-sensitive compound manipulation; organometallic
techniques Preparation of organometallic
derivatives of Mo(CO)6 Thurs October 28 Special 1:30 PM Prelab
lecture: High-field multinuclear FT NMR
spectroscopy Preparation of organometallic
derivatives of Mo(CO)6 Tues November 2 Organometallic
techniques Preparation of organometallic
derivatives of Mo(CO)6 Thurs November 4 Preparation of organometallic
derivatives of Mo(CO)6 Tues November 9 Practical FT-IR spectroscopy;
practical mass spectrometry Preparation of organometallic
derivatives of Mo(CO)6 Thurs November
11 Preparation of organometallic
derivatives of Mo(CO)6 Tues November 16 Transition metal organometallic
chemistry: metal alkylidenes; catalysis; alkene
polymerization Ru-catalyzed ROMP (ring-opening
metathesis polymerization) of an oxanorbornene organic
monomer Thurs November
18 Ru-catalyzed ROMP of an
oxanorbornene organic monomer Tues November 23 mechanical stirring of
cranberries and corn pudding Tues November 30 ROMPing an oxanorbornene with
Grubbs' catalyst Thurs December 2 In-situ NMR monitoring of a
living ROMP polymerization Tues December 7 Review for lab practical and
final exams cleaning;
check-out Thurs December 9 LAB PRACTICAL
EXAM Wed December 15 FINAL EXAM @ 7:30 AM
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