Advanced Inorganic Laboratory

The laboratory is an important part of the chemistry experience. Here the concepts discussed in lecture will be given a 

hands-on reality. 

 

Laboratory Schedule

Laboratory Periods will begin the week of February 3, 2004.

 

 

Week of

Experiment Title

1

2/3

Boron-Nitrogen Coordinate Bonds

2

2/10

Geometrical Isomers: Cis & Trans Isomes of Dichlorobis(ethylenediammine)cobalt (III) Chloride

3

2/17

Transition Metal Complexes of DMSO

4

2/24

Ferrocene: Synthesis

 

3/2

Ferrocene: Analysis

5

3/9

[Ru(bpy)3]+2 Synthesis & Spectroscopy

6

3/16

Gratzel Solar Cell - Ru(bpy)2(Cl)2 Synthesis

 

3/23

No Lab – Happy Spring Break

 

3/30

Gratzel Solar Cell - Titanium Coating/Ru(bpy)2bpy-diacid

7

4/6

Molybdenum Carbonyls - Synthesis

 

4/13

Molybdenum Carbonyls - Spectroscopy

8

4/20

Myoglobin Spectroscopy

 

 

Catch-Up as Needed

 

       Equipment Handouts:

                        Magnetic Susceptibility Balance
                        Spectrofluorometer

                        Potentiostat

                        Luminescence Lifetimes

 

Laboratory Attendance

Attendance in the laboratory is required. Missed laboratory experiments will not be able to be made up. If you need to reschedule your laboratory time this needs to be discussed with the instructor prior to your scheduled laboratory time.


Laboratory Grading
The laboratory grade will depend on the quality of your laboratory report. It is possible to get a good grade for a laboratory experiment that did not produce good results if the report for that experiment is thoughtful and professional in content.

 

The laboratory report should have the following sections: Introduction, Procedure, Results & Discussion, and Conclusion.

 

The Introduction should briefly state the problem or theory being investigated and how the synthesis or spectroscopy that was done is related to these ideas.
The Procedure section should include balanced chemical equations for all reactions that were carried out. The quantities of each reactant should be provided. It is assumed that all readers are familiar with basic chemical manipulations so it will be enough to state that “the reaction was run under reflux for 3 hours” or “the product was washed twice with 5 ml portions of diethyl ether” without going into great detail.

The Results & Discussion section should contain all relevant data neatly arranged in graphs, tables or charts. The discussion should refer specifically to your results in reaching a conclusion. The discussion should be written in prose form. The questions contained in the laboratory handout should not be answered explicitly in the report but should be answered within the body of the discussion.

 

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