Organic Synthetic Laboratory Techniques

Table of Contents Simple Distillation Fractional Distillation Extraction Reflux TLC Column Chromatography Melting Point Recrystallization GC IR NMR

You will see that most of the sections in this part are highly abbreviated, and instead consist predominantly of links to several really excellent pages from other universities that have invested much time and effort in creating sites that are clear, helpful, and often supplemented by movies showing the technique.  The linked sites' information usually falls into one of several categories:   A description of how to execute the technique, written specifically to instruct researchers on the general procedure A laboratory procedure for a specific compound, which can be extrapolated to apply to the reaction you're running A movie of how to carry out the procedure; may or may not accompany one of the two items above.  Usually very helpful! Simple Distillation The primary pupose is to remove nonvolatile impurities from an organic liquid Fractional Distillation Extraction Extractions - Univ. of Colorado-Boulder Reflux Thin Layer Chromatography Column Chromatography Melting Points Recrystallization Crystallizations - Univ. of Colorado-Boulder Gas Chromatography How to Run a GC - Univ. of Colorado-Boulder Infrared Spectroscopy NMR Spectroscopy NMR Theory Movie - Univ. of Colorado-Boulder