Demonstrating More Realistic Research Outcomes to Undergraduates in the Organic Teaching Lab: Separation of Product Mixtures, Structure Analysis, and Mechanistic Inquiry
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| Title: | Demonstrating More Realistic Research Outcomes to Undergraduates in the Organic Teaching Lab: Separation of Product Mixtures, Structure Analysis, and Mechanistic Inquiry |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Miao, Haoqian, Otsuki, Andrew L., Beckett, Joseph O., Mascal, Mark (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Chemical Education. Feb 2020 97(2):528-532. |
| Availability: | Division of Chemical Education, Inc. and ACS Publications Division of the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 800-227-5558; Tel: 202-872-4600; e-mail: eic@jce.acs.org; Web site: http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 5 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Organic Chemistry, Undergraduate Students, College Science, Scientific Research, Career Readiness, Laboratory Experiments, Relevance (Education), Science Instruction |
| Geographic Terms: | California |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00760 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9584 |
| Abstract: | How well does the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory curriculum prepare students for academic research, or for a bench job in industry? Running experiments that are more representative of research chemistry has the potential to better equip students for working in a research laboratory, while at the same time giving them insight into a typical outcome in a research project. We describe here an experiment that we have launched in the sophomore organic chemistry lab at UC Davis that presents challenges in chromatographic separation, structural assignment by NMR, and mechanistic interpretation. Optional exercises in computational modeling of the NMR data and chromophore analysis by UV- vis/fluorescence measurements are included. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1243409 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | How well does the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory curriculum prepare students for academic research, or for a bench job in industry? Running experiments that are more representative of research chemistry has the potential to better equip students for working in a research laboratory, while at the same time giving them insight into a typical outcome in a research project. We describe here an experiment that we have launched in the sophomore organic chemistry lab at UC Davis that presents challenges in chromatographic separation, structural assignment by NMR, and mechanistic interpretation. Optional exercises in computational modeling of the NMR data and chromophore analysis by UV- vis/fluorescence measurements are included. |
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| ISSN: | 0021-9584 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00760 |
