TIGER

Experiment 1. Calibrating a Pasteur Pipette, 211
Experiment 2. Investigating Solubility and Acid-Base Reactions, 214
Experiment 3. Mixed Melting Points, 219
Experiment 4. Whittling Down the Possibilities: Identifying an Unknown Using Molecular Dipole Moment, Solubility, Density, and Boiling Point Data, 224
Experiment 5. Recrystallization and Melting Points: Recrystallization of Adipic and Salicylic Acids, 230
Experiment 6. Recrystallization and Melting Points: Recrystallization of an Unknown Solid and Decolorization of Brown Sugar, 236
Experiment 7. Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), 241
Experiment 8. Identification of an Adulterated Herb or Spice by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), 246
Experiment 9. What Do You Take for Pain?, 253
Experiment 10. Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Halides, 257
Experiment 11. Isolation of Trimyristin from Nutmeg, 261
Experiment 12. The MagtrieveTM Oxidation of 4-Chlorobenzyl Alcohol, A Solvent-Free Reaction, 268
Experiment 13. The Sodium Borohydride Reduction of Benzil and Benzoin, 273
Experiment 14. The Grignard Reaction: The Preparation of 1,1-Diphenylethanol, 278
Experiment 15. The Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of trans-Stilbene, 285
Experiment 16. Some Chemistry of α-Pinene Oxide, 291
Experiment 17. A Dehydrogenation/Hydrogenation Reaction, 296
Experiment 18. The Friedel-Crafts Reaction, 303
Experiment 19. Microwave Heating of Organic Compounds, 307
Experiment 20. The Reaction of 1,1-Diphenylethanol on Clay in the Presence of Microwave Radiation, 312
Experiment 21. The Wittig Reaction, 316
Experiment 22. The Suzuki Reaction, 321
Experiment 23. The Crossed-Aldol Condensation, 326
Experiment 24. Identifying the Structure of an Aldehyde by Qualitative Analysis, 331
Experiment 25. The Benzoin Reaction, 338
Experiment 26. The Diels-Alder Reaction, 344
Experiment 27. Synthesis of an α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acid Derivative, 348
Experiment 28. The Reaction of 2-Acetylphenyl Benzoate with Potassium Hydroxide. Part I, 355
Experiment 29. The Reaction of 2-Acetylphenyl Benzoate with Potassium Hydroxide. Part II, 359
Experiment 30. Synthesis of 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-β-Carboline, 363
Experiment 31. Base-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Nicotinonitrile Using an Anion-Exchange Resin, 367
Experiment 32. Reactions of Salicylamide, 371
Experiment 33. The Hunsdiecker Reaction, 377
Experiment 34. The Investigation of the Mechanism of a Reaction, 381
Experiment 35. Monoterpenes and the Ritter Reaction, 385
Experiment 36. Chemoselectivity in Transfer-Hydrogenation Reactions, 389