Justus Liebig's organic chemistry laboratory at the University of Giessen, ca. 1847. (Click on the image for a larger size.)

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Here are links to PDF files for each experiment during the semester. If you do not yet have the Adobe Acrobat reader, click on the link at left. It's free.

1a. Crystallization
1b. Thermometer Calibration
2. Friedel-Crafts Reaction
3. Distillation
4. Extraction
5. Extraction of Fat from Junk Food
6. Steam Distillation
7. Borohydride Reduction of Flourenone
8. Optical Activity
9. Multi-Step Synthesis
10. Grignard Reaction
11. Alcohol Dehydration
12. Qualitative Analysis:

General Information
Solubility Flowchart
Carbonyl Uknown Procedures
Unknown 2 & 3 Information
Unknown 2 & 3 Procedures

13. Luminol

Course Syllabus

Truman's organic chemistry laboratory homepage, with links to spectral and MSDS data.