The main purpose of this course is to provide you with hands-on experience in a set of essential synthetic procedures and laboratory techniques pertinent to synthetic and related experimental laboratory environments. A sequence of three standard multi-lab experiments including both inorganic and organic preparations will be performed in much the same way graduate students training for Ph. D. in Chemistry do. A realistic exercise in experiment design will culminate the standard sequence in the form of an entirely original, fourth synthesis, whose conception and development by small groups of 2-3 students will take place in iterative discussions with TA’s and instructor throughout the preceding part of the course. Grade will be determined by the three standard experiments and accompanying reports (60%), the original experiment (30%) and lab technique (10%).
Before the first day of class (Tuesday, January 9) go to the web site listed below and enter your preferences for which pair of days you wish to have lab. Keep in mind that Monday sections will have to be rescheduled to Saturday afternoons twice during the quarter for campus holidays (January 15 and February 19). Please also note that the lab fee, which reserves you a hood space and covers about 40% of your chemicals and glassware, is nonrefundable and is assessed to all who are enrolled in the course on the first day of class. The web link is:
https://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/Chemlab136
