Reports

Ø For each experiment turn in the product of the reaction or sample in a labeled bottle includes:

• Name, date of experiment
• Compound name, m.p. or b.p.
• Weight of sample
• % Yield, NFPA numbers (click here for more information about NFPA numbers)

Ø In your report you must have:

• Name and date
• Name of experiment and number of experiment in syllabus (not the number in the lab textbook)
• Equation of the reaction showing all starting materials, reagents, conditions of the reaction, and products.
• Procedure in a journal style format. Click here to see an example of a journal article, which you can use as an example. Avoid the use of the pronouns I, we, and they.
• Answer the questions which were announced in course web page or in lab.
• If appropriate attach the entire spectra or chromatograms or other collected data and have a brief results and discussion section about them.
• All the reports must be typed. The chemical structures can be handwritten or drawn by the software available on the computers.

Notebook

The notebook that you use must be bounded. These are few tips for how to take notes from your experiment. This notebook must be in a way that somebody else can repeat the experiment just by following the notes and procedure in the notebook.

• Have few pages at the beginning for table of contents.
• Pages must be numbered.
• Only use pen to write the notes in your notebook.
• For each experiment you must have the following information in your notebook:
• Title of experiment.
• Reference (If it is from your lab textbook, The reference will be

D. L. Pavia, G. M. Lampman, G. S. Kriz, R. G. Engel, “ Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques, A Small Scale Approach” 2^nd Ed., Brooks/Cole, 2005.

otherwise if it s handout, mention it as hand out by instructor).

• Equation of reaction for that experiment.
• List of chemical used in experiment and the amounts in grams (or ml for liquids, if appropriate) and moles, physical properties including m.p. for solids or b.p. and density for the liquids, concentration of reagents if appropriate, and general hazardous. Under hazards, indicate whether the compound is known to be toxic, flammable, explosive, an irritant, etc. This information may appear on the bottle’s label or obtained from the Sigma Aldrich Library of Chemical Safety, The Merck Index, Chemfinder.com or Material Safety Data Sheets.
• Date for each entry in your notebook. If the experiment has done in different sessions, the dates must indicate this fact.
• Procedure in a journal style format. Click here to see an example of a journal article, which you can use as an example.
• Data section must include: weight of the product (sample), theoretical and % yield, melting or boiling point of your sample and actual melting or boiling point.
• All the collected data, and conditions for analysis such as GC or NMR conditions.