Laboratory Course in Basic Organic Chemistry

Academic unit or major

Undergraduate major in Chemistry

Instructor(s)

Shusuke Sato / Shinobu Arikawa / Ken Ohmori / Kei Goto / Makoto Yamashita / Atsushi Minami / Fumitaka Kudo / Yuma Morimoto / Yoshio Ando / Kosuke Ono / Satoru Kuwano

Class Format

Experiment (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

5-8 Tue / 5-8 Fri

Class

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Course Code

CHM.D205

Number of credits

002

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

3Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 17, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

In this course, students carry out basic organic experiments by their hand to understand basic organic chemistry that was learned in the class of Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry II. They also learn the basic operational methods for organic experiments and structural analysis of organic molecules. The experimental results are summarized and submitted as report for four times. We also discuss the experimental results to understand basic organic chemistry in detail at the class of Exercise in Organic Chemistry II in the same quarter.

Although students can learn basic organic chemistry through lectures and reading textbooks, they also need to know the operational methods for organic experiments to investigate real research in laboratory in Chemistry Department. To learn specific operations in organic experiments, they need to carry out the experiments by their hands. This course also supports students understand basic organic chemistry that was learned from lectures and textbooks in detail.

Course description and aims

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Perform basic organic chemical experiments
2) Perform basic structural analysis of organic compounds
3) Explain basic experimental methods for organic chemical reactions and the experimental results
4) Adopt their basic organic chemical knowledge that was learned from textbook to understand real organic chemical reactions

Keywords

Organic Experiments, Nucleophilc Substitution, Elimination Reaction, Grignard Reaction, Diels-Alder Reaction, Wittig Reaction, Hydroboration, Friedel-Crafts Reaction, Beckmann Rearrangement

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Students perform organic experiments in a laboratory room for Chemistry Students according to the course schedule. Students are required to learn outside of the classroom for preparation of the experimental flow and review purposes under the instructor's guidance.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 50 minutes preparing for class and another 50 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Organic Experiments for Students in Department of Chemistry in TITECH (Organic Chemistry Laboratory)

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Organic Experiments (Fieser/Williamson)

Evaluation methods and criteria

Exercise problems and performance in each experimental class (30%) and four reports for experiments (70%)

Related courses

• LAS.C103 ： Basic Organic Chemistry
• LAS.C110 ： Chemistry Laboratory I
• LAS.C112 ： Chemistry Laboratory II
• CHM.D201 ： Organic Chemistry I
• CHM.D202 ： Organic Chemistry II
• CHM.D203 ： Exercise in Organic Chemistry I
• CHM.A201 ： Chemistry for Safety

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.

Office hours

Students may approach the instructors at the end of class or contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.