This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Calendar

Students in this course attend lectures and work in the lab. These two schedules are presented below.

Lecture Schedule

Note:
JS - Dr. Janet Schrenk
MG - Dr. Mircea D. Gheorghiu

SES # TOPICS LECTURER
1 Orientation to 5.310  
2 Mandatory Safety Lecture  
3 Unknown Amino Acid JS
4 Error Analysis JS
5 Spectroscopy I JS
6 Spectroscopy II JS
7 Ferrocene JS
8 Chromatography JS
9 Essential Oils JS
10 Potentiometric Titration I MG
11 Potentiometric Titration II MG
12 Kinetics I MG
13 Kinetics II MG
14 Review Session
Potentiometric Titration
MG
15 Review Session
Kinetics
MG
16 Review Session
Unknown Amino Acid, Ferrocene, and Essential Oils
JS
17 One Hour Closed Book Lecture Quiz  

Experiment Schedule

There are five required experiments in 5.310. The experiments are listed below, along with how many lab periods you will need to complete each one.

SES # TITLES # OF LAB PERIODS
1 Unknown Amino Acid 5
2 Synthesis of Ferrocene 4
3 Essential Oils 4
4 Chemical Kinetics 3
5 Titration 3