Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments, 8th Edition

Kenneth L. Williamson, Katherine M. Masters

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Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments 8th Edition by Kenneth L. Williamson/Katherine M. Masters

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Overview

Williamson/Masters' MACROSCALE AND MICROSCALE ORGANIC EXPERIMENTS, 8th Edition, is a refreshing update to the classic, authoritative Fieser lab text content. Improved content organization and chapter readability, along with eye-catching graphics, make this edition an easier and more engaging read for your students. New features include “Lab Logics!” callouts and “Before-During-After” models that aid in student thinking and understanding. Instruments and experiments have been updated with current content, and this edition is spiral-bound -- making it easier to use while in lab. In addition, some chapters' questions give sufficient space for students to answer as they are reading or working in the lab. Most experiments still offer a flexible mix of macroscale and microscale options, emphasizing safety and allowing you to save on the purchase and disposal of expensive, sometimes hazardous, organic chemicals. Macroscale versions for less costly experiments allow students to experience working with conventionally-sized glassware.

Meet the Authors

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Kenneth L. Williamson

Ken Williamson retired from Mt. Holyoke College where he taught the organic chemistry laboratory course. He was an established authority on microscale techniques and regularly held workshops and traveled to campuses in the U.S., Canada, and Europe to demonstrate the use of microscale.

Katherine M. Masters

Katherine Masters is a Teaching Professor of Chemistry, a Laboratory Director, and Assistant Head for Student Engagement at Penn State University. She has developed numerous courses, including two new lab experiences for undergraduates that focus on research in academia and in industry. Her passion is curriculum development—creating new and updated materials to better engage students in their learning.

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“Lab Logics!” callouts feature questions or important points for students to ponder and answer. These callouts are meant to require students to think about certain steps of an experiment and to dig deep into the “why” behind the steps.
“Before-During-After” models help students visualize and understand what is happening in an experiment.
“Mind Your Mechanism” callouts test students' understanding of a reaction’s mechanism, which can help student understanding of the functions of reagents and reaction conditions.
Two new chapters appear in this edition. The new “Getting Started” chapter includes a broad overview of organic chemistry, a set of learning goals and learning outcomes of the organic chemistry lab course, a check-in day discussion, and more! The new “Testing the Techniques” chapter requires students to design and carry out two experiments that require the separation of compounds using the separation/purification techniques learned in earlier chapters.
Printed as a spiral-bound book that is easier to use in the lab and is best for notetaking.

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Dense text has been made concise to improve readability.
Chapter content has been reworked for better flow of thought and comprehension.
New graphics are used to summarize and highlight main points of selected topics; they are easier to read and intended to increase student engagement.
This edition features current models of instrumentation and methods of researching chemical literature.

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1. Getting Started.
2. Experimentation and Lab Safety.
3. Melting Points and Boiling Points.
4. Purifying Solids: Recrystallization and Sublimation.
5. Purifying Liquids: Simple and Fractional Distillation.
6. Steam and Vacuum Distillation.
7. Extraction.
8. Thin-Layer Chromatography.
9. Column Chromatography.
10. Gas Chromatography.
11. Infrared Spectroscopy.
12. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.
13. Mass Spectroscopy.
14. UV-Vis Spectroscopy and Refractive Index.
15. Computational Chemistry.
16. Testing the Techniques.
17. Searching and Reading the Literature.
18. Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Halides.
19. Alkenes from Alcohols: Cyclohexene from Cyclohexanol.
20. Grignard Synthesis of Triphenylmethanol and Benzoic Acid.
21. Esterification and Hydrolysis.
22. A Diels-Alder Reaction.
23. Textile Module: Recrystallization, Extraction, and Synthesis of Methyl Orange (Online only).
24. Forensics Module: Two-Step Synthesis and Blood Detection (Online only).
25. Medicines Module: Various Techniques and Synthesis of Acetaminophen (Online only).
Appendix: Laboratory Glassware