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Courses at Geogia State University, Department of Chemistry

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CHEM 2100L

  • Fall 2024, Organic Laboratory I; Thursday, 3 pm – 8 pm, 362 PSC; Syllabus
  • The course has been divided into two parts. In the first part, students will isolate and purify compounds from natural products, such as tea leaves or nutmeg to learn different extraction techniques such as liquid–liquid extraction and solid–liquid extraction. Students will also have the opportunity to synthesize a compound. The compounds isolated will be purified by recrystallization, sublimation or distillation and characterized using spectroscopic techniques. In the second part, students will purify three unknown liquids (NEAT and BINARY mixture) by distillation. The BINARY distilled products will be analyzed using Gas–Liquid Chromatography (GC) to determine the purity. Spectroscopic techniques such as infrared spectroscopy (IR), and mass spectrometry (MS) will be implemented to assist in the identification of the unknown structures. Students will learn the fundamental principles behind each technique and master how to interpret spectra in the assignment of their unknown organic structures. Also, students will learn how to write a scientific laboratory report which would be graded.
  • Organic Chemistry Lab Techniques by Lisa Nichols free download

CHEM 3110

  • Fall 2025 (Mini-Mester 2, MMII), Organic Lab II; T/Th, 8:00 am – 12:45 pm, 362 PSC; Syllabus; Lab Manual.
  • This course CHEM 3110 is designed to introduce students to organic synthesis, including design, synthesis and identification of target compounds. During the process, students will learn chemistry lab techniques, including organic synthesis, purification, and identification chemical structure characteristics by using IR, melting point apparatuses, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, literature search and scientifical lab report writing. At the end of the semester, students will be able to understand and learn how to safely carry out and resolve basic organic synthesis step by step in a real chemistry lab setting.
  • Textbooks: 1. Organic Chemistry by John McMurry; 2. Experimental Organic Chemistry by Wilcox and Wilcox.
  • This course also promotes green chemistry by reducing reaction scales by half in collaboration with Dr. Jianmei Cui. Check our Green Chemistry Club!
  • Course Materials, Slides 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11.

CHEM 4190/6190

  • Spring 2026, Instrumental Methods III: Spectroscopy; T/Th, 11:30 am-12:20 pm, 171 PSC; Syllabus.
  • Spectroscopy in all its forms is among the most powerful analytical techniques in experimental research. This course provides a theoretical foundation and hands-on opportunities for generate and analyze data from UV/visible absorption, fluorescence, IR, and NMR spectroscopy in probing physical properties of chemicals and their interactions. This course complements the Physical Chemistry sequence (CHEM 4110/4111/4120/4121), Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry (CHEM 4150) and Photon Science (CHEM 4470) by focusing on the instrumental, analytical, and experimental aspects of spectroscopic investigations into chemical systems.
  • Textbook: Principles of Instrumental Analysis, 7th edition, 2018 Authors: Skoog, Holler and Crouch.
  • Course Materials, slides 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.