(1) Department of Chemistry, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 28608;(2) Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 01267
Abstract:
An undergraduate laboratory exercise appropriate to the upper-level organic or inorganic course is presented. The objective of the laboratory is to recreate an experiment of historical significance familiar to organic chemistry students while also incorporating modern techniques of spectroscopic characterization and purification.