Organic Lab Videos
Accompanying Videos for Organic Chemistry REActivities
If you are looking for resources that will,
Help prepare lab instructors
Augment the lab material delivered face-to-face
Allow for easy transition to online learning lab instruction if necessary
REActivities has got you covered. Available for each wet lab are accompanying videos for the students and/or instructors to watch and follow along. You can check out our videos here or visit our YouTube channel and watch them as a playlist.
Thin Layer Chromatography
TLC Practice 1
TLC Practice 2
Calculating an Rf
TLC Experiment
Column Chromatography
Column Practice
Column Experiment
Melting Point / Recrystallization
MP/Recrystallization Practice 1
MP/Recrystallization Practice 2
MP/Recrystallization Practice 3
MP/Recrystallization Experiment
Solvent Pair Recrystallization
Solvent Pair Practice 1
Solvent Pair Practice 2
Solvent Pair Solubility Tests
Solvent Pair Experiment
Distillation
Distillation Practice
Simple Distillation Experiment
Fractional Distillation Experiment
Extraction
Extraction Practice
Extraction Experiment Part 1
Extraction Experiment Part 2
SN1/SN2
Substitution Experiment 1
Substitution Experiment 2 (SN2)
Substitution Experiment 3 (SN1)
Bromination
Bromination Setup and Reaction
Bromination Workup and Data Collection
Elimination
Elimination Setup and Reaction
Elimination Workup and Data Collection
NEW! Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
Nitration Setup and Reaction
Nitration Workup and Data Collection
Nitration of Benzaldehyde_final.pdfNEW! REActivity
Since this REActivity is not currently published in the workbook, you can find it here. Print it out or have it open and follow along!
TEMPO Oxidation
TEMPO Oxidation Setup and Reaction
TEMPO Oxidation Workup and Data Collection
Wittig Reaction
Wittig Setup and Reaction
Wittig Workup
Wittig Data Collection
Saponification
Saponification Setup and Reaction
Saponification Workup and Data Collection
Perkins Reaction (Aldol Condensation)
Perkin Reaction Setup and Reaction
Perkin Reaction Workup and Data Collection
Other REActivites To Try
First Day of Lab
Column Chromato-graphy
SN1/SN2
Bromination
Mechanisms and your Hands
Data Analysis
Contact Information:
Professor of Chemistry
Rochester Institute of Technology
585-475-2634
The authors acknowledge our ancestors and their contributions to chemistry.
The REActivities team is grateful for the generous support of the National Science Foundation, Rochester Institute of Technology, the National Institutes of Health, the University of New Mexico, Northern Arizona University, and Southwestern Indian Polytech Institute for their generous support with our design and development of these materials.