Experiments in General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry
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Experiments in General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry |
Students obtain cinnamaldehyde from cinnamon or carvone from caraway seeds using steam distillation and extractions followed by normal distillation. They become familiar seasonings and spices and commercial applications of ketones and aldehydes.
| area of chemistry: | organic | ||
| application: | natural products, lab techniques, food science, consumer chemistry, organic synthesis | ||
| principles: | aldehydes, ketones, reaction yield, extraction of natural products | ||
| methods: | steam distillation, distillation, extraction, separation, volume measurements, weighing, organic glassware | ||
| time: | 2-3 hours | ||
| time gaps: | 60 min during steam distillation | ||
| experimental difficulty: | advanced | ||
| number of pages: | 12 overall (6 writeup, 1 report) | ||
| appendices required: | none | ||
| appendices recommended: | Common Lab Equipment
Burners | ||
| instructor info: |
reagents, solvents, and equipment
mixing, preparatory, and waste instructions planning notes teaching notes | ||
| actual pages: | 55k Acrobat 2.1 file | ||
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