A safe-at-home benzoin condensation from imitation almond extract
COVID-19 remote learning forced instructors to scramble for meaningful organic laboratory experiences safe enough to perform at home. While resources are available for laboratory experiments at home, organic synthesis suffers from issues involving safety, availabilities of reagents, difficulties mea...
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| description | COVID-19 remote learning forced instructors to scramble for meaningful organic laboratory experiences safe enough to perform at home. While resources are available for laboratory experiments at home, organic synthesis suffers from issues involving safety, availabilities of reagents, difficulties measuring reagents, and difficulties analyzing products. We report a new take on the classic benzoin condensation using safe and commonly available reagents, capable of being setup with commonly available kitchen materials, and displaying visible and distinctive product. This experiment is aimed at reinforcing concepts of carbonyl chemistry in the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-709d77d1ca9c421d8cf814559e5e3fe32023-10-12T14:06:29ZengDe GruyterChemistry Teacher International2569-32632023-08-015327528210.1515/cti-2023-0004A safe-at-home benzoin condensation from imitation almond extractBishop Michael J.0Vander Woude Jon1Bosscher Mike A.2Department of Chemistry, Trinity Christian College, 6601 W. College Dr., Palos Heights, IL, 60463, USADepartment of Chemistry, Trinity Christian College, 6601 W. College Dr., Palos Heights, IL, 60463, USADepartment of Chemistry, Trinity Christian College, 6601 W. College Dr., Palos Heights, IL, 60463, USACOVID-19 remote learning forced instructors to scramble for meaningful organic laboratory experiences safe enough to perform at home. While resources are available for laboratory experiments at home, organic synthesis suffers from issues involving safety, availabilities of reagents, difficulties measuring reagents, and difficulties analyzing products. We report a new take on the classic benzoin condensation using safe and commonly available reagents, capable of being setup with commonly available kitchen materials, and displaying visible and distinctive product. This experiment is aimed at reinforcing concepts of carbonyl chemistry in the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory.https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2023-0004at-home lab experimentscarbonyl chemistrygreen chemistrymicrowave-assisted organic synthesisundergraduate organic chemistry |
| spellingShingle | Bishop Michael J. Vander Woude Jon Bosscher Mike A. A safe-at-home benzoin condensation from imitation almond extract Chemistry Teacher International at-home lab experiments carbonyl chemistry green chemistry microwave-assisted organic synthesis undergraduate organic chemistry |
| title | A safe-at-home benzoin condensation from imitation almond extract |
| title_full | A safe-at-home benzoin condensation from imitation almond extract |
| title_fullStr | A safe-at-home benzoin condensation from imitation almond extract |
| title_full_unstemmed | A safe-at-home benzoin condensation from imitation almond extract |
| title_short | A safe-at-home benzoin condensation from imitation almond extract |
| title_sort | safe at home benzoin condensation from imitation almond extract |
| topic | at-home lab experiments carbonyl chemistry green chemistry microwave-assisted organic synthesis undergraduate organic chemistry |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2023-0004 |
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