This resource is a PDF of an organic chemistry laboratory textbook designed for the undergraduate organic chemistry student who has never before taken a college-level organic chemistry course. It can also be used for students engaging in upper division courses or independent research who wish to have a refresher in basic laboratory techniques. This resource was not designed with graduate students in mind, and therefore may not be all inclusive in laboratory techniques experienced at that level.

This resource was created by Lisa Nichols (chemistry faculty at Butte Community College in Northern California) as a result of an academic sabbatical leave in the Fall-2015 to Spring 2016 term. The target audience are undergraduate students in organic chemistry.

In this resource you will find theory and procedures on the main organic lab techniques (chromatography, crystallization, extraction, distillation) as well as general concepts on how to set up and heat apparatuses (see the Table of Contents tab for a more complete listing of topics).

All procedures are accompanied by step-by-step pictures, and graphics are heavily utilized throughout the resource.

This 9-minute video lesson looks at Markovnikov's Rule and Carbocations. I shows how to figure out which addition reaction is more likely. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 28 of 73].

This 11-minute video lesson shows how to name alkanes with alkyl groups. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 3 of 73].

This 8-minute video lesson shows examples of how to naming alkene. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 11 of 73].

This 9-minute video lesson provides an introduction to naming benzene derivatives. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 53 of 73].

This 9-minute video lesson shows how to name simple alkanes. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 2 of 73].

This 14-minute video lesson discusses Newman Projections. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 15 of 73].

This 11-minute video lesson continues to discuss Newman Projections (2). [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 16 of 73].

Practice questions and exercises for the following: Unbranched Alkanes, Constitutional Isomers, Alkyl Substituents, Alkenes and Alkynes, Halogens, Benzene and Conjugation, Alcohols, Ethers, Aldehydes and Ketones, Carboxylic acids and Esters, Amines and Amides

This 14-minute video lesson looks at nucleophilicity (nucleophile strength). [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 36 of 73].

This 13-minute video lesson looks at nucleophilicity vs. basicity . It explains the difference between what it means to be a nucleophile and a base. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 37 of 73].

This 10-minute video lesson continues to look at organic chemistry naming examples (2). [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 7 of 73].

This 8-minute video lesson continues to look at organic chemistry naming examples (3). [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 8 of 73].

This 10-minute video lesson continues to look at organic chemistry naming examples (5). [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 10 of 73].

This 14-minute video lesson looks at Pi bonds and sp2 Hybridized Orbitals. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 14 of 73].

This 12-minute video lesson looks at the polymerization of alkenes with acid. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 30 of 73].

This 11-minute video lesson looks at the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog System for Naming Enantiomers (Example 2). [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 23 of 73].

This 11-minute video lesson looks at the relative Stability of amides, esters, anhydrides, and acyl chlorides. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 71 of 73].

This 7-minute video lesson shows how to represent the structures of organic molecules. [Organic Chemistry playlist: Lesson 1 of 73].