Experimental Organic Chemistry

This established text continues to provide a rigorous account of the principles and practice of experimental organic chemistry, taking students from their initial steps in a university teaching laboratory right through to research work. Both standard scale and microscale approaches have been integrated into the entire text, it in line with current laboratory practice. Maintaining the well tried and highly successful structure of the previous editions, the first half of the book surveys all aspects of safe laboratory practice, typical experimental procedures and the use of a wide range of purification and analytical techniques. The second half contains easy-to-follow experimental procedures; each one designed to illustrate an important reaction type or basic principle of organic chemistry. Tried and tested over the past decade, these experiments are graded according to their complexity, helping lecturers to plan and develop practical organic chemistry courses at any level. In this new edition part one has been revised to cater for the current needs of students and lecturers, with part two expanded to include new experiments reflecting current trends in synthetic organic chemistry.
As in previous editions, all aspects of health and safety in the laboratory are highlighted throughout the text.