CHEM 29A - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I

    Recent Professors
    K. Kawagoe
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    24 students
    Credits
    2
    Prerequisite
    Corequisite: CHEM 28A Advisory: ENGL C1000; ENGL C1000H
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B3
    Description
    Chemistry 29A is the first of two laboratory courses in organic chemistry, and as such it is primarily concerned with introducing the tools and techniques that chemists use to investigate the nature of organic compounds. Students will learn a variety of isolation and purification techniques such as recrystallization, liquid-liquid extraction, distillation (simple, fractional, steam), and chromatography (solid and gas phase). Students will also synthesize organic compounds and characterize their purified products using melting point determination and FTIR analysis. Gas chromatography, boiling point, refractometry, polarimetry, and NMR will also be utilized in this course.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 8:00am–10:50am