Organic Chemistry Laboratory

It specialises in the study of compounds containing carbon as a basic element (together with hydrogen and often oxygen, nitrogen and the halogens), focusing on their chemical behaviour, methods of preparing them in the laboratory, purifying them, and identifying their functional groups

Main experiments and techniques: preparation reactions and organic synthesis, distillation (simple, fractional and vacuum), recrystallisation

(Recrystallization), solvent extraction, and measuring the physical constants of compounds such as melting and boiling points

Basic instruments and tools: round-bottom flasks, glass condensers (such as the Liebig condenser), separatory funnels, electric heating mantles, and melting point apparatus