Christine K. F. Hermann & Terence C. Morrill 
The Systematic Identification of Organic Compounds [EPUB ebook] 

Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 The Systematic Identification of Organic Compounds:
1.2 Suggestions to Students and Instructors
Chapter 2 Laboratory Safety
2.1 Working Safely in the Laboratory
2.2 Training
2.3 Personal Protection Equipment
2.4 Safety Data Sheets
2.5 Storage of Chemicals
2.6 Disposal of Chemicals
2.7 Safely Using Equipment in the Laboratory
Chapter 3 Identification of Unknowns
3.1 Discussion of Report Form
3.2 Preliminary Examination
3.3 Physical Properties
3.4 Molecular Weight Determination
3.5 Molecular Formula Determination
3.6 Solubility Tests
3.7 Infrared, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, and Mass Spectra Analyses
3.8 Classification Tests
3.9 Preparation of a Satisfactory Derivative
3.10 Mixtures
3.11 Report Forms
Chapter 4 Preliminary Examination, Physical Properties, and Elemental Analysis
4.1 Preliminary Examination
4.2 Determination of Physical Properties
4.3 Optical Rotation
4.4 Recrystallization
4.5 Qualitative Elemental Analysis
4.6 Quantitative Elemental Analysis
Chapter 5 Classification of Organic Compounds by Solubility
5.1 Solubility in Water, Aqueous Acids and Bases, and Ether
5.2 Solubility in Organic Solvents
Chapter 6 Separation of Mixtures
6.1 Preliminary Examination of Mixtures
6.2 Distillation and Sublimation
6.3 Extractions: Separation Based Upon Salt Formation
6.4 Chromatography
Chapter 7 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry
7.1 Theory of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
7.2 Preparation of the Sample
7.3 Proton Spectra
7.4 Carbon-13 Spectra
7.5 DEPT
7.6 COSY
7.7 HSQC
Chapter 8 Infrared Spectrometry
8.1 Theory of Infrared Spectrometry
8.2 Preparation of the Sample
8.3 Functional Group Identification
Chapter 9 Mass Spectrometry
9.1 Theory of Mass Spectrometry
9.2 Cleavage Reactions
Chapter 10 Chemical Tests for Functional Groups
10.1 Acid Anhydrides
10.2 Acyl Halides
10.3 Alcohols
10.4 Aldehydes
10.5 Amides
10.6 Amines and Amine Salts
10.7 Amino Acids
10.8 Carbohydrates
10.9 Carboxylic Acids
10.10 Esters
10.11 Ethers
10.12 Halides
10.13 Hydrocarbons – Alkanes
10.14 Hydrocarbons – Alkenes
10.15 Hydrocarbons – Alkynes
10.16 Hydrocarbons – Aromatic
10.17 Ketones
10.18 Nitriles
10.19 Nitro Compounds
10.20 Phenols
10.21 Sulfonamides, Sulfonic Acids, and Sulfonyl Chlorides
Chapter 11 The Preparation of Derivatives
11.1 Carboxylic Acids, Acid Anhydrides, and Acid Halides
11.2 Alcohols
11.3 Aldehydes and Ketones
11.4 Amides
11.5 Amines
11.6 Amino Acids
11.7 Carbohydrates
11.8 Esters
11.9 Ethers – Aliphatic
11.10 Ethers – Aromatic
11.11 Halides – Alkyl
11.12 Halides – Aromatic
11.13 Hydrocarbons – Aromatic
11.14 Nitriles
11.15 Nitro Compounds
11.16 Phenols
11.17 Sulfonic Acids, Sulfonyl Chlorides, and Sulfonamides
Chapter 12 Structural Problems
12.1 Compounds with Structures Previously Described in the Literature
12.2 Determination of the Structure of New Compounds Not Described in the Chemical Literature
12.3 Problems
Chapter 13 Chemical Literature
13.1 Handbooks
13.2 Compendia
13.3 Spectral Collections
13.4 Journals
13.5 Abstracts and Indexes
13.6 Monographs
Appendix I Handy Tables for the Organic Lab
Appendix II Tables of Derivatives
Appendix III Equipment and Chemicals for the Laboratory
Index

Christine K. F. Hermann, Ph D is Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, USA.