Mark Snider
Office: Severance 201
Telephone: X2391
E-mail: msnider@wooster.edu

Office Hours
See syllabus

Paul Bonvallet
Office: Severance 124
Telephone: X2610
E-mail: pbonvallet@wooster.edu

Office Hours
Mon 1-2 PM
Wed 9-10 AM
Thurs 8-9 AM

Peter Blass
Office: Severance 104
Telephone: X2642
E-mail: pblass@wooster.edu

Office Hours
TBA

Course Information 
Lab Syllabus
Schedule for Chem 212 Class and Lab

Project 1: Synthesis of a Propyl Benzhydryl Ether from Benzophenone
Reaction Stoichiometry Worksheet (to be completed on your own)
Link to a research paper on benzhydryl ethers
(Stanescu, M. A.; Varma, R. S. Nafion-catalyzed preparation of benzhydryl ethers. Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 7307-7309.)

Project 2: Stereoselectivity in the Diels-Alder Reaction

Link to a research paper in support of secondary orbital interactions
(Arrieta, A.; Cossio, F. P. J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 6178-6180.)

Link to a research paper refuting secondary orbital interactions
(Ogawa, A.; Fujimoto, H. Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 2055-2057.)

A paper containing 1H NMR data for endo/exo products was e-mailed to the class on 4/10/07
(Kamezawa, N.; Sakashita, K.; Hayamizu, K. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of 5,6-dicarboxy-2-norbornene Derivatives. Org. Mass Reson. 1969, 1, 405-414.)

Guide to Techniques and Instrumentation 
TLC Movie Rotary EvaporatorNMR Sample Preparation

IR Sample Prep & Operation

Resources for Spectroscopic Data
SDBS DatabaseSigma-Aldrich Chemical Company (search for cmpd, then look for links in right column)

Gottlieb, H. E.; Kotlyar, V.; Nudelman, A. NMR Chemical Shifts of Common Laboratory Solvents as Trace Impurities.J. Org. Chem. 1997; 62; 7512-7515. You can get online access through OhioLink.

Aldrich Library of 13C and 1H NMR Spectra (QC454.F7 P6 1993)

Aldrich Library of FT IR Spectra (QC457 .P87 1997)

Basic Chem 211 IR Spectroscopy Data Sheet (no NMR)
Full Chem 211/212 Spectroscopy Data Sheet (Complete with IR and NMR)