This paper describes the design and implementation of a minimally hazardous,
environmentally friendly, and energy efficient sequential reaction sequence within a …

This review explores the dramatic changes that have taken place in the organic chemistry
laboratory course over the last two to three decades. The most significant changes have …

Microwave heating enhanced the rate of three reactions typically performed in our
undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory: a Diels− Alder cycloaddition, a Wittig salt …

The microwave-mediated preparation of lophine (2, 4, 5-triphenylimidazole) is described.
This experiment allows for an introduction to the emerging technology of microwave …

A greener, microwave-assisted Wittig reaction has been developed for the second-semester
organic teaching laboratory. Utilizing this microwave technique, a variety of styrene …

The effects of kinetic vs thermodynamic control on endo/exo stereoisomer ratios can be
observed in a simple Diels–Alder reaction between N-phenylmaleimide and furan. The use …

We have developed and tested a computational laboratory that investigates an endo versus
exo Diels–Alder cycloaddition. This laboratory employed density functional theory (DFT) …

2D NMR spectroscopy techniques are introduced to second-year undergraduate organic
chemistry students using a 3 h classroom activity. By first studying simple organic molecules …

The synthesis of N-benzyl-2-azanorbornene via aqueous hetero Diels–Alder reaction of
cyclopentadiene and benzyliminium chloride formed in situ from benzylamine hydrochloride …

We describe an extended third-year undergraduate chemistry laboratory exercise in which a
number of techniques and concepts are applied to the same set of chemical reactions. The …