Calendar

In this course, students are divided into three groups for the laboratory experiments. Each group works on a different experiment and, upon completion, assignments are rotated among groups. As a result, no two groups ever work on the same lab at the same time. The first schedule in this section shows this rotation format. The second schedule shows the laboratory lectures, which are an essential part of 5.32. Students are potentially prevented from doing some of the experiments if the instructors believe that the students are unprepared because of absence from a lecture pertinent to that experiment.

Laboratory Schedule

First Rotation (19 Days)

DAYDAY ##nbsp;nbsp;# GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C
1 Asymmetric Diels-Alder
Lab-Lecture
First Report: Day 10
Final Report: Day 24		 Qualitative Analysis
Lab-Lecture
First Report: Day 10
Final Report: Day 24		 Biochemistry
Lab-Lecture
First Report: Day 10
Final Report: Day 24
2      
3      
4     Lab-Lecture 2
5      
6     Lab-Lecture 3
7      
8      
9      
10 Asymmetric Diels-Alder
First Report Due		 Qualitative Analysis
First Report Due		 Biochemistry
First Report Due
11   Literature Report Oral Presentation
(4 hours)		  
12     Lab-Lecture 4
13      
14     Lab-Lecture 5
15      
16      
17      
18      
19   Literature Report Due  

Second Rotation (19 Days)

DAYDAY ##nbsp;nbsp;# GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C
20 Qualitative Analysis
Lab-Lecture
First Report: Day 29
Final Report: Day 43		 Biochemistry
Lab-Lecture
First Report: Day 29
Final Report: Day 43		 Asymmetric Diels-Alder
Lab-Lecture
First Report: Day 29
Final Report: Day 43
21      
22      
23   Lab-Lecture 2  
24 Asymmetric Diels-Alder
Final Report Due		 Qualitative Analysis
Final Report Due		 Biochemistry
Final Report Due
25   Lab-Lecture 3  
26      
27      
28      
29 Qualitative Analysis
First Report Due		 Biochemistry
First Report Due		 Asymmetric Diels-Alder
First Report Due
30 Literature Report Oral Presentation
(4 hours)		    
31   Lab-Lecture 4  
32   Lab-Lecture 5  
33      
34      
35      
36      
37      
38 Literature Report Due    

Third Rotation (19 Days)

DAYDAY ##nbsp;nbsp;# GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C
39 Biochemistry
Lab-Lecture 1
First Report: Day 48
Final Report
Oral Report		 Asymmetric Diels-Alder
Lab-Lecture
First Report: Day 48
Final Report
Oral Report		 Qualitative Analysis
Lab-Lecture
First Report: Day 48
Final Report
Oral Report
40      
41      
42 Lab-Lecture 2    
43 Qualitative Analysis
Final Report Due		 Biochemistry
Final Report Due		 Asymmetric Diels-Alder
Final Report Due
44 Lab-Lecture 3    
45      
46      
47      
48 Biochemistry
First Report Due		 Asymmetric Diels-Alder
First Report Due		 Qualitative Analysis
First Report Due
49     Literature Report Oral Presentation
(4 hours)
50 Lab-Lecture 4    
51      
52 Lab-Lecture 5    
53      
54      
55      
56      
57     Literature Report Due
58 Open Lab    
59 Oral Reports    
60 Oral Reports    
61 Check-out    

Lecture Schedule

DAYDAY ##nbsp;nbsp;# GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C
1 Biochemistry I
Mandatory Safety Lecture and Check-In		    
1 (First Rotation) Asymmetric Diels-Alder
Introductory Lecture		 Qualitative Analysis
Introductory Lecture		 Biochemistry
Introductory Lecture
3 Literature Search-I    
4 Electronic Literature Search-II    
6 Asymmetric Diels-Alder I    
8 Guide to Writing a Literature Review    
11 Asymmetric Diels-Alder II    
14     Biochemistry II
16   Biochemistry II  
20 (Second Rotation) Qualitative Analysis
Introductory Lecture		 Biochemistry
Introductory Lecture		 Asymmetric Diels-Alder
Introductory Lecture
21     Asymmetric Diels-Alder II
39 (Third Rotation) Biochemistry II
Biochemistry
Introductory Lecture		 Asymmetric Diels-Alder
Introductory Lecture		 Qualitative Analysis
Introductory Lecture
41   Asymmetric Diels-Alder II