Design Your Own Workup: A Guided-Inquiry Experiment for Introductory Organic Laboratory Courses

• Nimesh Mistry ^[1] ; Christopher Fitzpatrick ^[1] ; Stephen Gorman ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Leeds

     University of Leeds

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 93, Nº 6, 2016, págs. 1091-1095
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A guided-inquiry experiment was designed and implemented in an introductory organic chemistry laboratory course. Students were given a mixture of compounds and had to isolate two of the components by designing a viable workup procedure using liquid–liquid separation methods. Students were given the opportunity to apply their knowledge of chemical and physical properties of organic molecules as well as develop their problem-solving skills by designing the workup themselves rather than following a pre-existing recipe. Students were able to show that this experiment improved their problem-solving skills and understanding of chemical concepts related to the workup process.