| IMPRICOM (Individualized, Multipart, Real World, Integrated and Comprehensive College Chemistry Laboratory) is a six semester program that attempts to tie together all of the undergraduate chemistry laboratories into a single program. This program was originally devised as a way to shorten a baccalaureate degree to three years. The entire program uses real world natural or commercial products that are related as closely as possible to the major of the student taking chemistry.; The program is designed to teach students techniques and skills that will be useful in succeeding endeavors. The first three semesters cover the basic skills expected of those in chemistry or related fields. The skills include glass blowing, solution preparation, both aqueous and non-aqueous systems, titrations, pH determination, chromatography, spectroscopy, qualitative analysis, kinetics, thermochemistry, chemiluminescence, transition metals, calibration, standard solutions, oxidation-reduction, ion exchange, sampling, HPLC and GLC.; The fourth semester emphasizes the organic portion of IMPRICOM. The experiments emphasize the general techniques that are needed to perform as an organic chemist. These experiments include chromatography, general preparation techniques, such as extraction, distillation, separation, refluxing, and functional group reactions. This dissertation presents experiments not normally found in organic laboratory manuals. There are eight topics with three experiments each. These experiments represent different products and/or different techniques and levels of difficulty. The experiments are in the following areas: (1) Deuteration; (2) Organometallic Compounds; (3) Multistep Synthesis; (4) Photochemistry; (5) Stereochemistry; (6) Hydrogenation; (7) Preparation of Polymers; (8) Phase Transfer Catalysis.; These experiments incorporate those general skills required of a baccalaureate chemist as well as combining more sophisticated techniques that are desirable.; The fifth semester (Inorganic and Biochemistry) and the sixth semester (Physical Chemistry and Advanced Instrumentation) have not yet been written. |
