Determination of the Enantiomeric Purity of Naproxen: An Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment

Thomas D. Walsh and Curtis S. Koontz
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, MC 28223
J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74 (5), p 585
DOI: 10.1021/ed074p585
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 1997

Abstract

Recent availability of and publicity surrounding the antiinflammatory drug naproxen presents an opportunity for an organic chemistry laboratory experiment of great up-to-the-minute interest.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Organic Chemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives

Keywords (Subject):

Stereochemistry

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