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A Microscale Birch Reduction for the Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory

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Mary Ann M. Fuhry , Christie Colosimo and Kathleen Gianneschi

Department of Chemistry, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057

J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78 (7), p 949

DOI: 10.1021/ed078p949

Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2001

Section:

History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

A microscale apparatus in which a Winston sublimator functions as a coldfinger condenser is employed in a Birch reduction experiment for advanced organic chemistry students.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Organic Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

The Microscale Laboratory

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives

Keywords (Subject):

Microscale Lab

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