文档介绍：Anatomy of a reaction
Anatomy of a Reaction
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You have identified (or have been given) an experiment to carry out. You have never run this reaction
before, and you want to be sure that your experiment is essful.
Sometimes it will be A Perfect Reaction, and sometimes it will be a A Nightmare Scenario.
Either way, the steps to follow are outlined below.
I. Research into Literature Precedent
Finding model procedures (recipes) in the literature for the experiment. Reading about previous
work on similar systems and understanding findings reported by other researchers.
II. Planning and Strategy
Making a series of decisions before beginning the experiment.
III. The Setup
Preparing the field of battle: calculations, equipment and apparatus, reactants, reagents, and
solvent.
IV. The Reaction: Analysis I
Running the reaction, from start to quench. Monitoring reaction progress.
V. The Quench
Bringing the chemical activity to a halt.
VI. The Workup
Cleaning up the battle scene: separating products from reagents and solvent.
VII. Diagnosis: Analysis II
Inspecting the product mixture and deciding how to proceed.
VIII. Purification
Isolating ponent of the product mixture and removing impurities.
IX. Characterization
Obtaining spectral data and identifying the products of the reaction.
X. Record-keeping
Recoding details of the experiment for future reference.
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Rookie Mistakes was RESET on August 26, please add input; also
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