This course is a continuation of Chemistry 103 and contains the same material as Chemistry 104 except for the laboratory program described below: The aim of this advanced laboratory section is to enrich and enhance the laboratory experiences of motivated students of recognized ability by providing a laboratory program which more closely resembles the unpredictable nature and immediacy of true chemical research. Students synthesize, isolate, and characterize (using a range of modern physical and spectroscopic techniques) a family of unknown materials in a series of related experiments constituting an integrated, semester-long investigation. A flexible format is employed in which the students are responsible for helping to plan the course of their laboratory work based upon discussions with the instructor of the previous week's experimental results. Students are drawn from Chemistry 104 with placement based upon student selection and nomination by the Chemistry 103 instructor. Participants attend their regular Chemistry 104 lecture but attend the special laboratory section instead of a Chemistry 104 laboratory section. Lectures: three hours a week as in 104; laboratories: four hours a week, and a weekly one hour discussion session. Evaluation is based on the requirements for the Chemistry 104 lecture and performance in this special laboratory section including written laboratory reports and participation in discussions. Enrollment limited with preference given to first-year students. This course was developed under a grant from the Ford Foundation. Permission of the instructor is required.

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