Chapter 1 Accident Prevention and First Aid..

1.1 Safety.

1.2 First Aid.

Chapter 2 Environmentally Responsible Handling of Chemicals and Solvents.

2.1 Dangerous and Poisonous Material.

2.2 Regulations.

2.3 Maximum Concentration Limits.

Chapter 3. Crystallisation.

Chapter 4. Distillation.

Chapter 5. Chromatographic Methods.

5.1 Principles.

5.2 Thin–Layer Chromatography.

5.3 Column Chromatography.

5.4 Flash Chromatography.

5.5 HPLC.

Chapter 6. Extraction and Work-Up.

Chapter 7. Structure Determination Using Spectroscopic Methods.

Chapter 8. Searching the Chemical Literature.

8.1 The Mountain of Information.

8.2 On-Line Databases.

8.3 Reviews.

8.4 Monographs and Handbooks.

8.5 Collections of Data.

Chapter 9. Laboratory Notebooks.

Chapter 10. Writing a Report.

Chapter 11. Example of a Laboratory Report.

Chapter 12 Hints on the Synthesis of Organic Compounds.

12.1 The Route to Success.

12.2 Handling Water and Oxygen Sensitive Substances.

12.3 Working at Low Temperatures.

12.4 Synthesis and Analysis of Optically Active Compounds.

12.5 Synthesis of Isotopically Labelled Compounds.

Chapter 13. Disposal and Destruction of Dangerous Materials.

13.1 Classification of Waste Material.

13.2 Environmentally Acceptable Substances for Treating Dangerous Materials in the Laboratory.

13.3 Special Instructions for the Destruction of the Main Classes of Dangerous Substances.

13.4 Deactivation of Unknown Laboratory Chemicals.

13.5 Waste Disposal.

Chapter 14. Purification and Drying of Solvents.

14.1 Some Drying Agents.

14.2 Solvents.

Chapter 15.EU R and S Phrases.

Index.