Guidelines for the table of chemicals:
 Enter your starting materials (the organic molecule(s) undergoing a reaction) and
reagents (substances which are not starting material or solvent) in the reactant/reagent
section of the table.
 Enter all solvents (solvents are liquids added to dissolve the reactants, but are inert to
reaction conditions. Common solvents are: water, dichloromethane, diethyl ether, THF,
acetic acid, and etc) in the Solvent portion of the table.
 Remove all rows from the table that do not contain a reactant/reagent or a solvent)
 MW and moles do not need to be recorded for solvents
 Include densities for all liquids (solvent or reactants/reagent) if the substance is not
a liquid do not include the density and place a dash instead of a number.
 Include the mass (for all solids) and the volume (for all liquids) in the Mass/Vol
column that is called for in the experimental procedure. Note: I realize that you
may weigh out slightly more or less of the mass/vol for each the reactants/reagent(s)
but it is important that you try to measure as close to the values in your table as
possible.
 You will need to calculate that moles for each of the reactants/reagents (but not for
the solvent(s)). For solids this will require dividing each mass used by the molecular
weight. For liquids you will first have to calculate the mass using density, and then
divide this weight by the molecular weight to obtain the moles.
 You can add a column for Melting Point (mp) if you obtain a melting point for the
product.
 A dash or – in the table means that you do not need to include this data
 Do not add aqueous workup solvents (solvents used after the reaction) to this table
(common aqueous workup solvents include: 5% NaHCO3 solution, NH4Cl sat. solution,
H2O and etc.). Only include organic solvents so that you have a record of their density.