Practical skills
(a) the techniques and procedures for:

(i) use of Quickfit apparatus including for distillation and heating under reflux
(ii) preparation and purification of an organic liquid including:

• use of a separating funnel to remove an organic layer from an aqueous layer
• drying with an anhydrous salt (e.g. MgSO4, CaCl2)
• redistillation

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Synthetic routes
(b) for an organic molecule containing several functional groups:

(i) identification of individual functional groups
(ii) prediction of properties and reactions

 

(c) two-stage synthetic routes for preparing organic compounds.

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