Department of Chemistry
Fall 2003
Revised: 11 November 2003
Due: 19 November 2003
Your name:
Remember that everyone in the class will be doing the same problem set. Please put the volumes in the proper place on the shelves when you are finished with them.
1. Find in the Chemical Reference Sources Database http://www.oscar.chem.indiana.edu/cfdocs/libchem/crsd/crsdintro.html and list the call number and title of:
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| [1] analytical chem. | dictionary |
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| [2] physical chem. | dictionary |
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| [2] computational chem. | encyclopedia |
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| [3] analytical chem. | encyclopedia |
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| [4] analytical chem. | treatise |
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| [5] analytical chem. | abstracts |
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2. Search the Analytical WebBase (http://www.rsc.org/aasearch) to find an article that shows how to determine isatin in urine and blood plasma.
[6] Print out one reference and hand it in.
3. Search the Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry to find an article on Time of Flight Mass Spectrometers.
[7] Print out the Web page that lists Related Topics for this article and hand it in. Find two patents that deal with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer and were applied for by IU chemists David E. Clemmer and James P. Reilly. [8] What are the patent numbers for these inventions? 4. Find the FT-IR spectrum of CF3COOH. (If an FT-IR compilation is not available to you, try to find any IR spectrum for the compound.)[9] List the title of the work in which you found it as well as the table number(s) or page number(s) where the spectrum was located.
[10] What is the name of this compound in the book where you found the spectrum?
[11] List the Chemical Abstracts Index Name and Registry Number for the substance.
5. Use the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (printed or Web version) and find the compound you found in the previous question. There is a Beilstein Reference for the compound.
[12] Copy that number.
In the Beilstein CrossFire database, the number above is referred to as the Beilstein Reference number. It is used to group together in the printed Beilstein compounds considered to be similar according to the Beilstein classification scheme. Search Beilstein using that number.
[13] How many compounds did you find?
[14] Obtain a printout in the SHORT VIEW format of the first four hits.
6. Use the NIST Chemistry WebBook to find the mass spectrum of the compound in question 4.
[15] Obtain a printout of the spectrum and the associated identification data of the substance.
7. Find glycerol in both Lange's and the CRC Handbook. Use the latest editions of these handbooks we have on reserve if possible. You may also use the CRC Handbook on the Web.
8. [17] Use the Dictionary of Organic Compounds to find the name of the compound represented by the number 56-81-5.
[18] What is its melting point?
9. Find the melting point of 1,2,3-Propanetriol in Beilstein (printed or database).
[19] What value(s) or ranges of values did you find (include all)?
10. Find the compound in the Beilstein CrossFire database that has structure keyword "stereo compound" and molecular formula C29H36O8 and melting points in the range 258-271 Celsius. You should have only two answers.
[20] Look at each record and write down the Beilstein Registry Numbers and the range of melting points found for each compound.
[21] What does the solvent information associated with some of the references mean?
11. Use the WebElements Periodic Table.
[22] Double click on Niobium and print out the first page of information found to be handed in with your homework.