Chem 141 Laboratory Instructional Videos

• These videos are intended for viewing prior to attending the laboratory.
• Your TA may include lab quiz questions from the videos.
• Once you activate a link below, there may be a minute or more delay in the loading of the video before it starts. You may see the bar below the video increase then stop. Hit the "play" button to start.

• Select a lab experiment to watch:
  • Fractional distillation of wine
  • TLC separation of analgesics
  • Extraction of an antibiotic
  • Extraction and recrystallization
  • Synthesis of bromobutane from butanol
  • Catalytic hydrogenation
  • Alkene synthesis from alcohols
  • Alkyne synthesis from alkenes

• These videos require the QuickTime plugin. If you are accessing these videos from a UVM campus computer, you are most likely ready to view.
• If you do not have QuickTime installed, go to www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ to download the free player.
• Remember, after downloading the player, you must install it on your computer before viewing the videos.