Download or read book Theory and Practice in the Organic Laboratory written by John A. Landgrebe and published by Brooks Cole. This book was released on 1993 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating 52 microscale and standard scale procedures and experiments, this comprehensive organic laboratory text allows all schools-even those that cannot afford a large investment in commercial kits-to do effective microscale experiments. You'll also find standard scale experiments that expose students to techniques and apparatus. This edition covers treatment of safety and hazardous waste disposal; coverage of laboratory techniques for the handling, synthesis, separation, and purification of organic compounds; and inclusion of spectroscopic methods for the identification of compounds.