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Organic Chemistry Lab Formal Report Format

The document outlines the format and requirements for two formal laboratory reports that students must complete individually. Each report must include: (1) a title page, (2) introduction, (3) experimental section written in passive voice, (4) results and discussion with balanced equations and critical analysis, (5) conclusion summarizing results and objectives, and (6) references. Reports will be graded based on inclusion of sections, clarity, and proper sourcing and referencing of all information and diagrams.

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Organic Chemistry Lab Formal Report Format

The document outlines the format and requirements for two formal laboratory reports that students must complete individually. Each report must include: (1) a title page, (2) introduction, (3) experimental section written in passive voice, (4) results and discussion with balanced equations and critical analysis, (5) conclusion summarizing results and objectives, and (6) references. Reports will be graded based on inclusion of sections, clarity, and proper sourcing and referencing of all information and diagrams.

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Formal Laboratory Report Format

Each student is required to write two formal laboratory reports of their own work. These
reports are to be done individually and not as group work. Please refer to your course
syllabus for the assigned experiments and the due dates. Please use 1.5 line spacing and
1” margins in your report.

The formal laboratory report:

The two formal reports that you will be required to write should contain the following
sections:

1. Title page
2. Introduction – Provide background information to the experiment and explain
why you are perform it.
3. Experimental:
- a description written in passive voice of the procedure/equipment used to
carry out the experiment.
- Include gram and mole quantities (e.g. “benzophenone (2.0 g, 0.01 mole)
was added to the reaction). Mole quantities for solvents are not necessary.
- Yield (if it was obtained)
4. Results and Discussion:
- State the results and observations in this section as well.
- You can also include tables, figures, diagrams, flow charts and spectra in
this section or in an appendix at the end of the report.
- When stating the results make sure you refer to the appropriate graphs or
tables.
- This section should include the relevant (balanced) chemical reaction
equations that were carried out in your experiment.
- The discussion part of this section is by far the most important segment of
your report in that it demonstrates and helps develop your critical thinking
skills. It is a narrative summary of the work accomplished and includes
conclusions and a description of how you arrived at your conclusions. In
addition, explanations as to why certain outcomes occurred are revealed.
- Elaborate and discuss any evidence that justifies your results (i.e. the
peaks (for 1H NMR) or bands (for FT-IR and UV-Vis) or stretches (for
FT-IR)) seen or not seen in the spectra and any the negative or positive
chemical tests you performed.
- If the results of the experiment were unexpected: describe, elaborate and
offer explanations or theories.
- Please cite all reference and source materials (See “Reference section” and
“sample report” at the end of this document).
- Diagrams of apparatus and illustrations should be labeled correctly. If they
are not created by you must be properly referenced/sourced throughout the
report.

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5. Conclusion:
- Brief statement to summarize the results.
- Explain if the original objective/aim was achieved.
- Suggest/offer reason(s) why original objective/aim was achieved or not
achieved.
6. Reference:
- Numerical list of all reference/sources used in the report.
- Reference or Source any materials that you use in your lab reports.
- Materials that are not referenced/sourced will be considered plagiarized
and will be considered academic dishonesty.
- Do not claim copy or plagiarize material from your colleagues, books or
the web. Diagrams of apparatus and illustrations that are not created by
you must be properly referenced/sourced throughout the report.

A grading scheme is shown below.

Criteria Points
Introduction 5
Experimental 5
Results and Discussion 10
Spectra 5
Figures and Chemical Equations 5
Conclusion 5
Clarity and Presentation 5
Total 40

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