Help me give my students a polarimeter to analyze chiral compounds in the organic chemistry laboratory.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Walker's classroom raised $1,282
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Donations toward this project will serve to fund a polarimeter. In organic chemistry, many compounds are chiral, meaning they have a non-superimposable mirror image. In other words, they have a "handedness." Polarimetry provides the most efficient method to determine the handedness of a particular organic compound. In my classroom, students will begin this laboratory with a racemic mixture of compounds -- a 50/50 mixture of right- and left-handed forms. Through a series of experiments, they will separate the right- and left-handed forms from each other. They will use this polarimeter to check their work and analyze the purity of their product. This is a laboratory technique they will most certainly use in college if they pursue advanced coursework in chemistry.
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