
Remote and Online Physical Chemistry Laboratories developed by Professor Jeffery L. Yarger.
ASU CHM 343 is moving to project based labs. Information on projects for Fall 2021 are provided below.
Project 1
Atomic and Molecular Properties of Gases.
- Handout – Professor Yarger (PDF) (CHM343 Vimeo Video Collection)
- Molecules (Samples): He, Ar, N2, CO2, Air, C2HCl2F3 (STP gases).
- DIY – Acoustic Interferometer – Shared Google Sheet.
- Online Speed of Sound Simulator.
- PhET Diffusion Simulator.
- MolCal – Online Simple Quantum Computational Chemistry.
- WebMO at ASU (Gaussian through Agave Computer Cluster)
- Pchem Cloud Lab – Remote Access Acoustic Interferometer (ASU ISTB1 453 Remote Access System)
- AnyDesk Access (mrrc_data_workstation_2@ad and email biopchem@gmail.com for remote access password)
- NoMachine Access (email biopchem@gmail.com)
- MeshCentral Access (email biopchem@gmail.com)
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Access (email biopchem@gmail.com)
- Other VNC Access (email biopchem@gmail.com)
- COMING SOON – Direct Web Browser Interface and Access.
Project 2
Molecular Thermochemistry
- Handout – Professor Yarger (PDF) (CHM343 Vimeo Video Collection)
- Molecules (Samples): Benzoic Acid (Standard/Calibrant), Naphthalene, Azulene and simple sugars (glucose, sucrose).
- Bomb Calorimetry Online Simulator
- MolCal – Online Simple Quantum Computational Chemistry.
- WebMO at ASU (Gaussian through Agave Computer Cluster)
- Pchem Cloud Lab – Remote Access Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC – ASU ISTB1 464 – Remote Access System)
- AnyDesk Access (mrrc_dsc2500@ad and email biopchem@gmail.com for remote access password)
- NoMachine Access (email biopchem@gmail.com)
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Access (email biopchem@gmail.com)
- COMING SOON – Direct Web Browser Interface and Access.
Project 3
Chemical Equilibrium and Chemical Kinetics
- Handout – Professor Yarger (PDF) (CHM343 Vimeo Video Collection)
- Molecules (Samples): beta-Diketones – Acetylacetone (AcAc), deuterated solvents (for NMR).
- NMR Online Simulators and Predictors
- SPINUS
- NMRdb
- ChemDoodle (Demo)
- NMR Predictor
- WinDNMR Pro
- NMRBox – Add-ons
- mNova MestReNova Software (ASU Site License) – Spin Simulation.
- TopSpin – Bruker’s NMR Software (free Academic licenses available to students)
- NMR Reference and Background Material.
- MolCal – Online Simple Quantum Computational Chemistry.
- WebMO at ASU (Gaussian through Agave Computer Cluster)
- Pchem Cloud Computing – Prof. Yarger has provided a Mac Pro system for VNC remote access and computations.
- AnyDesk Access (yargermacpro@ad and email biopchem@gmail.com for remote access password)
- NoMachine Access (email biopchem@gmail.com)
- COMING SOON – Direct Web Browser Interface and Access.
- Pchem Cloud Lab – Remote Access Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer (400 MHz Bruker Avance II – ASU ISTB1 L2-63 – Remote Access System)
- AnyDesk Access (mrrc_bruker_400@ad and email biopchem@gmail.com for remote access password)
- NoMachine Access (email biopchem@gmail.com)
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Access (email biopchem@gmail.com)
- COMING SOON – Direct Web Browser Interface and Access.
- NMR Cloud Lab – All research NMR systems are accessible from the cloud (i.e., remotely). Go to spintropy.com for sign-up and details.
- REFERENCES
- Below are links to the J. Chem. Educ. articles that this project is based:
- Determination of Solvent Effects on Keto—Enol Equilibria of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds Using NMR
- Correction to Determination of Solvent Effects on Keto−Enol Equilibria of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds Using NMR
- Keto–Enol Tautomerization of Acetylacetone in Mixed Solvents by NMR Spectroscopy. A Physical Chemistry Experiment on the Application of the Onsager-Kirkwood Model for Solvation Thermodynamics
- Keto–Enol Equilibrium from NMR Data: A Closer Look at the Laboratory Experiment
- Expansion of the Classic Acetylacetone Physical Chemistry Laboratory NMR Experiment: Correlation of the Enol–Keto Equilibrium Position with the Solvent Dipole Moment
- Keto-enol tautomerization: A thermodynamic and kinetic study
- Explanation of Substituent Effects on the Enolization of β-Diketones and β-Ketoesters
Project X
Student designed and led physical chemistry and biophysical chemistry project(s). Email biopchem@gmail.com for more details.