Practical Organic Chemistry Workbook : Beginner's Guide to Basics

This book is a unique laboratory workbook which is intended for the use of undergraduate students of various universities, pursuing chemistry as the major subject and has been especially tuned as per the latest NEP-UGCF syllabus. It is also helpful to students pursuing biochemistry and pharmacy at college or university levels. Further, this workbook provides basic guidance in the essential experimental techniques that an undergraduate student must master to hone the skills required for training in chemical sciences. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that a workbook for NEP-UGCF syllabus is being proposed for helping students acquire prior deep knowledge pertaining to a particular exercise/objective and enthuse them by stimulating their scientific thinking through various pre- and post-lab questions formulated. The current pedagogy demands a reformation in the conduct of the practicals under the new syllabi scheme; therefore, it is anticipated that this manual would be beneficial for the students as well as teachers in rendering the best. Besides, the book encompasses the fundamentals of all the techniques that would equip the practitioners with specific skills especially on various purification techniques such as recrystallization and chromatography without which one cannot think about proceeding with any synthesis in any of the chemical, pharmaceutical, textile industries, oil and petroleum industries and more.

Dr. Devanshi Magoo completed her Ph.D. in organic chemistry from University of Delhi in 2010. She is currently working in the capacity of Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Hindu College, University of Delhi, with over 15 years of teaching experience. Her research work is focused on organic transformations, multi-component reactions, and development of green synthetic methodologies for novel heterocyclic compounds. Apart from highly cited national and international publications, Dr. Devanshi has also contributed in development of book chapters for upgradation of subject content in Masters Programme of Environmental Sciences (IGNOU). She has been the member of CBSE-i Question Bank and E book Chapters Generation team for CBSE international Curriculum. Dr. Devanshi has also been mentoring Prime Ministers Research Fellows from IIT Delhi under the PMRF Scheme taken up by Hindu College in association with IIT Delhi. Dr. Devanshi has been awarded Innovation Projects from Delhi University.

Prof. Anju Srivastava is a professor of chemistry and the principal of a premier institution ranked among top three in the country, Hindu College, University of Delhi. She received her master’s degree and Ph.D. in synthetic polymer chemistry from IIT Delhi and has a teaching experience of 25 years in subject areas of organic chemistry, biochemistry, environment chemistry, analytical chemistry. She is the co-editor of books titled Air Pollution and Environmental Health by Springer (2020), Green Chemistry for Beginners by Stanford Publishers Singapore (2021), and in the editorial team of Organic Chemistry by Morrison and Boyd, Pearson Education Inc., Prentice Hall; she has also authored five senior secondary level books in chemistry. She has written a number of chapters in reference books of reputed international publishers, such as Elsevier, Springer, ACS for undergraduates, and e-content for undergraduates and postgraduates (NISCAIR-NSDL, IGNOU). 

Dr. Sriparna Dutta is currently a faculty of Hindu College, University of Delhi, a treasurer of Royal Society of Chemistry, and a member of Green Chemistry Network Centre, University of Delhi. She is a doctorate in chemistry, and her research focuses on the design of novel nanoengineered catalysts for industrially significant organic transformations.