Teaching in the Synthesis Lab

It is again that time of the year when we are having Organic Synthesis Laboratory course in our research labs. This year, all the students were exceptionally all Finnish-speaking, but since Santosh is the main teacher in the lab, the course will be fully in English. During the following weeks, the students will do a project work (in pairs and different from each others) that includes several synthesis steps, purification of the synthesized compounds, and structural analysis of the intermediates and the final products by NMR. In the real research lab, the students will be challenged with problem-solving abilities and most importantly learn to use equipment related to the organic chemistry independently and working safely taking into a consideration all the risk issues.