The core objective of the chemistry laboratory of IIT Jodhpur is to train students in scientific methods that would solve real problems at the frontier of our understanding of the matter. This is a multi-use laboratory and provides a number of resources to assist undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students in planning their professional careers after completing their academic program at IIT Jodhpur.

This laboratory maintains a broad spectrum of state-of-the-art instrumentation including basic laboratory set up (for Organic, Inorganic, Organometallic and Material Synthesis), Nitrogen Gas Facility, Ice Making Machine, Hot Air and Vacuum Oven, Fume Hood pH- Conductivity Meters, Rotary Evaporator, Vacuum Pumps, Centrifuges, Chiller, Microbalances, Orbital Shaker, Melting point, Hot Plates and Stirrers etc.

Facilities Available in the Laboratory (Click here for the list)

B.Tech. Students carry out following experiments in laboratory-CYP 1010 :

• Inorganic Chemistry :- Preparation of salt of [Co(en)6Cl3]

• Organic Chemistry :- Preparation of Nylon 6,6

M.Sc. Students carry out following experiments in laboratory-CYP 6020 & CYP 6030 :

    1.  Inorganic Chemistry (CYP 6020)

• Non-metal complex: Synthesis and characterization of bispyridine iodide nitrate
• Solid phase synthesis and characterization of trans-bis glycinato copper(II)
• Synthesis of penta amminechlorocobalt(III)chloride and its spectroscopic properties
• Influence of ligand field tetragonality on the ground state spin of nickel(II) complexes with NH3 and H2O and ethylene diamine
• Preparation and magnetic properties of FeIII(acac) complex
• Preparation of TiO2 from Titanium Isopropoxide
• Preparation and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite
• Luminescent Ruthenium Complexes. Synthesis of RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 complex and its characterisation by 1H, 31P NMR and IR spectroscopy

    2.  Organic Chemistry (CYP 6030)

• Extraction: separation of an acidic, a basic and a neutral substance
• Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC): extraction and TLC of spinach pigments
• Hands on Reactions and Purifications by Column Chromatography: Wittig olefination, Henry reaction (Nitro-Aldol reaction), Grignard reaction etc.
• Distillation: Separation of compounds based on boiling point
• Elimination Reaction: Dehydration of methylcyclohexanols to methylcyclohexene
• Cycloaddition: The Diels-Alder reaction of a conjugated diene either in eucalyptus oil or other dienophiles
• Aromatic Substitution: The Friedel-Crafts acylation of ferrocene
• Functional Group Interconversion: Reduction and oxidation of organic compounds
• Drug Synthesis: Synthesis of Aspirin from Salicylic Acid
• Green Chemistry: A Solvent-Free Aldol Condensation