Abstract:

One indispensable task for higher education in the new era is to involve Values Education by Curriculum into the whole pedagogy. Chemistry laboratory classes play a significant role in undergraduate chemistry education. The synthesis of 2-nitrobenzene-1, 3-diol is a classic lab session in organic chemistry. This experiment is widely performed in organic chemistry labs among a large number of universities. In this article, we describe how teachers guided students to analyze the unexpected products from side reactions in the synthesis of 2-nitrobenzene-1, 3-diol laboratory class. In addition, the two most important elements of Values Education by Curriculum, scientific thinking and rigorous attitude, are explained in this process. Finally, the applications of these two elements were expanded to the whole undergraduate laboratory education in this article.

Key words: 2-nitrobenzene-1,3-diol, Chemistry laboratory, Values Education by Curriculum, Organic chemistry