This is the most comprehensive and detailed presentation of fundamental lab techniques available for organic chemistry students. This edition features an expanded emphasis on the critical-thinking skills that students need to carry out guided-inquiry and designed-based experiments, which have great value-added advantages for students in organic chemistry lab courses. Its primary goal is to help students carry out well-designed experiments and draw reasonable conclusions from their results. The book helps students to be successful in doing chemistry as chemists do it. This text can be used in conjunction with any set of experiments or organic chemistry lab manual. It is compatible with three different kinds of laboratory glassware: Standard Taper Miniscale, 14/10 Standard Taper Microscale, and Williamson Microscale. The book is divided into six parts. Each one opens with an essay that places the content in perspective, such as Inquiry-Driven Lab Experiments, The Spectrometric Revolution, and Intermolecular Forces in Organic Chemistry.