Methods for determining the absolute configuration of chiral molecules that have either been reported or are in use in most undergraduate curricula rely either on acid-base extraction followed by NMR or polarimetry or on the determination of diastereomeric ratios of chiral derivatives using NMR, TLC, GC or HPLC analysis. Herein described is how the addition and utility of gas chromatography (GC) data to two undergraduate organic chemistry experiments enables a better student experience of (1) the fact that the two sources of carvone lead to different isomers and (2) how the asymmetric reduction of acetophenone with a CBS catalyst produces an excess of one enantiomer compared to the non-catalyzed reaction which produces a racemic mixture of alcohol. The carvone experiment was completed in a single four-hour lab period, whereas the reduction experiment was conducted over two lab periods. The experiments also demonstrate other techniques commonplace in organic chemistry laboratories.