Synthesis Of 1-Bromobutane Lab Report

In this experiment, we used simple distillation and extraction to do synthesis of 1-bromobutane. The experiment was carried out by mixing 13.3 g of sodium bromide, 15 mL of water and 10 mL of n-butyl alcohol in a 100 mL round bottom flask. We cooled the mixture and added 11.5 mL of concentrated sulfuric acid. Then the mixture was heated at reflux with a short condenser for 45 minutes and then we drained out the condenser. We removed the condenser and distillation head was set up to set up the condenser for simple distillation. We distilled the mixture until no more water soluble droplets came over. We poured the distillate into a separatory funnel and added 10 mL of water which formed 2 layers an organic and aqueous layer. The organic layer