Fractional Distillation Lab Report

Arranged a fractional distillation apparatus used a 100mL round-bottomed flask for the solution and used a 50mL round- bottomed flask cooled in ice an ice bath as the receiver of the reaction. The 65% sulfuric solution was prepared in a clean 125mL Erlenmeyer flask it contained 20.0 mL of deionized water and 20mL of concentrated sulfuric acid was added carefully with some swirling in between. The diluted acid was cooled with an ice water bath to 20-25ºC. to the cooled sulfuric acid cyclohexanol was added carefully and slowly with swirling as well. The reaction mixture cooled 65% sulfuric acid was transferred to the 100mL round-bottomed flask through a glass funnel, three boiling stones were added to the mixture and the distillation started.