Formation of an Alkene by Alcohol Dehydration Lab Report Balanced Chemical Equation for the Main Reaction Mechanism The acid-catalyzed dehydration of secondary and tertiary alcohols involves non-isolable carbocation intermediaries. In the first step of the of the reaction mechanism below‚ a phosphoric acid catalyst adds a proton to the oxygen atom of the alcohol to form an oxonium ion. The OH is converted to a better leaving group as the positive charge on the oxygen weakens the carbon-oxygen
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Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CH4. It is the simplest alkane‚ and the principal component of natural gas. Methane’s bond angles are 109.5 degrees. Burning methane in the presence of oxygen produces carbon dioxide and water. The relative abundance of methane makes it an attractive fuel. However‚ because it is a gas at normal temperature and pressure‚ methane is difficult to transport from its source. It is generally transported in bulk by pipeline in its natural gas form
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Name Naza Moore ID# 24120389 Lab# 2 Lab instructors Alecia Palmer and Donald Burke Course Instructor Maureen Wilson Lab Title Preparation of cyclohexene from cyclohexanol Aim Preparation of an Alkene by dehydration of an alcohol in the presence of a catalyst. Calculate the percentage recovery of products. Test for purity and identification of products. Abstract Cyclohexene and cyclohexanol are both colourless aromatic compounds. The major difference between the two is the presence
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Task 3: The chemical tests used in order to carry out and collect these results are useful for the simple identification of colourless organic liquids and ones that are often found at the scenes of crime. The first test carried out was the Lucas test which was used to identify a variety of alcohols following the contribution of a given solution‚ from carrying this out I could then identify that primary and secondary alcohols were present with one tertiary alcohol also being present however despite
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Dehydration of Cyclohexanol Introduction In this experiment cyclohexene‚ an alkene‚ was prepared by the dehydration of cyclohexanol‚ an alcohol‚ using phosphoric acid‚ an acid catalyst. The reaction is as follows: [pic] The dehydration of cyclohexanol was performed in a simple distillation apparatus. As cyclohexene formed‚ it was distilled out of the mixture. Background Dehydration is an elimination reaction of an alcohol that takes place in the presence of an acid catalyst
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Introduction: For this lab‚ the main focused involved alkanes and hydrocarbons. Essentially‚ the free-radical chain of chlorination of 1-Chlorobutne. Free radical-chains occur because alkanes are chemically unreactive with most agents. However‚ the free-radical chain allows a pathway of certain functional groups like alkyl chloride or bromides. In addition‚ chlorine atoms can possibly be made from molecular chlorine under low to mild conditions with the usage of a catalytic amount of an initiator
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Chemical Earth 1. The living and non-living components of the Earth contain mixtures Construct word and balanced formulae equations of chemical reactions as they are encountered 1. Build a word equation Reactants on left‚ Products on right 2. Convert word equation into chemical formula for the reactants and products Using valency rules 3. Balance the equation Adjust coefficients to get equal numbers of each kind of atom on each side 4. Specify the physical state for each species present
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1691 Strong 4. The reaction of the unknown with bromine gave a negative result meaning the solution did not turn clear‚ but rather‚ maintained an orangish brown color. This is interpreted to mean that bromine in not adding to either side of an alkene bond‚ so there is no C=C bond in the unknown compound. The reaction of the dicarboxylic acid with bromine gave a positive result meaning that the solution turned clear as a result of bromine adding to both sided of the C=C bond. The dicarboxylic
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Preparing Isopentyl Acetate by the Fischer Esterification Preparing Isopentyl Acetate by the Fischer Esterification Leah Monroe May 8‚ 2003 Organic Chemistry Lab II Experiment performed on April 29 and May 1‚ 2003 Abstract: The purpose of this experiment was to synthesize isopentyl acetate via an esterification reaction between acetic acid and isopentyl alcohol‚ using concentrated sulfuric acid as a catalyst. The product was washed with sodium hydrogen carbonate‚ as well as with water
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and aromatic hydrogens and were used to verify the identity of the product. In addition‚ the melting point of the crystals was also used to verify the synthesis of 1‚2-dibromo-1‚2-diphenylethane. Introduction Bromination of an alkene is an example of an addition reaction in which bromine adds across the double bond to form a vicinal dibromide as shown in Figure 1. [pic] Figure 1: The bromination of trans-stilbene In this experiment‚ 1‚2-dibromo-1‚2-diphenylethane is synthesized
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