Abstract This experiment is about the synthesis of 3-nitrobenzaldehyde through nitration. The nitration of benzaldehyde is an example of an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction‚ in which a proton of an aromatic ring is replaced by a nitro group. Many aromatic substitution reactions are known to occur when an aromatic substrate is allowed to react with a suitable electrophilic reagent‚ and many other groups besides nitro may be introduced into the ring. Although the reaction produced a low
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Benzoin Date of Experiment: 1-26-15 Chelsea Price Lab Partner: Joey Simmons Abstract: In this experiment‚ benzoin was synthesized from benzaldehyde‚ using thiamine hydrochloric acid as a catalyst. The thiamine HCl was deprotonated by sodium hydroxide and acted as a nucleophile to attack the benzaldehyde. A water-cooled condenser was used to heat the solution at reflux. Vacuum filtration was used to wash and dry the product. The benzoin product was recrystallized by
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Wittig Reaction and Photoisomerization Abstract: For this laboratory experiment stilbene was produced through a Wittig reaction with benzyltriphenyl phosphonium and benzaldehyde producing a form of stilbene (Figure 1). This reaction favored a crude Z-Stilbene crystal product over its E counterpart. When Z-Stilbene underwent photoisomerization with iodine for 1 hour it reconfigured almost exclusively into its more stable counterpart E-Stilbene. The reaction produced very low yield of 6.3% due
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Doebner reaction and the other technique used was Claisen-Schmidt reaction. Therefore the aim of this experiment is to synthesize trans p-methoxycinnamic acid and to synthesize dibenzalacetone via an aldol condensation reaction between acetone and benzaldehyde. The products would be recrystallized using ethanol‚ then characterized using melting point analysis. Introduction: In this experiment we learnt on carbonyl compounds‚ enols and enolates. We also learnt two different techniques to test the
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reaction E and Z isomers of phenylcinnamic acid are created using benzaldehyde and acetic anhydride. The intermediate product is acetic phenyl acetic anhydride. Benzaldehyde is an aromatic compound that Results: The reaction involves the use of benzaldehyde with acetic anhydride which gave the phenylacetic acid which would be used with in the farther steps of the reaction to produce the E and Z phenylcinnamic acid. The mechanism for this reaction can be seen in figure 1. Table 1 includes all
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in the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants. He showed that it is a porphyrin and that it exhibited an atypical linkage of two of the pyrrole nuclei. It was known that chlorophyll contains magnesium‚ and Fischer determined that the magnesium atom was situated at the center of the porphin
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University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Pharmacy Organic Chemistry Laboratory APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF TEST TO CLASSIFY HYROXY- AND CARBONYL-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS Jane Catherine SP. Villanueva‚ Edenn Claudine C. Villaraza‚ Lorenz Oliver C. Villegas and Cristel Bernice T. Wee Group 10 2G-Medical Technology Organic Chemistry Laboratory ABSTRACT Hydroxyl group refers to a functional group containing OH- when it is a substituent in an organic compound. It is also known as the characteristic
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was used as the substituent in the ortho‚ meta and para positions‚ with benzaldehyde as the control. Each of the four aldehydes reacted with (carbethoxymethylene) triphenylphosphorane to produce ethyl cinnamate‚ ethyl-3-(2-nitrophenyl)acrylate‚ ethyl-3-(3-nitrophenyl)acrylate‚ and ethyl-3-(4-nitrophenyl)acrylate. The prediction was the closer the substituent was to the aldehyde‚ the greater the ratio of E/Z isomers; benzaldehyde was predicted to result in the most similar ratio of E/Z isomers. The
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lab‚ the Aldol condensation reaction took place in basic conditions‚ with NaOH and EtOH‚ however‚ this reaction can also take place in acidic conditions as well. The enol can serve as a weak nucleophile to attack a protonated carbonyl group. Mechanism: Side reactions: The first is an example of self-condensation. In this lab‚ we were performing a mixed condensation‚ so this side reaction would not be favorable. The second reaction would occur if there was excess acetone in the reaction
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purpose of the experiment was to synthesize tetraphenylcyclopentadienone from benzaldehyde and to run reactions on carbonyl containing compounds. There was a total of three steps that led up to the synthesis of the final product‚ tetraphenylcyclopentadienone. The first step of the experiment was the condensation of benzaldehyde to yield benzoin. Thiamine catalyst along with water and ethanol were added to the benzaldehyde‚ then NaOH was added until the solution turned yellow. After recrystallization
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