The simplest way to synthesize an ether is to have an alkoxide react with a primary haloalkane or a sulfonate ester under typical SN2 conditions. The scientist who developed this reaction‚ Alexander W. Williamson‚ was a professor at University College in London in the latter part of the 1800’s. This reaction has been around a while! Secondary haloalkanes and sulfonate esters are occasionally used in the Williamson ether synthesis but the yields are often poor. The ether prepared in this experiment
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EXPERIMENT 4: Synthesis of Salicylic Acid from Wintergreen Oil Abstract: The purpose of this experiment is to take methyl salicylate (wintergreen oil) and by heating it under reflux with NaOH as a solvent‚ and then cooling the mixture with H2SO4 as another solvent‚ synthesize salicylic acid. The final step involves purify the product to produce as pure a sample of salicylic acid as possible. This process allowed for the successful production of 1.406g salicylic acid‚ an 82.70% yield. The NMR and
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At a granular level‚ rocks are composed of grains of minerals‚ which‚ in turn‚ are homogeneous solids formed from a chemical compound that is arranged in an orderly manner. The aggregate minerals forming the rock are held together by chemical bonds. The types and abundance of minerals in a rock are determined by the manner in which the rock was formed. Many rocks contain silica (SiO2); a compound of silicon and oxygen that forms 74.3% of the Earth’s crust. This material forms crystals with other
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Metals and alloys. Hume-Rothery rules. 1. Three types of metals. 2. Alloys. Hume-Rothery rules. 3. Electrical resistance of metallic alloys. 4. Applications of metallic alloys. 5. Steels. Super alloys. 6. Electromigration in thin wires. Three types of metals Metals share common features that define them as a separate class of materials: • Good thermal and electrical conductors (Why?). • Electrical resistance increases with temperature (Why?). • Specific heat grows linearly with temperature
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Experimental Synthesis of Aspirin and Melting Point Purity Analysis Donald Yeargin CH 222‚ Section 24221 Department of Chemistry Portland Community College Portland‚ OR Abstract The various methods available to synthesize aspirin lead to the need to examine and evaluate production efficiency and purity. The purpose of our experiment was to synthesize acetyl salicylic acid (aspirin) and then determine the relative purity of the synthesized sample by observing the melting point temperature
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Synthetic‚ Structural‚ theoretical and biological study of triorganotin(IV) Schiff base complexes derived from amino acids Abstract A new series of triorganotin(IV) complexes of monofunctional bidentate Schiff base have been synthesized and characterized through elemental analysis‚ conductance measurements‚ molecular weight determinations‚ UV-visible‚ multinuclear (1H‚ 13C‚ 119Sn) NMR spectroscopy‚ FT-IR‚ X-ray powder diffraction and theoretical calculations. On the basis of these techniques‚ it
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Discussion: Extraction and crystallization- The purpose of this lab was to extract and crystallize compounds in a mixture using acids and bases. 1 gram of the unknown was dissolved into 30 mL of ethyl acetate. The mixture was then transferred to a separatory funnel. Using aqueous solutions of different pH we were able to separate organic acids‚ bases and neutral compounds from each other. Using three 10 mL portions of HCl‚ we reacted the HCl with the base in solution. This made it possible to
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is also a factor in good yield. The SnI4 dissolves in hot dichloromethane‚ this is very important when the gravity filtration is done as the impurities should be insoluble in the hot solvent allowing for the filter paper to catch them. After recrystallization‚ the product was washed twice with cold solvent‚ as the product is insoluble it
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crude caffeine‚ which on sublimation yields a relatively pure product. Sublimation is the transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the gas phase without undergoing intermediate liquifications. This process is preferred over recrystallization because it is better at removing impurities. Experimental For this extraction experiment two bags of tea were used‚ which is approximately 4 grams of tea. Water was heated in a small beaker until it began to boil. It was then removed from
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Sodium borohydride Reduction of Benzil Introduction: The Purpose of this experiment is for the students to learn how to use sodium borohydride to reduce benzil to its secondary alcohol product via reduction reaction. This two-step reaction reduces aldehydes by hydrides to primary alcohols‚ and ketones to secondary alcohols. In order for the reaction to occur and to better control the stereochemistry and yield of the product‚ the metal hydride nucleophile of the reducing agents such as LiH‚ LiAlH4
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