The SN2 reaction requires three qualities: a strong nucleophile‚ a good‚ unhindered leaving group‚ and a polar‚ aprotic solvent. For our reaction‚ we have all three bases covered. The nucleophile is an alkoxide‚ a deprotonated alcohol. Technically‚ because our alcohol is a phenol‚ the conjugate base is called a phenoxide. Phenol itself has a pKa of about 10‚ but our alcohol has more resonance opportunities‚ so the pKa is down around 8. This is sufficiently acidic for use of weak base like K2CO3 for
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In this experiment‚ the objective is to successfully perform an SN1 reaction to determine the reactivity of tert-butyl chloride‚ through the usage of sodium iodide/silver nitrate reagents and to synthesize tert-butyl chloride. The tert-butyl chloride was synthesized through the use of separation (aqueous and organic layers) and distillation. Tert-butyl chloride is the alkyl halide which is being synthesized throughout the course of the experiment. Alkyl halides are derived from alkanes. Once an alkane
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Marta Gebregziabher Discussion and Conclusion: Addition reaction of Alkenes: Bromination of (E)-Stilbene 1. Addition reaction is a reaction that involved two molecules that combine to make a larger product. Addition reaction has two main types‚ electrophilic addition and nucleophilic addition. An electrophilic reaction is when the pi bond of a molecule is removed to make two covalent bonds that are bonded to two new molecules. A nucleophillic addition is a reaction that removed the pi bond
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Preparation and SN1 Reactivity of 2-Bromobutane Paul DeJong Department of Chemistry‚ Illinois State University‚ Normal‚ IL 61790-4160 Submitted: April 4‚ 2013 Introduction The purpose of part 1 of the lab is to prepare 2-Bromobutane using SN1 reactions. The purpose of part 2 of the lab is to determine the relative reactivity of alkyl halides under SN1 conditions. Results and Discussion The Overall Reaction The Proposed Mechanism Experimental Procedure To prepare
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energy to the molecules allowing them to move faster and with more energy the molecules can overcome the activation energy barrier and therefore the reaction occurs faster. 5. Since the proposed mechanism is a SN1 reaction the reaction got faster as the polarity increased. This is because SN1 reactions work best with polar protic solvents as they stabilize the carbocation. Therefore‚ as seen in the polarity chart in the data sheet Table 4‚ we can see that the 70:20 water and acetone ratio gives the
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Results and Discussion for Kinetic Study of Sn1 Solvolysis The Kinetic Study of Sn1 Solvolysis experiment was performed to find the kinetic rate constant and show how a change in polarity of the solvents can actually affect and determine the kinetic rate constant of a solvolysis reaction. A 50/50 mixture and a 60/40 mixture of water and ethanol was used and NaOH was added drop by drop to form HCl‚ which turned the solution green showing it was changing. This was when the time was recorded. By doing
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Preparation and SN1 Reactivity of 2-Bromobutane Whitney Bellido Department of Chemistry‚ Illinois State University‚ Normal‚ IL 61790-4160 Submitted: April 4th‚ 2013 Introduction The overall goal of this experiment is to understand and be familiar of SN1 reactivity. We also learned how to prepare 2-Bromobutane by learning how to distill and extract this product from its organic layer. Finally‚ another goal was to specifically understand the relative reactivity of alkyl halides under SN1 conditions
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13: Synthesis of 1- Bromobutane An SN2 Reaction Theory: One of the methods of preparing alkyl halides is via the nucleophilic substitution reactions of alcohols. Alcohols are inexpensive materials and easy to maintain. However‚ they are a poor leaving group the OH group is a problem in nucleophilic substitution‚ this problem is fixed by converting the alcohol into H2O. Objective: The objective of this lab is to observe the synthesis of 1-bromobutane in an SN2 reaction‚ to see how a primary alky
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Name: Tonny‚ Chan Kar Yu‚ Student ID: 10297729 Date of Experiment: 19th March 2005‚ Group: B1 Title: Preparation of 1-bromobutane from 1-butanol by SN2 reaction Objective: 1. To study the preparation of 1-bromobutane from 1-butanol by an SN2 reaction 2. To study the method of purification of an organic compound by simple extraction 3. To study the test of identification of alkyl halide Chemicals and Apparatus: ~18.0 g 1-butanol‚ ~20.0 g sodium bromide‚ 15 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid‚ anhydrous
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Lab 5: The SN2 Reaction: 1-Bromobutane From K. L. Williamson‚ Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments‚ 2nd Ed. 1994‚ Houghton Mifflin‚ Boston. p247; revised 2/22/02 Prelab Exercise: Write a detailed flow sheet/ flow chart for the isolation and purification of 1-bromobutane. Designate how each minor-product is removed from the major product and which layer holds the product in each experimental step performed. [pic] Introduction This experiment utilizes SN2 chemistry
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