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 IR
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Title: Experiment 28: Nitration of Methyl Benzoate Objective: The students will learn to nitrate methyl benzoate through electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction. They will learn the importance of regiochemistry in chemical reactions. They might experience disubstitution through a high temperature. Reactions: Observation: The crystals started to form when added 2 g of crushed ice. The addition of hot methanol dissociated the crystals. The crystals reappeared when cooled down in
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Eastman solvents—Technical tip Using Eastman methyl acetate in cleaning applications Introduction Considerations Eastman Chemical Company‚ the world’s leading producer of methyl acetate‚ offers this solvent in two grades to suit a variety of application needs: Wide formulation latitude • Regular (industrial) grade offers a minimum assay of 96%‚ a maximum methanol content of 2.5%‚ and a maximum water content of 1.5%. • High purity grade offers a minimum assay of 99.5%‚ a maximum
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Sarah Muhs ID: 11325862 Nitration of Methyl Benzoate Post Lab: 1. Is the ester group of your starting material electron donating or withdrawing? Support your conclusion with resonance drawings. The ester group‚ CO2CH3‚ of the starting material was electron withdrawing. 2. Draw the mechanism of the nitronium ion reaction with the methylbenzoate. 3. Why does water stop the reaction? Water stops the reaction because of Le Châtlier’s principle. Since water is a product‚ when more is added it drives
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began by weighing 4.0ml of methyl salicylate into a flask—a stir bar was added. While stirring‚ 40ml of 6M sodium hydroxide was added and the solution was heated and boiled for about 15 minutes. After the 15 minutes‚ a bit of water was used to wash down the sides of the flask and the solution was cooled. It was boiled for another 15 minutes‚ after this the solution was cooled for 5 minutes in an ice water bath. While the flaks was in the ice bath‚ 50ml of 6M hydrochloric acid was added in 5ml increments
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acetanilide from a mixture by recrystallization. Compare the melting points of crude and recrystallized acetanilide. Introduction : The most common method of purifying solid organic compounds is by recrystallization. In this technique‚ an impure solid compound is dissolved in a solvent and then allowed to slowly crystallize out as the solution cools. As the compound crystallizes from the solution‚ the molecules of the other compounds dissolved in solution are excluded from the growing
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Experiment 1: Recrystallization – Evaluation Summary Last Name: Xavier First Name: Jessica Date: October 1st 2013 Lab Day/TA/Group: Wednesday(1:35pm)/Group A Labs reports must be typed and chemical structures must be drawn with ChemDraw. Report must not exceed three pages (including this page). Page limit does not include any attached spectra or references. ** Deductions for hand written report/structures and exceeding page limit ** Report Breakdown Data/Results: _________________
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Methyl Red Voges-Proskauer Test Questions A.What is meant by the term biochemical profile? Biochemical profile is a variety of biochemical tests. These various tests are used to measure the constituents of plasma and serum in blood. B.What metabolic end product does the MR test for? The metabolic end product MR tests for are the different bacteria’s related to their individual patterns of glucose metabolism. C.What does an orange color indicate as a result for an MR test? An orange color as a result
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Nitration of Methyl Benzoate to form Methyl-m-nitrobenzoate via Aromatic Substitution Linh Ngoc Thuy Nguyen Seattle Central Community College Professor: Dr. Esmaeel Naeemi Date: February 21st‚ 2012 Abstract In this experiment‚ methyl-m-nitrobenzoate‚ followed the electrophilic addition of aromatic ring‚ would be formed from the starting material methyl benzoate and nitric acid‚ under the catalysis of concentrated sulfuric acid. The reaction between nitric acid and sulfuric acid resulted in
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Synthesis of Salicylic Acid Experimental Data: 1. Mass of methyl salicylate used: 0.232 g 2. Theoretical yield of salicylic acid: 0.211 g 3. Volume H2SO4 added‚ with units (drops or mL): 3mL 4. Mass of crude salicylic acid obtained: 0.250 g 5. Volume of water used as recrystallizing solvent: 2 mL 6. Mass of purified salicylic acid: 0.134 g 7. Percent yield of purified salicylic acid from reaction: 63.5% 8. Melting point of purified product: 158-160 oC 9. Name of NMR solvent used and
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