What is an epoxide correct answers A three-membered ring that contains oxygen as one of the ring atoms. Lots of ring strain
What is the most common way turn an alkene into an epoxide? correct answers By treating it with a proxy acid (m-CPBA) However, this proxy acids are explosive and hard to ha...
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What is an epoxide correct answers A three-membered ring that contains oxygen as one of the
ring atoms. Lots of ring strain
What is the most common way turn an alkene into an epoxide? correct answers By treating it
with a proxy acid (m-CPBA) However, this proxy acids are explosive and hard to handle.
During the first portion of trans-stilbene experiment, what was the function of NBS? correct
answers NBS provided a bromide atom via bromohydration reaction, which created a
bromonium ion on the trans-stilbene
What is a permeator? Provide an example of a chemical we used in class. correct answers
DMSO, a chemical that can pass through protective dermal layers and into the body.
Can expose us to toxic effects of a specific permeator or act as a carrier for other toxic/hazardous
chemicals.
Example the process of performing an extraction in trans-stilbene experiment. correct answers 1)
Ice cold DI poured into sep funnel
2) Transfer the reaction mixture to the sep. funnel
3) Add ether to sep funnel.
In the trans-stilbene experiment, a bromohydrin will be purified by which method? correct
answers Via recrystallization from hexanes
During the creation of bromohydrin, in the trans-stilbene experiment, most of the DMSO was
removed from the product during which step? correct answers The extraction
Finding the melting points in the trans-stilbene experiment were crucial because they told us
what? correct answers They told us the stereochemistry of our product.
trans vs. cis
When solid anhydrous MgSO4 is added to liquid, what is its function? correct answers To
remove any microscopic droplets of water.
It is a drying agent.
Why is DMSO difficult to remove from reaction mixtures? In the trans-stilbene experiment, how
did we remove DMSO? correct answers DMSO has a very high boiling point, which is why we
removed it during our extraction process.
During recrystallization, what will happen if too much hot solvent is used to dissolve the crude
compound? correct answers Few or zero crystals will be isolated.
, Crystals form may remain contaminated.
What are the three requirements to make a proper melting point sample? correct answers 1)
Finely ground up solid
2) Compacted well into a capillary tube
3) sample should be about 2-3mm in height
What should you do if the baseline of your TLC plate dips below the level the solvent as you put
the pate into the developing chamber? correct answers Start over with a new TLC plate, dump
out this solvent, and put less in the beaker next time.
Only need a small layer of solvent
When should you mark the solvent front on your TLC plate? correct answers After you remove
the TLC plate from the developing chamber, but before the solvent evaporates
How many layers of liquid should you have during the purification via extraction? correct
answers Two layers: aqueous (bottom layer) and organic (top layer)
What are the sample that come out the bottom of a chromatography column called? correct
answers Fractions
If you perform two chemical reactions in sequence, what is the overall percent yield for
converting A to C?
A to B = 80% yield
B to C = 70% correct answers 0.8 * 0.7 * 100% = 56
Will the most polar or most non-polar compound come out of the chromatography column?
correct answers The most non-polar will elute first, as the polar compound will be stuck to the
stationary phase due to hydrogen bonding.
When making a chromatography column with alumina or slice gel, why is hexane often used?
correct answers Because it will not dissolve the aluminum or silca gel and they will sink.
Why is sand used when a chromatography column is prepared? correct answers The sand helps
keep the bottom and top ends of the stationary phase flat and even
Trans-stilbene Experiment
If there is unreacted 2-bromo-1,2-diphenylehtanol left in your crude stilbene oxide, what will
happen to this impurity during column chromatography? correct answers The impurity will stay
on the column longer than the epoxide product, thus the epoxide product will be purified.
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