lab 5-quiz 3

Question 1

why is it unnecessary for there to be a 1:1 ratio of lauric acid to hcl?

Answer 1

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Question 2

why was acetyl chloride/ethanol used as the source of hydrochloric acid instead of aqueous HCL?

Answer 2

Because acetyl chloride/ethanol create a dehydrated acid - HCl + ester (no water). if aqueous hcl was used, this would add water to soln.

Question 3

why was sodium bicarbonate used during the isolation of the product?

Answer 3

The sodium bicarbonate is very effective in removing acids from solutions.

Question 4

What impurities were removed during the column chromatography?

Answer 4

removes acidic impurity.

Question 5

mechanisms

Answer 5

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Question 6

what are 2 factors that can help drive equilibrium to the product size?

Answer 6

• increase amount of ethanol

- make sure theres no water in the reaction

Question 7

hcl is not a limiting reagent bc

Answer 7

it is a catalyst

Question 8

organic phase

Answer 8

lauric acid and ethyl laurate

Question 9

aqueous phase

Answer 9

hcl and h20

Question 10

side reaction

Answer 10

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