ochem lab final Flashcards
Calculate % recovery of the essential oil for the hypothetical experiment, if you started with 9.8660 grams of orange peel and after the experiment were able to recover 0.1843 grams of limonene. Report numerical value only (do not include % sign), and use correct number of significant figures.
1.8680
Calculate % recovery of your essential oil you obtained experimentally, show calculations. We recovered 1.7705g of oil from 11.2341g of cinnamon sticks
1.7705g / 11.2341 * 100 = 15.7601
Based on your knowledge of liquid-liquid extraction technique answer the following question: In which layer of the separatory funnel do you expect to have the majority of your essential oil present, if you replaced dichloromethane with ethyl acetate in step 5 of the procedure?
oil will dissolve in ethyl acetate and be present in the top layer
(exp PL 1) Choose ALL the compounds that are NOT LIMONENE and NOT AN ISOMER of limonene.
D
% recovery formula
( actual yield / theoretical ) * 100
Based on the structure of piperine, do you expect it to have better solubility in water or in dichloromethane?
In DCM, because polarity of the molecule matches polarity of DCM
(exp 2 PL) Given structures of the following molecule, also found in black pepper, what is the relationship between this molecule and piperine?
stereoisomers
(exp 2 PL) What is molecular fromula for the another compound that can be isolated from black pepper shown below?
C19H21NO3
Molecule of piperine contains amide functional group in its structure (T/F)
True
(exp 3 PL)Select ALL the TLC plates that would suggest that your caffeine isolation was NOT successful or that your isolated caffeine contained impurities.
A and D
Predict what would happen with the Rf values of your isolated caffeine and pure caffeine samples, if instead of ethyl acetate you used hexanes as eluting solvent.
Both Rf values will decrease, due to hexanes being less polar solvent than ethyl acetate.
(exp 3 PL) Given the TLC sketch for the compounds 1 and 2 ran side by side, calculate Rf value for the less polar compound. Provide only numeric value in the answer box with correct significant figures. (Remember: Rf values do not have units).
0.76
(exp 4 PL) Out of four compounds that we tested in this experiment, only one is optically active. Determine which one it is and draw both enantiomers of it, label each enantiomer as R or S.
R and S ibuprofen
Mixtures can be easily identified by TLC method due to:
mixture will result in multiple spots on TLC plate
(exp 4 PL) Which of the following compounds is the most polar based on the TLC plate shown below?
3
Does Rf of the compound’s spot depend on the solvent system used as eluent?
yes
Calculate ee for the mixture of (S)-2-bromobutane and (R)-2-bromobutanes if specific rotation of the pure enantiomers = +23.1 and -23.1 degrees respectfully. And the mixture showed specific rotation of +10.5 degrees. (show numeric value only, no % sign)
For the same mixture of (S)-2-bromobutane (+23.1 degrees) and (R)-2-bromobutanes (-23.1 degrees) with specific rotation of +10.5 degrees, calculate what is % of R isomer in the mixture. (show numeric value only, no % sign)
answer
What do you expect your calculated [α] value be for 50% to 50% mixture of D and L arabinoses?
answer
How many asymmetric carbon atoms does the following molecule have?
0
(exp 6 PL) Predict which of the following compounds you will NOT be able to prepare from corresponding alcohol through the SN1 reaction with HCl.
C
Predict which of the following compound(s) will give positive result in the NaI test for alkyl halides? (choose all that can react)
3-chloro-3-methylhexane
1-bromoheptane
1-chloro-1-methylcyclohexane
(2-bromoethyl)cyclohexane
1-chloro-1-isopropylcyclopentane
1-bromoheptane
(2-bromoethyl)cyclohexane
Predict which of the following compound(s) will give positive result in the AgNO3 test for alkyl halides? (choose all that can react)
2-chloro-2-methylhexane
1-chlorooctane
1-bromo-1-methylcyclopentane
3-(3-chloropropyl)heptane
1-chloro-4-isopropyloctane
2-chloro-2-methylhexane
1-bromo-1-methylcyclopentane
What will be a major product produced in the reaction of cyclohexanol if instead of heating in H2SO4/H3PO4 mixture you used aqueous HCl at room temperature (recall experiment 5)?
chlorocyclohexane
(exp 7 PL) Select all compounds for which you would expect to see a positive result (disappearance of color) in Bromine test?
A, C
(exp 7 PL) Choose a major product that will result from the dehydration reaction of the following compound.
C
What feature in the structure of carotenoids is responsible for their colorful appearance?
Presence of conjugated double bonds
If the “yellow” component of spinach should elute in hexane (mixtures of C6H14), and the “green” component in acetone (CH3COCH3), which of the components is more polar – β-carotene (yellow) or chlorophyll (green)?
chlorophyll is more polar - it interacts with silica gel more than carotene and thus elutes slower from the column
Differences in what property will allow components of spinach to be separated in today’s experiment? (extraction of spinach pigments)
Smell
Specific gravity
polarity
solubility
polarity
How many π-bonds are there in the structure of β-carotene
11
Which method will you use to analyze the obtained pigments from today’s experiment? (extraction of spinach lab)
UV-vis spectroscopy
Select all the solvents that could be successfully used instead of diethyl ether in the procedure you performed (assume all the compounds from the mixture will have good solubility in the solvents below). (acid base extraction)
dichloromethane
ethanol
acetone
ethyl acetate
methanol
DCM, ethyl acetate
If you added benzoic acid to a separatory funnel containing diethyl ether and water, predict in which layer will benzoic acid be present after shaking the separatory funnel?
top, ether
If you were asked to isolate para-toluic acid from the mixture of para-toluic acid and naphthalene, what steps should you perform? List in correct order.
- Dissolve mixture in organic solvent, such as DCM
- Conduct liquid-liquid extraction with NaOH solution
- Acidify aqueous layer with HCl to obtain pure para-toluic acid as precipitate
- Isolate para-toluic acid using vacuum filtration
(exp 10 PL) Select a TLC plate that will signify that the reduction reaction is complete.
B
If after running TLC experiment in 1:1 hexanes:ethyl acetate mixture Rf of your product was 0.95 what could you do to obtain a smaller Rf value in a consecutive TLC experiment?
change solvent system to 10:1 hexanes:ethyl acetate
Select all peaks that you expect to see in IR for your isolated product. (reduction lab 10)
C=C stretch at ~1500 cm-1
C=O stretch at ~1700 cm-1
sp2 C-H stretch at ~3050 cm-1
O-H stretch at ~3300 cm-1
C=C stretch at ~1500 cm-1
sp2 C-H stretch at ~3050 cm-1
O-H stretch at ~3300 cm-1