Oxidation Lab

Question 1

OA

Answer 1

Oxidizing Agent

Question 2

Clorox

Answer 2

NaOCl

Question 3

What was the oxidizing agent?

Answer 3

Clorox(NaOCl)

Question 4

The clorox oxidized ___________?

Answer 4

Cyclohexanol into cyclohexanone

Question 5

Exothermix reaction

Answer 5

Clorox+Cyclohexanol+acetic acid

Question 6

Acetic Acid

Answer 6

AcOH

Question 7

Reaction is Complete=

Answer 7

When mixture cools back down to room temperature

Question 8

How do you check if you put enough oxidation agent?

Answer 8

Starch-KI paper

KI potassium-iodide

Question 9

Positive Starch-KI paper test

Answer 9

Blue-black (means bleach(oxidizing agent) is present)

Question 10

Negative Starch-KI paper test

Answer 10

Colorless (oxidizing agent is not present)

Question 11

After tesring the OA making sure its colorless, started the distillation process.

Answer 11

Collected 1-2 mL of the distillate (Cloudy)

Question 12

Distillate

Answer 12

Cyclohexanone + water

Question 13

1.) After collecting distillate, we added TBME+ salt =

Answer 13

Separation into 2 layers + extract the organic layer

Question 14

2.) Remove the TBME using

Answer 14

Compressed airf

Question 15

3.) obtain the cyclohexanone by using

Answer 15

Vacuum filtration

Question 16

C-O bond

Answer 16

1100

Question 17

Alcohol O-H bond

Answer 17

3400

Should not be in the results because some of the intial startig material ended up in the product

Question 18

Percent yield

Answer 18

Actual yield/Theoretical yield* 100%

Question 19

Limiting reagent

Answer 19

Less of the reagents by moles