Orgo Chem Lab Final

12 September 2022
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Salicylamide is an active ingredient in BC powder, a common OTC remedy. What is its purpose?
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It enhances plasma levels of aspirin in the hopes of decreasing pain levels.
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Calculate the amount (in grams) of salicylamide and sodium iodide needed for this experiment. Given: 7.5mmol of Salicylamide MW=137.14 g/mol 8mmol of Sodium iodide MW=149.894
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7.5mmol x 1mol/1000mmol x 137.14g/1mol = 1.028g 8mmol x 1mol/1000mmol x 149.894g/1mol = 1.199g
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consider the directing effects of the substituents on salicylamide and predict the possible structures of the iodination products. which do you think will be the major product?
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OH is an activating, ortho/para directing substituent. The amide group is deactivating meta directing substituent. Combining both effects, the 3 and 5 positions appear to be most favorable. They overlab with the most negativity.
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Electron Withdrawing group EWG vs Electron Donating group EDG
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EWG - Withdraws electrons from aromatic ring -Amide in our experiment -Forms + charges on meta positions of ring -Deactivates ring EDG - Adds electrons to the ring -Forms - charges on ortho/para positions -Activates aromatic ring
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"Insitu"
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Not adding the reactant directly, you are forming it int eh solution to then use in another reaction
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Is chlorophyl A or B more or less polar and why
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Chlorophyl B in slightly more polar -B has a -CHO and A has a -CH3, the O makes B slightly more polar
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Are Xanthophylls more or less polar than B-carotene? why?
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B-carotene is a hydrocarbon and therefore is very nonpolar. Xanthophylls are more polar due to the oxygen they contain
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Would you consider ethyl acetate to be a polar or non-polar solvent? why?
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Moderately polar. The partial (-) charge from the oxygens and the partial (+) charge on the carbon are close enough to cancel each other though resonance.
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Why do we mark TLC plates with pencil and not with pen
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The ink in the pen could move on the plate with the sample, causing errors in data by adding new marks.
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Which compounds on the tlc plate are more/less polar?
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Farther up are less polar, than the lower ones
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What is the purpose of the filter paper in the TLC lab
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Help vaporize solvent system
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Is silica polar or non polar?
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Polar
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What are you looking for in a good solvent system?
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Good separation of the compounds
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50:50 hexane to ethyl acetate vs 70:30 hexane to ethyl acetate when doing a TLC
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The nonpolar solvent will move father, faster for the 70:30 and the polar solvent wont move as far, bc 70:30 is more non polar than 50:50.
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What is TLC used for?
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to test polarity
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Why is it important not to dilute the initial sample before it has been loaded onto the chromatography column?
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so that the entire sample enters the column in as compact of a band as possible. that eay you have better separation bt samples
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Which compound would you expect to elute first from the column: unreacted ferrocene, acetylferrocene, or diacytylferrocene? why?
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Unreacted ferrocine b/c it is the least polar
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Why should you keep water out of the column?
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because it is polar and it will mess up the solvent system
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Why don't you want the column to dry out?
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Silia layer will crack and the separation will happen unevenly
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What are the sand layers for?
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Bottom: to make the silica layer even and level for the separation to occur evenly across the column Top: When the solution splashes into column the sand protects the silica from becoming unlevel.
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Monomer
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Repeating units that are the building blocks of a polymer
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Repeating unit
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a group of atoms derived from a monomer and repeats throughout a polymer
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Condensation polymerization
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When 2 molecules react to form a larger unit while a small molecule, like H2O oir HCl Is eliminated.
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Cross-Linked polymer
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Polymer formed by polymers linking together though hydrogen bonds
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Initiator
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a molecule that starts the polymerization
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Explain the purpose of the hot gravity filtration. Why is it good to use the stemless funnel for this technique?
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The purpose of hot gravity filtration is to remove any insoluble impurities from your sample. It is better to use a stemless funnel because a funnel with a stem is prone to premature recrystallization.
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What is ligroin? Is it polar or nonpolar?
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Ligroin is a petroleum derivative, it is a volatile hydrocarbon mixture and is nonpolar.