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Ghazaldehydrate Lab Report

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The first part of the experiment involved synthesizing bis(acetylacetonato)oxovanadium (IV). To start, 1.000 g (6.14 mmol) of vanadyl sulfate was dissolved in 10.0 mL of distilled water. The solution was stirred with a stir bar until all of the vanadyl sulfate was dissolved. Once dissolved, 1.49 mL (14.60 mmol) of acetylacetone was added to the solution. The solution was stirred with a stir bar for 15 minutes to allow the acetylacetone to fully react with the vanadyl sulfate. Next, spatula tips of sodium bicarbonate were added to the solution until CO2 was no longer being produced. This was observed by when the solution stopped bubbling after the addition of the sodium bicarbonate. Once the sodium bicarbonate was no longer reacting with the …show more content…

This was done by first dissolving 1.0001 g (3.70 mmol) iron (III) chloride hexahydrate in 20 mL of distilled water and stirring the solution with a stir bar. The pH of the solution then had to be adjusted to a pH of 8, which was done by adding 20% aqueous KOH and using pH paper to approximate the pH. By changing the pH, precipitate was produced. The colorless solution was poured out and the precipitate was collected using vacuum filtration. The precipitate was washed with 10 mL of cold distilled water. Then the precipitate was added to a solution of 1.2464 mL of acetylacetone (12.2 mmol). The solution was stirred with a glass rod to make the solution slushy-like. The solution then had to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes with occasional stirring. After 30 minutes, the solution was cooled to 0˚C in an ice bath for 15 minutes. The reaction was then complete, and collected by vacuum filtration, but the precipitate was not washed. Instead, it was just dried over the vacuum. The amount of FeIII¬(acac)3 synthesized was 1.2725g. Then the theoretical yield and percent yield was calculated for …show more content…

Then, the magnetic susceptibility of each product as well as a sample of zinc acetate dihydrate was measured. The magnetic susceptibility tube was placed on the magnetic susceptibility balance. The balance reading was then recorded as R¬0. Then, approximately 0.1000g of one of the samples (VIVO(acac)2, FeIII(acac)3 or zinc acetate dihydrate), was weighed on an analytical balance. The sample was removed and the magnetic susceptibility tube was placed in an empty weigh boat and the analytical balance was zeroed. The weighed sample was put into the magnetic susceptibility tube and the tube was reweighed. The mass read from the analytical balance was the amount of sample in the tube and was recorded as m. The product was pressed down to the bottom of the magnetic susceptibility tube gently using a small capillary tube. The amount of product from the bottom of the tube to the point where the sampled filled was measured using a ruler with centimeter and recorded as L. The tube was place back into the magnetic susceptibility balance and the balance was read and recorded as R. The process was repeated for each sample and the following data was obtained (C was the calibration constant of the balance, which was provided in the

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