Essay about Identifying a Constituent of Panacetin

The purpose of this lab is to investigate the composition of a compound suspected to be Panacetin, a type of pain-killer. Panacetin is typically made up of sucrose, aspirin, and acetaminophen, but the third component in this experiment is unknown. The unknown component is suspected to be a chemical relative of acetaminophen, either acetanilide or phenacetin. Using techniques such as extraction, evaporation, and filtration, the three components will be isolated based on their solubilities and acid-base properties. Then, the percent composition of Panacetin can be deduced based on the masses of the three dried components. The

Product bubbled upon addition to the hydrochloric acid; liquid turned cloudy ¡V precipitate was present; zinc sample disintegrated slowly and turned black in color.

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In part 1, the mass of maleic anhydride weighed was about 8.06 grams. When the maleic anhydride was added to the boiling water and it began to dissolve almost instantly. Although the solution was taken off of the bunsen burner, it kept on bubbling. Before the solution began to cool down it was clear and odourless. Once the solution began to cool down in the ice, it began to precipitate and it also began to turn white/foggy. After cooling, the precipitate weighed about 1.45 grams. In part 2, the filtrate was boiled using refluxing equipment. The solution at first was slightly yellow and this could be a source of error, it was also odourless. Secondly, at around 8 minutes of boiling the solution was turning white/foggy and a precipitate was beginning

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The tables above display the melting point range of each of the chemicals tested. Table 1 represents the results found in part 1 of the lab. It was found that the 50-50 mix has the lowest melting point. This is likely because the less pure a compound is, the lower its melting point will be. The 50-50 mix is the least pure of the 3 compounds so therefore the melting point was lower. In Part two of the lab it was found that the melting point range of the unknown compound (shown in table 2) is closest to the melting point of trans-cinnamic acid. To confirm this, the melting point of the unknown compound was tested next to trans-cinnamic acid and a 50-50 mix of trans-cinnamic acid and the unknown compound. As seen in table 3, while the start point of each of the compounds varied, all three of the compounds had an extremely similar end point.

“Panacetin” is a common painkiller. It is known that Panacetin contains 8-12% sucrose, 35-45% aspirin, and 45-55% of another unknown active ingredient, but if counterfeited, this active ingredient would most likely be acetanilide or phenacetin. In this experiment, students are given a sample of Panacetin that is suspected to be a counterfeit . Students are instructed to separate its components and calculate what percentages of aspirin, sucrose, and the unknown component are present in the drug in order to determine if the composition is stated accurately on the label. Different filtration techniques were employed in order to obtain the pure components of the drug. Once the unknown component was obtained, it was possible to take the melting points of the unknown, the unknown mixed with acetanilide, and the unknown mixed with phenacetin. The melting points were compared in order to identify the unknown.

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Due to the publications about acetanilide, a chemist at Bayer’s dyeworks produced some derivatives, including N-(4-Ethoxyphenyl)ethanamide, also known as Phenacetin. This drug is still in use today, however its use is regulated due to it causing kidney damage in long-term users of the drug.

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If a substance is pure, the melting points would be similar; however, for the 50-50 mixture, the melting point was depressed due to the amount of impurity between the two substances. In part two of the experiment, in order to determine the identity of the unknown substance, the compound was heated rapidly at a rate ramp of 10C in order to find the approximate melting point. The substances were similar in ranges as the unknown held a value of 3.8 while acetanilide had a value of 3.7. By using the melting point 115.2C-119.0C, it was determined that the unknown substance was most likely acetanilide. After testing the unknown mixture with acetanilide, it was confirmed that the unknown chemical was in fact

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Acetanilide also known as antifebrin is an analgesic and has fever reducing properties. It is similar to a class of drugs known as acetaminophen which is the main ingredient of the over the counter drug Tylenol. In the 1940 it was discovered that acetanilide is much more toxic analgesic than other drugs, and therefore was abandoned. Acetanilide has a melting point of 114.3 ° C and boiling point of 304 ° C. Acetanilide is also soluble in water. The main reactants used to create acetanilide are aniline and acetic anhydride, but there are numerous ways to synthesize it.