Lab Report On Alkanes

* Alkenes are saturated hydrocarbons. They contain as many hydrogen atoms as possible in their molecules.

Atoms are the basic units of matter and all life is based on them. Life on earth is based on the element carbon. It is a highly versatile atom able to form four covalent bonds with itself or other atoms such as hydrogen and water. Atoms combine to form molecules and those that are carbon based are referred to as organic molecules. Organic molecules occur in four different types in living cells; carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. They are also known as hydrocarbons due to the presence of both hydrogen and carbon. Carbohydrates are made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in the ratio 1:2:1. They are important sources of energy and are classified in three main groups; monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides.

A chemical reaction is when substances (reactants) change into other substances (products). The five general types of chemical reactions are synthesis (also known as direct combination), decomposition, single replacement (also known as single displacement), double replacement (also known as double displacement), and combustion. In this lab, the five general types of chemical reactions were conducted and observations were taken before, during, and after the reaction. Then the reactants and observations were used to determine the products to form a balanced chemical equation. The purpose of this lab was to learn and answer the question: How can observations be used to determine the identity of substances produced in a chemical reaction?

Alkanes are relatively unreactive. There are only a few types of reactions commonly performed. In this lab, halogenation was performed. In the methane molecule, the

The purpose of this experiment was to practice the functional group transformation procedure. The process of the experiment included the dehydration of 2-methylcyclohexanol in the presence of phosphoric acid and heat. The products that were formed from the reaction were 1-methylcyclohexene and 3-methylcyclohexene. The mass of the final product solution was 0.502g with a percent yield of 18.7% and a boiling point range of 84.5-98.5oC.

You may have done siinple experiments alkene can be quickly and easily differentiated from an alkane. to learn how an identified, and

In this experiment, an alkyne—diphenylacetylene—was prepared by a double dehydrobromination. Potassium hydroxide (KOH) and high heat were used to accomplish this. The precipitate of this reaction was collected by vacuum filtration. It was then washed with water and recrystallized using ethanol. The product was then isolated again before the weight was taken for further analysis of percent yield. The melting point was also taken to identify that it was the desired product.

During this investigation the question we looked to answer was: what are the identities of the unknown compounds? In an effort to answer the question, our group designed a method in which the relationships between the unknown compounds in plastic bags were compared so that their identities could be determined. The mole (mol) provides a measure of the number of atoms present in the sample of a compound. One mole of an element or compound contains

1-butanol and ethanoic acid, and the product, 1-butyl-ethanoate exist in the same mixture due to the reflux setup, the reaction can never go to completion. Moreover, when isolating and purifying the ester, 1-butyl-ethanoate, some of the product will be lost. This will also occur when separating the ester in distillation, hence, it is not possible to obtain 100% of the product. So, if a theoretical yield were to be calculated, it would not be very accurate. The resulting value of the theoretical yield would most probably represent the maximum yield of the experiment as opposed to an actual yield of how much product will be obtained in the end. Therefore, it is not possible to get the theoretical yield in the experiment due to the lost of product (the ester) throughout the process in numerous occasions.

The products of interest within this experiment are 2-methyl-1-butene and 2-methyl-2-butene from sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid catalyzed dehydration of 2-methyl-2-butanol. The reaction mixture was then separated into its separate alkene components by steam distillation and then analyzed by gas chromatography (GC), Infrared Radiation (IR) spectroscopy, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) imaging. Gas chromatography is an analytical technique that is able to characterize if specific compounds exist in a reaction mixture, even if they are in low quantities, assess how much of a compound exists within a reaction mixture relative to other components within the sample, and determine the purity of an isolated product. In the case of this experiment, gas chromatography is used to analyze how pure the alkene reaction sample was and if any remnants of impurities or 2-methyl-2-butanol remained in the sample after isolation of alkene components.

The guiding question of this ADI lab was, “What are the identities of the unknown compounds?” The goal of this lab was to understand the relationships between moles and molar mass to find the identity of unknown compounds. The mole can be used to measure small amounts of a substance or is used to convert from unit to unit using dimensional analysis. One mole is equivalent to the molar mass in grams of that substance. If you start with the moles of an unknown substance, multiply it by a given compound’s molar mass, and then divide it by however many moles are in the compound of your choice, you will get the mass of the compound. With that answer you can then compare with mass of the compound in the bag to determine its identity. We first started

Dispense .5 mL water into the already weighed conical vial, replace cap and face insert on its down side.

For instance, pentan-1-ol, the alcohol utilised to synthesis 1-pentyl ethanoate, is relatively flammable due to the hydroxyl functional group attached to the molecule. Therefore, in order to prevent severe burns, a laboratory coat and safety glasses were worn. The experiment was additionally performed whilst standing up, so that if the aliquot of pentan-1-ol ignited,

Organic compounds are, by definition, any chemical compound containing carbon. These compounds include carbohydrates, polysaccharides, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. Each one of these compounds has a different purpose. Carbohydrates give energy to cells when consumed. Lipids are basically the fats of a cell. Proteins are the building blocks of muscle in a cell. Nucleic acids are used to transfer genetic information from one cell to the other.

In 1989, the usual gas in the Sultanate of Oman was discovered ,with a colossal numbers of reserves for the early period, the usual gas is believed as one of the main origins of power nowadays a dates, for countless needs and activities. Usual gas consists of a combination of hydrocarbon gases, that are flammable and it is industrialized chiefly of methane, it can additionally contain ethane, propane, butane and pentane (NaturalGas.org, 2011). The constitution of usual gas could be disparate from locale to another. The usual gas features are uninteresting gas, colorless, shapeless and odorless