i need to write a background for the expirment can i please get help Procedure:Set-up your 250 mL 2-necked round bottom flask as shown in Figure 8.3. Attach the thermometer usingthe red neoprene adapter. Add 6.0 mL cyclohexanol to the round bottom flask. In the 400 mL beaker, get 85mL of bleach and add 4.0 mL glacial acetic acid in the hood.Pour the bleach and acetic acid mixture into your separatory funnel and suspend it by an iron ring asshown in Figure 8.3. If you have a separatory funnel that is furnished with a ground glass joint at the bottom,DO NOT connect the joints since you want to have a system that is open to the atmosphere.Figure 8.3Separatory funneliron ringthermometerground glass thermometeradaptor plus rubber adaptor250 mL round bottom flaskBegin adding the bleach solution slowly a few drops at a time. Monitor the temperature. You want tomaintain the temperature between 40 – 50 °C. Do not allow the temperature to rise above 50 °C. Use thecooling bath if necessary. And, do NOT allow the temperature to fall below 40 °C. Otherwise the oxidationwill not go to completion. The addition should take about 15 – 20 minutes to complete. Be patient. Add a fewmL of the bleach, swirl the flask to mix and monitor the temperature.When all of the bleach has been added, there should be a slight yellow color. If not, add more bleachuntil a faint yellow color persists. Sometimes it can be difficult to determine if there is actually a yellowish tintpersists. Do not add more than 5-10 ml additional bleach. Holding a white piece of paper behind the flask canbe helpful.After all the bleach has been added, allow the reaction mixture to stand for 15 minutes with occasionalswirling.After 15 minutes, check the color of your reaction. If there is a slight yellow color, this indicates thatthere is an excess of hypochlorous acid. Add sodium bisulfite (NaHSO,) solution until the yellow colordisappears. Sodium bisulfite is a mild reducing agent and it will react with the hypochlorous acid. A few mL isusually sufficient.Remove the separatory funnel and set-up your apparatus for a simple distillation as shown in Figure 8.4.Use the same 250-mL round bottom flask and use a 100 mL receiving flask. Transfer your thermometer to the Experiment 8Preparation of Cyclohexanone by Hypochlorite OxidationIn this experiment we will prepare cyclohexanone from cyclohexanol using hypochlorite oxidation. Wewill use common household bleach that is a 5.25% (0.75 M) aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite. Theoverall reaction is shown in Figure 8.1.Figure 8.1 Oxidation of CyclohexanolNa*OCICH;HOCICH:Na*sodium hypochloriteacetic acidOHHOCIH2OHCIcyclohexanolcyclohexanoneThe exact reaction mechanism is not known but a plausible mechanism is given below. It is known thatthe mechanism does not involve free radicals and that yields are better in acidic rather than basic conditions.This is why we use acetic acid. It reacts with the sodium hypochlorite to give hypochlorous acid, which thenreacts with the oxygen of the alcohol. Note the oxygen is more electronegative than chlorine so the oxygenattacks the chlorine of the hypochlorite, which has a formal charge of +1.Figure 82 Mechanism for OxidationH;CH-OHH2O+ H,0 + CFPhysical ConstantsCompoundMol. Wt (g/mol)Density(g/mL)b.p. (°C)m.p. (°C)CyclohexanolCyclohexanoneDichloromethane100.160.96161.525.598.150.947155-4784.931.32539-40-97

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This experiment is preparation of cyclohexanone.