Methylcyclohexene Chemistry Lab Report Gas Chromatography

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2. The gas chromatography calculations offer the area values for under the peak curves. Those area values are directly correlated with the relative concentrations of each alkene product in the mixture. When the ratio of the two values is calculated, 3-methylcyclohexene being the 2nd peak area value and 1-methylcyclohexene being the 3rd peak area (represented on table 1), (11152:1283) = 8.7 1-methylcyclohexene molecules: 1 3-methylcyclohexene molecule. 3. 0.02 mol observed alkene yield/ 0.048 mol theoretical alkene yield = 0.41(100%) = 41% yield 4. The 1-methylcyclohexene product is the major product because of its increased stability due to hyperconjugation along the pi bond. The alkene of this product is trisubstituted on the pi bond which is more stable than the bisubstitution on the pi bond of 1-methylcyclohexene which is the minor product. 5. The likely products of that reaction would be 2-methylcyclohexene, 3-methylcyclohexene and 4-methylcyclohexene. The major product would be the 2-methylcyclohexene because it is the most highly substituted alkene of the group, giving it the highest stability both in this form and its transition state during the reaction. 6. The starting material IR expressed IR spectral data representative of 2-methylcyclohexanol with …show more content…

The results of the gas chromatography test expressed that the alkenes within the final product were produced at a ratio of 8.7:1 or 9 molecules of 1-methylcyclohexene to every 1 molecule of 3-methylcyclohexene. Additionally, the IR spectroscopy test yielded spikes that aligned with the desired wavenumber for alkene components. The graph also did not have spikes within the OH bond region as the starting material graph did, which indicates that OH was not in the final product and the purification of the sample went

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