The Sandmeyer Reaction

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Title of experiment: The Sandmeyer Reaction: 2-iodobenzoic Acid Aim: • To carry out the sandmeyer reaction. • To calculate the % yield • To isolate and purify the solution Introduction: The Sandmeyer reaction is a versatile means of replacing the amine group of a primary aromatic amine with a number of different substituents. The diazonium salt is formed by the reaction of nitrous acid with the amine in acid solution. Nitrous acid is not stable and must be prepared in situ; in strong acid it dissociates to form nitroso ions, +NO, which attack the nitrogen of the amine. The intermediate so formed loses a proton, rearranges, and finally loses water to form the resonance-stabilized diazonium ion. The diazonium ion is reasonably stable in aqueous solution at 0°C; on warming up it will form the phenol. A versatile functional group, it will undergo all the reactions depicted there as well as couple to aromatic rings activated with substituents such as amino and hydroxyl groups to form the huge class of azo dyes. Diazonium salts are not ordinarily isolated …show more content…

This reaction is carried out at low temperatures because the diazonium salt is stable at low temperatures. At low temperatures the system is stable and the molecular movement is quite low. Potassium iodide and water is added and the mixture separates, the mixture is put on a hot plate and heated to 40ᵒ once the mixture has reached this temperature a vigorous reaction occurs, gas evolution (purple gas) and the separation of the tan solids take place, this happens because once the gas is let out the carbon receives a plus charge given from the electron which turns in to a free radial which is more stable than a plus charge. When this reaction completes the chorine and the free radical combine. Potassium iodide works as a facilitator for this

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