Tert-Butyl Chloride Synthesis Lab Report

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In this experiment there is two parts to fulfill. One included the synthesis of tert-butyl chloride and the other consists of qualitative chemical tests for reactivity. During the synthesis portion one will perform a series of procedures to add and draw off different chemicals in a seperatory funnel to attain tert-butyl chloride. “During the qualitative chemical tests one will use silver nitrate and sodium iodide to perform SN1 and SN2 reactions with tert-butyl chloride and 1-chlorobutane” (3). There are two types of reaction mechanisms and that is substitution and elimination. In this experiment it is only focused on substitution reactions. “In a substitution reaction, an electron-rich species donates a pair of electrons to an electron poor species which forms a new product and a new base” (2). There are multiple types off substitution reactions and they are …show more content…

(0.053 mol Tert-Butyl Alcohol) x (1 mol Tert-Butyl Chloride)/ (1 mol Tert-Butyl Alcohol)= 0.053 mol Tert-Butyl Chloride. (0.053 mol Tert-Butyl Chloride) x (92.57g Tert-Butyl Chloride)/ (1 mol Tert-Butyl Chloride) = 4.9 g Tert-Butyl Chloride Discussion The reaction observed in test tube 1 went from a clear solution to light yellow after putting it in the hot water bath for about one minute. The reaction in test tube 2 showed that once all of the substances were placed in the tube it immediately turned a cloudy, milky color. In test tube 3 the reaction observed showed that it immediately went from cloudy to clear after a few seconds. In test tube 4 after about a minute the mixtures became soft white color. My expectations were that all of them would turn cloudy and stay cloudy and that the test tube solutions would not need to be heated. This was not the case for some of the test

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