Maria Mota

Experiment # 5
Sarah Zigmont

The Preparation and Identification of an Unknown Ester

References:
Chemistry 320 B, laboratory manual, fall 2006, Berryhill, etal.
Microscale and Macroscale Techniques in Organic Laboratory, 2002, Pavia etal.
Chemfinder.com, 2004, CambridgeSoft Corporation.

Balanced equation:

Results:

Table # 1: IR analysis for alcohol #

Frequency ppm Bond Responsible

Table # 2: IR analysis for unknown ester

Frequency ppm Bond Responsible

Table # 1: NMR Analysis for

Chemical Shift ppm Splitting Pattern/ Integration/ Which Proton(s)
Adjacent proton Assignment

Table # 3: C NMR
Chemical Shift ppm Splitting Pattern Assignment Which Proton
Discussion:

Questions: