CHEM 2015 [C 20D] TUTORIALS # 1 3

TO BE DISCUSSED IN TUTORIALS ON THE WEEKS BEGINNING MONDAY 5TH MARCH, 19TH MARCH AND 2ND APRIL, 2012.
1. a) For ultraviolet light of wavelength 275 nm, calculate: i) ii) iii) iv) b) the frequency of this light the wavenumber associated with this light the amount of energy absorbed by one molecule when it interacts with this light the corresponding amount of energy absorbed by one mole of substance

When 16.7 mg of an organic compound of molecular formula, C9H10O, is dissolved in 100 mL of ethanol, an absorption peak is observed in the UV/VIS spectrum at 284 nm with an absorbance of 0.372 using a cell with a path length of 10 mm. [H=1; C=12; O=16] (i) (ii) Calculate the energy (in kJmol-1) required to bring about the observed absorption at 284 nm. Calculate the molar extinction coefficient for this absorption.

2.

a)

Use the data given in your spectroscopic data booklet to calculate the expected max of the following compounds in both ethanol and hexane:

OH

O b) Use the data given in your spectroscopic data booklet and Woodward Fieser rules to calculate the expected max of compounds E, F and G in ethanol.

O O OCH3 Cl E F G

Br

c)

Use UV spectroscopy to differentiate between the following pair of isomers: Cl CH3 CH3

O Cl

3.

a)

State the distinguishing features in the IR spectra of the following compounds: i) ii) iii) iv) v) an alcohol and a carboxylic acid a nitrile and an amide a primary amine and a primary alcohol a saturated ketone and a saturated ester a saturated carboxylic acid and an aromatic carboxylic acid

b)

Use IR spectroscopy to distinguish between the following molecules: i) O

AND

ii) O C CH AND

Dr. Russel Ramsewak

March, 2012.