LABREPORT:EXPERIMENT10SYNTHESISOFASPIRIN

Name:
HanTaub

LabDay:Thursday

Date:

12/9/15

OrganicChemistry205

BalancedReactionEquation(ChemBioDrawstructuralformulasfororganiccompounds):

Reactants
1,MolecularMassesofreactants
a.Salicylicacid:
138.12g/mol

b.Aceticanhydride: 102.09g/mol

2.Amountofreactantsused(grams,moles)
a.Salicylicacid:
1.057g,0.0077mol

b.Aceticanhydride:2.70g,0.026mol

Density

1.08g/cm

c.Limitingreagent:
salicylicacid

Product
a.Molecularmassofaspirin:

180.157g/mol

b.Isolatedamountofaspirin(g,mol):

1.29g,0.0072mol

c.%Yieldofaspirin:

93.5%

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