EXPERIMENT 1 : SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION PF

ALKANE,ALKENE AND ALKYNE

(SATURATED AND UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON)

1.0 Objective

1. To synthesize methane, ethane and ethyne

2. To characterize the prepared methane, ethane and ethyne

2.0 Abstract

In this experiment, we are expected to synthesize methane, ethene, and ethyne and
tocharacterize the prepared methane, ethene, and ethyne. Hydrocarbons, which contain
only of hydrogen and carbon, are divided into three classification which are aliphatic,
aromatic, andalicyclic. For this experiment, the hydrocarbons involved are aliphatic.
Aliphatic is defined as anopen chains of single, double, or triple bonded carbon atoms,
which are known as alkane, alkeneand alkyne. The experiment started with the
preparation and collection of ethane, ethene andethyne gases into 5 different test tubes
for each gases. !n the reaction with bromine, ethenedecolourized the brown colour of
the bromine solution. Alkane will only react with the presenceof light, while alkene and
alkyne can react with or without the presence of sunlight. "hen thegases are reacted with
potassium permanganate solution, only ethene and ethyne reacted becausethe double
and triple bonds were oxidized to form alcohols and glycerol. !n the reaction
withacidified potassium permanganate, methane shows no change in result, while
ethene and ethynechanged the solution to light purple and brownish, because alkene
and alkyne are unsaturatedhydrocarbons which are oxidised when it was reacted