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CHY 224 REPORT FORM

 PREPARATION OF CYCLOHEXANOL 
NAME: ______________________________________________________________________

Partner: _____________________________________________________________________

Day: ______________ Time: ______________ Room: ______________

Please type the answers to the following questions.

1. Create a table to show the reactants, and products for the reaction that you performed.
Please be sure to include the pertinent physical data (citing your sources). This table should
include the observed boiling point ranges, literature boiling points, masses/volumes (and
molar amounts) of each of the reactants, and products. (4 marks)

2. Define the term “azeotrope” and which azeotrope was formed in this experiment? (1 mark)

3. What is the solid that may form in the condenser on the second week of this synthesis?
Why could it form? (1 mark)

4. Create a table showing the functional groups for cyclohexanol showing the expected region
for each infrared peak. Include the actual peaks from your spectra that you are assigning to
each functional group. Are there any cyclohexene peaks visible? Where would you expect
to see IR evidence of cyclohexene in your final product? (4 marks)

5. Calculate the percent yield for the synthesis of cyclohexanol. Please be sure to show all of
your calculations. (2 marks)

6. Show the calculation for the temperature correction of refractive index using your
experimental data. Comment on the purity of your product based upon the refractive index
measurement. (2 marks)

7. Write a formal discussion for this experiment. Be sure to include comments on the important
experimental data, reasonable sources of error, and comment on the purity of your prepared
cyclohexanol. Compare your actual yield versus the theoretical yield. (6 marks)