acylation of ferrocene lab guide
Title (Acylation of ferrocene)
Purpose (why we did the exp.)
Chemical Structure (make sure to put the reference) You can draw your own structure with free software (any chemical structure drawing software is ok. However, put the name of the software below the structures)
Safety Information/Physical Data (physical properties of compounds)
Procedure (Your own paragraph form (3rd person))
Clean-Up (how to clean up the wastes)
Observational Data Presentation
% yield? Final mass of acetylated ferrocene? IR? Briefly explain IR of the product. (See the attached IR in this announcement)
Discussion (in PARAGRAPH FORM)
What is Friedel-Crafts acylation? What is acyl group? Acetyl group?
How does acetic anhydride react with Ferrocene?
Why phosphoric acid? What are the products?
Why 3 M aqueous sodium hydroxide solution? Ethanol wash?
Why Hexane? Recrystallization?
Explain the IR of acylated ferrocene. (Attached)
Is It different from the reactant IR (Ferrocene) in the lab manual? How different?
Low % yield? Any possible sources of error?
References (ACS format for discussion)
Side reaction: N/A
% yield: show your calculation work.
Mechanisms: N/A
Analysis of TLC/IR/NMR: show the IR again and explain the IR of acetylated ferrocene in detail.
Post Lab Questions: N/A