Homework Help is Here – Start Your Trial Now!
Science
Chemistry
Can you find out why? Procedure To a 50 mL round-bottomed flask equipped with a stir bar add paraformaldehyde (0.30 g) and 95% formic acid (2 mL). Equip a condenser, stir the mixture, and heat gently using a heating mantle. After boiling for 5 min, add mesitylene (4 mL) from the top of the condenser. Reflux the mixture for 2 hours. Remove the heat and let the reaction cool to room temperature. Place the flask in an ice bath to promote crystal formation. Vacuum filter the crystals, you may need to use a spatula to break the big chunks. Rinse the flask with water (2 x 5 mL) to transfer all the solids. Wash the solids with sodium bicarbonate solution (5 mL) and then again with water (5 mL). Lastly, wash the crystals with ice-cold methanol (5 mL) to remove the unreacted mesitylene. Allow the solids to dry on your bench for 15 min. Obtain the mass and the melting point. bloid al Using a separatory funnel, separate the organic and aqueous layers and discard each in the appropriate waste container. Dimesitylmethane is a symmetric molecule and will give a simple and rather uninteresting 1H NMR. Your instructor will decide if you need to run an NMR or perform a civic engagement assignment.

Can you find out why? Procedure To a 50 mL round-bottomed flask equipped with a stir bar add paraformaldehyde (0.30 g) and 95% formic acid (2 mL). Equip a condenser, stir the mixture, and heat gently using a heating mantle. After boiling for 5 min, add mesitylene (4 mL) from the top of the condenser. Reflux the mixture for 2 hours. Remove the heat and let the reaction cool to room temperature. Place the flask in an ice bath to promote crystal formation. Vacuum filter the crystals, you may need to use a spatula to break the big chunks. Rinse the flask with water (2 x 5 mL) to transfer all the solids. Wash the solids with sodium bicarbonate solution (5 mL) and then again with water (5 mL). Lastly, wash the crystals with ice-cold methanol (5 mL) to remove the unreacted mesitylene. Allow the solids to dry on your bench for 15 min. Obtain the mass and the melting point. bloid al Using a separatory funnel, separate the organic and aqueous layers and discard each in the appropriate waste container. Dimesitylmethane is a symmetric molecule and will give a simple and rather uninteresting 1H NMR. Your instructor will decide if you need to run an NMR or perform a civic engagement assignment.

Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
9th Edition
ISBN:9781305080485
Author:John E. McMurry
Publisher:John E. McMurry
Chapter31: Synthetic Polymers
Section31.SE: Something Extra
Problem 28AP
See similar textbooks
icon
Related questions
Question
Show the stepwise mechanism for the entire reaction below, including all arrows and intermediates. Your EAS should show at least one resonance form for the sigma complex.
Can you find out why? Procedure To a 50 mL round-bottomed flask equipped with a stir bar add paraformaldehyde (0.30 g) and 95% formic acid (2 mL). Equip a condenser, stir the mixture, and heat gently using a heating mantle. After boiling for 5 min, add mesitylene (4 mL) from the top of the condenser. Reflux the mixture for 2 hours. Remove the heat and let the reaction cool to room temperature. Place the flask in an ice bath to promote crystal formation. Vacuum filter the crystals, you may need to use a spatula to break the big chunks. Rinse the flask with water (2 x 5 mL) to transfer all the solids. Wash the solids with sodium bicarbonate solution (5 mL) and then again with water (5 mL). Lastly, wash the crystals with ice-cold methanol (5 mL) to remove the unreacted mesitylene. Allow the solids to dry on your bench for 15 min. Obtain the mass and the melting point. bloid al Using a separatory funnel, separate the organic and aqueous layers and discard each in the appropriate waste container. Dimesitylmethane is a symmetric molecule and will give a simple and rather uninteresting 1H NMR. Your instructor will decide if you need to run an NMR or perform a civic engagement assignment.
Transcribed Image Text:Can you find out why? Procedure To a 50 mL round-bottomed flask equipped with a stir bar add paraformaldehyde (0.30 g) and 95% formic acid (2 mL). Equip a condenser, stir the mixture, and heat gently using a heating mantle. After boiling for 5 min, add mesitylene (4 mL) from the top of the condenser. Reflux the mixture for 2 hours. Remove the heat and let the reaction cool to room temperature. Place the flask in an ice bath to promote crystal formation. Vacuum filter the crystals, you may need to use a spatula to break the big chunks. Rinse the flask with water (2 x 5 mL) to transfer all the solids. Wash the solids with sodium bicarbonate solution (5 mL) and then again with water (5 mL). Lastly, wash the crystals with ice-cold methanol (5 mL) to remove the unreacted mesitylene. Allow the solids to dry on your bench for 15 min. Obtain the mass and the melting point. bloid al Using a separatory funnel, separate the organic and aqueous layers and discard each in the appropriate waste container. Dimesitylmethane is a symmetric molecule and will give a simple and rather uninteresting 1H NMR. Your instructor will decide if you need to run an NMR or perform a civic engagement assignment.
Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 1 steps with 1 images

SEE SOLUTIONCheck out a sample Q&A here
Blurred answer
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Chemistry
ISBN:
9781305080485
Author:
John E. McMurry
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments
Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments
Chemistry
ISBN:
9781305577190
Author:
Kenneth L. Williamson, Katherine M. Masters
Publisher:
Brooks Cole
Chemistry: The Molecular Science
Chemistry: The Molecular Science
Chemistry
ISBN:
9781285199047
Author:
John W. Moore, Conrad L. Stanitski
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
SEE MORE TEXTBOOKS