Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 152 views

    CHEM320 Prac 1

    Uploaded by

    shenay
    Experiment 1: Isolation of Eugenol and Acetyleugenol from cloves. Third level organic chemistry practical , typical answers to pre practical questions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    CHEM320 Prac 1

    Uploaded by

    shenay
    152 views2 pages
    Experiment 1: Isolation of Eugenol and Acetyleugenol from cloves. Third level organic chemistry practical , typical answers to pre practical questions.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Experiment 1: Isolation of Eugenol and Acetyleugenol from cloves. Third level organic chemistry practical , typical answers to pre practical questions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    152 views2 pages

    CHEM320 Prac 1

    Uploaded by

    shenay
    Experiment 1: Isolation of Eugenol and Acetyleugenol from cloves. Third level organic chemistry practical , typical answers to pre practical questions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 2

    Name: Natalie Martin

    Student Number: 211505456

    Date of Practical: 18-25/08/2014

    CHEM320: Pre-Practical Report


    Experiment 1: Isolation of Eugenol and Acetyleugenol from cloves
    ________________________________________________________________
    Pre-lab Questions and Answers
    1. There are many types of distillation including simple distillation, fractional distillation,
    distillation under reduced pressure, short path distillation and steam distillation.
    (a) Distillation is a method for purifying volatile liquids. Explain how the impurities are
    separated from the desired product.
    Distillation is a process in which a liquid or vapour mixture of two or more substances is
    separated into its component fractions of desired purity [1]. At a certain temperature, the one
    product evaporates and condenses into another beaker the other product remains in the round
    bottomed flask as a higher temperature is required. The desired product may have the higher
    or lower boiling point. If the desired product has a lower boiling point, it will be collected in
    another flask and the impurities will remain behind [1]. Hence distillation is used to purify a
    compound by separating it from a less-volatile liquid due to the difference in boiling points
    [2].
    (b) Describe each of the above-mentioned forms of distillation.
    Simple distillation:
    Fractional distillation:
    Distillation under reduced pressure:
    Short path distillation:
    Steam distillation:
    (c) For each type of distillation, state the boiling point difference required between the
    various components to achieve separation.
    Simple distillation:
    Fractional distillation:
    Distillation under reduced pressure:
    Short path distillation:
    Steam distillation:

    (d) What are the factors that help one decide which the most suitable type of distillation to
    perform is? The temperature of the distillation is about 100C, the boiling point of water.
    Explain why eugenol is removed from the flask during the steam distillation.

    2. The material recovered in the steam distillation contains mostly eugenol but it also has
    other components such as caryophyllene. Look up the properties of phenols such as eugenol
    and suggest a chemical method for separating eugenol and caryophyllene.
    3. How can information from analytical gas chromatography be used to purify the different
    components of clove oil? How would this procedure compare to the use of column
    chromatography?

    References:
    [1] Distillation Principles, (http://1rv07ch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/distillationprinciples.pdf) (Accessed: 07/09/2014)
    [2] Organic Chemistry - Distillation, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
    University of Colorado at Boulder,
    (http://orgchem.colorado.edu/Technique/Procedures/Distillation/Distillation.html) (Accessed:
    07/09/2014)
    [3]

    You might also like