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Megan Cousins CHEM 344-06 Experiment 5: Acid catalyzed alkylation of 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene– a variation of the Friedel–Crafts acylation reaction Objective The objective of this week's lab is to create the product 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene through an acid catalyzed alkylation reaction, better known as a variation on the Friedel–Crafts acylation reaction. With the starting material of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene and two moles of tert-butanol. The product of 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene will be formed using H 2 SO 4 and a HOAc solvent to help the reaction occur, faster and more efficiently. There will be two products that will be taken from this synthesis reaction, the crude product, and the pure product which has undergone re-crystallization. To verify that the final product of 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene is present in both the crude and pure product a melting point will be taken of both and compared to the literature value, as well as a TLC process that will also include the starting material. The TLC process will be done in order to compare the polarization of all three samples. The last thing that will be done in order to verify the purity and presence of the final product, 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene, H 1 NMR will be run and analyzed. An H 1 NMR spectrum will be used to characterize the bonds and hydrogens of the final molecules to figure out which isomer is favored to be synthesized. Reaction and Mechanism
Reaction Mechanism
Stoichiometry Table Compound Empirical Formula Molar Mass (g/mol) Grams/ mL Used Density (g/ml) mmols Molar Equivalent Melting/ Boiling Point 1,4-dimethoxyb enzene C 8 H 9 NO 138.16 0.15 N/A 1.09 1 54-56°C Tert-butanol (CH 3 ) 3 COH 74.12 0.25 0.775 3.37 2 82°C Glacial Acetic Acid CH COOH 60.05 0.5 1.05 8.33 N/A 117.9°C Sulfuric Acid H 2 SO 4 98.08 1.0 1.83 10.20 N/A 337°C 1,4-dimethoxybenzene is the limiting reactant Safety Precautions Glacial acetic acid, and sulfuric acids are corrosive Handle with care Dispense in fume hood tert-Butanol is flammable and a skin and eye irritant Hexane is highly flammable, a skin and eye irritant, and maybe toxic with high and prolonged exposure Procedure and Observations
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Results Yield Theoretical yield 0.15 g / (x) mol = 138.26 g / mol 0.15 g / (x) mol = 138.26 g
0.15 g = (138.26 g) (x) mol 0.15 g / 138.26 g = (x) mol 0.00108 mol 1,4-dimethoxybenzene (x) g / 0.00108 mol = 250.38 g / mol (x) g / 0.00108 mol = 250.38 g (x) g = (250.38) 0.00108 (x) g = 0.272 g Crude yield Crude yield = (Crude weight / theoretical weight) 100 Crude yield = (0.2023 / 0.272) 100 Crude yield = 74.48% Final yield Pure yield = (recrystallized weight / theoretical weight) 100 Pure yield = (0.0536 / 0.272) 100 Pure yield = 19.73% Percent Recovered from Recrystallization Percent = (recrystallized weight / crude weight - mass taken out for characterization) 100 Percent = (0.0536 / 0.2023-0.0146) 100 Percent = (0.0536 / 0.1877) 100
= 28.56% Melting Point Observed Crude: 98.4-99.8°C Pure: 102.4-103.3 °C Expected 103-104°C
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Chemical Shift (ppm) Integration Associated Hydrogen 6.833 Not Integrated CDCl 3 6.403 2.00 H c 3.382 5.80 H b 0.938 17.54 H a
15:1 - Hexane:EtOAc 1- Crude Product 2- Pure Product 3- Starting Reactant Rf calculations 𝐷𝑖?????? ???????? ?𝑦 ???????? 𝐷𝑖?????? ???????? ?𝑦 ??????? = 𝑅? 4.4 cm - 0.4 cm = distance traveled by solvent 4.0 cm = distance traveled by solvent Crude Product 𝐷𝑖?????? ???????? ?𝑦 ???????? 𝐷𝑖?????? ???????? ?𝑦 ??????? = 𝑅? 3.4− 0.4 4.0 = 𝑅? . 750 = 𝑅? Pure Product 𝐷𝑖?????? ???????? ?𝑦 ???????? 𝐷𝑖?????? ???????? ?𝑦 ??????? = 𝑅? 3.45− 0.4 4.0 = 𝑅? . 763 = 𝑅?
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Starting Reactant 𝐷𝑖?????? ???????? ?𝑦 ???????? 𝐷𝑖?????? ???????? ?𝑦 ??????? = 𝑅? 2.9− 0.4 4.0 = 𝑅? . 625 = 𝑅? Discussion and Conclusion The objective of this week's lab was to synthesize the product through an acid catalyzed alkylation reaction but also known as a variation on the Friedel–Crafts acylation reaction. using the starting product of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene the addition of two moles of tert-butanol, glacial acetic acid and sulfuric acid in order to both make the reaction occur, as well as speeding up the mechanistic steps. The purpose of the sulfuric acid in this reaction was to help generate an electrophile in order to create a 3° carbocation. With the next mechanistic steps of the reaction, in which the product of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene is combined with that carbocation, it creates four resonance structures, all of which can lead to the final product of 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene through another alkylation process. A similar fashion to previous labs done, a recrystallization step occurred but both the crude and final, pure product were collected for characterization and Analysis. This recrystallization was a simple process, with the product only being dissolved in warm methanol and slowly brought to colder temperatures, by cooling it to room temperature, and then placing it in an ice bath to allow for Crystal formation. All of the collection done in this lab was through the vacuum filtration process with a Hirsch funnel and filter paper. One important step when collecting the crude product was washing off any excess acetic acid that remained. This was done by drizzling cold
methanol over top of the crystals after they had already once been exposed to vacuum and been washed with deionized water. During this process the vacuum was disconnected from the system in order to protect the vacuum filtration in the lab. After both the crude product was collected, and recrystallization occurred characterization took place of both the crude and the pure product. Talking first about the percent yield of the crude product, it was relatively high with a percentage recovery of 74.48% but when looking at the final yield of the pure and recrystallized solid it was only 19.73% in comparison. One of the reasons why this could have occurred is that the process of recrystallization was not fully complete through the melting with hot methanol and cooling to a colder temperature in an ice bath. the crystals could have not fully been able to form with the amount of time that was given to the solution, but also there could have been many factors that impacted the crystal formation in the solution. One thing that is accounted for in the results section is the percent difference between the crude and the pure, within that is the amount of solid that was removed from the crude product in order to allow for additional characterization such as melting point, and that melting point being confirmed by a second source. Looking at melting point of the crude product it was expected to not be in the actual range seeing as it had not yet been purified through the rear crystallization process but with the melting point being 98.4 to 99.8 degrees celsius, and the expected range being 103 to 104 degrees Celsius, it was relatively close enough to assume that some of the ideal product was within that sample. then comparing the expected melting point of the product to the pure sample, it was relatively close just being around 1° lower than expected. When looking at the literature value of 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene, there was a wider range that could be expected, there is anything from 102° Celsius to 105 degrees Celsius as expected for this particular substance. The next test that was performed was the TLC plate and finding the RF values for the crude product,
the pure product, and the starting reactant of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Within this process, to define what the RF calculation is, first it is the distance traveled by a compound divided by the distance traveled by the solvent solution that the plate was placed in, in this case it was a 15:1, hexane:EtOAc solution. The crude product and the pure, recrystallized product had a relatively close RF value of 0.75 and 0.763. This indicates that the makeup of the solution is relatively close in polarizability, which indicates a similar chemical makeup, which then indicates that the product of 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene was present in both of the samples. comparing this then to the starting reactant, having an RF value of 0.625, This indicates that the starting product of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene is less polar than the final product o f1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene. Moving into the final characterization test of H 1 NMR, the spectra was exactly as expected, even with the presence of CDCl 3 in its expected position. The first peak, being at 0.938 PPM would be the hydrogens associated with the functional groups that were added on through the Friedel-Crafts reaction, which are two C(CH 3 ) 3 groups. The second peak that can be seen at 3.382 is associated with the hydrogens on the functional group that is initially present on the starting material of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene, which are two OCH 3 groups. The third peak at 6.403 is associated with the aromatic hydrogens present on the benzene ring, and the last week at 6.833 is CDCl3 which is necessary for the NMR to run and be characterized. Through these tests run, it can be said that the product of 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene was successfully synthesized in this experiment. Post-Lab Questions
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1. Not all Friedel-Crafts reactions require a strong Lewis acid catalyst to generate the electrophile. Show how the electrophile is generated from 2-methyl-prop-1-ene in the presence of sulfuric acid. Use the curved-arrow notation to show the movement of electrons. Include lone pairs of electrons and charges. 2. Draw the product of the above electrophile with benzene. 3. Theoretically, other dialkylated isomers can form in the experiment that was done. Draw these isomers. Give a reasonable explanation as to why these products are not formed.
The two isomers drawn above could also theoretically form as products in this reaction since the methoxy groups in 1,4-dimethoxybenzene are ortho/para directors. However, these products are unlikely to form due to the significant steric strain between the two tert-butyl groups in the first isomer and the two tert-butyl groups and methoxy group in the second isomer.