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Transcribed Image Text:EXPERIMENT 11
RADICAL BROMINATION OF A HYDROCARBON
PURPOSE: To prepare an alkyl halide by direct light-initiated radical substitution. To
demonstrate basic reaction methods and stoichiometric calculations.
READ ABOUT: mechanism of radical halogenation, micro ground glass jointware
EQUIPMENT: 10 mL round bottom flask, micro condenser, micro drying
tube, Hirsch funnel, vacuum flask, light source.
CHEMICALS: bibenzyl, dichloromethane, bromine solution (10% v/v in dichloromethane),
toluene, cyclohexene
HAZARDS: Bromine is toxic and corrosive. Avoid breathing its vapors or allowing it in
contact with skin or eyes. Immediately wash any spill with sodium bicarbonate.
Hydrogen bromide gas produced by this reaction is an irritating corrosive gas.
Carry out the reaction using an acid gas trap. The product, 1,2-dibromo-1,2-
diphenylethane, and other side products may be lachrymatory.
In addition to the usual items, pre-lab work should include a structural and
balanced equation and the following:
PRE-LAB:
a) Calculate the approximate mass of bibenzyl needed according to the procedure below.
b) Calculate the number of moles of bromine to be used.
c) Using (b) and the equation above, determine the limiting reagent.
d) Using (c) and the equation, calculate the theoretical yield of product
PROCEDURE:
1) Assemble the apparatus as shown in Figure
8. In the drying tube, place a small,
loose plug of glass wool near the bend,
fill the tube loosely with KOH flakes,
and close with another loose glass wool
plug. Support the entire apparatus on a
ring stand with a clamp on the
condenser.
2) Disconnect the flask and measure 1.4
millimoles of bibenzyl directly into it.
Add 2 mL of dichloromethane and
swirl the flask to dissolve all the
bibenzyl. Reconnect the flask to the
condenser.
Drying tabe
KOH
Glass wool
FIGURE 8
Condenser
10 ml. Round-
bottom flask
3) Move the entire setup into a hood and remove the drying tube. Using the pipet provided,
carefully measure about 2.0 mL of 10% bromine-dichloromethane solution and add it
through the top of the condenser.
4) Replace the drying tube on the apparatus. Swirl the mixture gently to mix. Carry the entire
apparatus to the source of light. This is preferably direct sunlight, but may be an intense
lamp.
5) Upon exposure to light a reaction should occur. Hydrogen bromide gas bubbles are expelled
from the reaction solution, the bromine color may start to fade, and a white, finely
crystalline solid precipitates in the reaction flask.
6) Swirl the flask every few minutes to mix the reaction suspension and expose fresh solution to
the light. Expose the reaction to light for 15 to 20 minutes, or until all the bromine color
has discharged.

Transcribed Image Text:7) Move the setup into a hood and remove the drying tube. Allow the mixture to "breath" for a
few minutes so that the bulk of the remaining HBr can escape. Do not remove the
mixture from the hood until no HBr fumes are observed.
8) Add cyclohexene dropwise through the condenser, with until the unreacted bromine is AUT
consumed. Any reddish material should disappear and the suspension should have a
white to yellow color.
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9) Cool the flask for a few minutes in an ice bath.
10) Vacuum filter the suspension with a Hirsch funnel and vacuum flask. Wash the crystalline
mass with 2 mL of ice-cold distilled water and air-dry the material for several minutes on
the funnel.
11) Recrystallize the crude product from toluene. Add the air-dried crystals, a boiling stick,
and about 10 mL of toluene to small beaker. Bring this suspension just to boiling on a
steam bath and add small portions of toluene to the boiling solution until the white solid
just dissolves. Remove the flask from the heat source, remove the boiling stick and allow
the solution to cool slowly to room temperature. Crystals of the product should reform.
12) Collect the product by vacuum filtration and air dry.
13) Determine the mass and melting range of the final product.
14) Calculate the percent yield of product obtained. Compare the melting range of the product
to that listed in the literature.
15) Turn in your product for evaluation.
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