Data Analysis Questions for EAS 128L

Acylation

A. Melting Point

1. What is the melting point?

2. What does the melting point data tell you?

3. Were there any errors?

4. What caused them?

B. IR

1. IR functional group region analysis

a. What peaks are present that should be present?

b. What peaks are absent that should be absent?

c. Are there any peaks present or absent that should not be?

d. What conclusion can you draw about the functional group region?

2. IR fingerprint region analysis

a. What peaks are present that should be present?

b. What peaks are absent that should be absent?

c. Are there any peaks present or absent that should not be?

d. What conclusion can you draw about the fingerprint region?

3. IR final analysis

a. Does the IR support the synthesis of 4-methoxybenzophenone?

b. Why or why not?

C. Percent Yield

1. What was your percent yield?

2. Is this good or bad?

3. Why?

4. Were there any errors observed?

5. What caused these errors?

Relative Rates

D. Relative rates part 1

1. The predicted order for part 1

2. Why did you predict it?

3. The actual order for part 1

4. Was it what you predicted?

5. Explain

6. Were there any errors observed?

7. What caused these errors?

8. What does the actual order demonstrate?

E. Relative rates part 2

1. For each oxygen/nitrogen pair, which one was faster?

2. Explain why.

3. Were there any errors?

4. Why did you get these errors?