CHE 311 "Dehydration of Cylohexanol"

Your lab report should follow the format and consist of the following:

Title (be specific)

Your Name

Date

Section Number (CHE 311-0X)

1. Introduction:

• Purpose of Experiment
• Important theory and/or background material
• Structures and/or reactions
• Approproate references to literature (if necessary).

Balanced equation for reaction as you carried it out.

Step-wise mechanism for the reaction. Use curved arrow formalism and label the RDS. Show how each product is formed if more than one product is possible. Use additional paper if necessary. Give the name of the mechanism.

2. Methods / Materials: Usually a simple list, but make sure it is accurate and complete.

3. Experimental Procedure:

• Describes the process in chronological order
• Explain all of the steps in the order they actually happened, NOT as they were supposed to happen.
• If you've done it correctly, another researcher should be able to duplicate your experiment.
  

4. Results and Discussion:

• Results are usually dominated by calculations, tables and figures; however, you still need to state all significant results explicitly in verbal form.
• Discussion focuses on a question of understanding, "what is the significance or meaning of the results?".

weight of the starting alcohol:

moles of alcohol:

weight of the product halide:

moles of product:

% yield:

5. References and Post-Lab Questions:

literature value for the bp of the

expected product(s):

a. Predict the product(s) for the dehydration of 3-methyl-2-butanol.

b. Predict the product(s) of the dehydration of each of the following alcohols: 1-butanol, 1-methylcyclohexanol, 2-methylcylcohexanol, neopentyl alcohol, 4-methyl-1-pentanol.

© Dr. Noel Sturm 2014