Answer:
Here's what I get
Explanation:
You may have done a Williamson synthesis of guaifenesin by reacting guaiacol with 3-chloropropane-1,2-diol.
A. Mechanism
Step 1
NaOH converts guaiacol into a phenoxide ion.
Step 2
The phenoxide acts as the nucleophile in an SN2 reaction to displace the Cl from the alkyl halide.
B. Improve the yield
You probably carried out the reaction in ethanol solution — a polar protic solvent.
You might try doing the reaction in a polar aprotic solvent— perhaps DMSO.
A polar aprotic solvent does not hydrogen bond to nucleophiles, so they become stronger.
C. Another method of ether synthesis —dehydration of alcohols
Sulfuric acid catalyzes the conversion of primary alcohols to ethers.
This is also a nucleophilic displacement reaction.
Protonation of the OH converts it into a better leaving group.
Attack by a second molecule of alcohol forms the protonated ether.
A molecule of water then removes the proton.
A caption is a positively charged ion. They are formed when an ion loses one or more electrons. Typical it is the loss Of their valence electrons.
The empirical formula CH₂O has a mass [(12 × 1) + (1 × 2) + (16 × 1)] = 30 g/mol
If the empirical formula is 30 g/mol,
and the molecular formula is 60 g/mol
Then the multiple is = 60 g/mol ÷ 30 g/mol
= 2
Therefor the molecular formula is 2(CH₂O) = C₂H₄O₂ (OPTION 2)
The answer is homogeneous mixture. It is a mixture which has uniform composition and properties all throughout. Mixtures can be separated by physical processes. Mixtures are systems that consist of two or more substances which are mixed but not chemically combined.