Essays Tagged: "Substitution reaction"

Lab report on a fischer esterfication

mation of an ester and water from alcohol and an acid. More specifically it is a nucleophillic acyl substitution reaction carried out under acidic conditions. Carboxylic acids alone are not reactive e ... ater regeneratesthe acid catalyst and gives the ester product.This reaction is a nucleophillic acyl-substitution carried out under acidic conditions of sulfuric acid. The alcohol used was 1-Hexanol wh ...

(3 pages) 84 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Title: Nucleophillic Substitution Reaction

Nor Amirah Farhana Nawawi Organic Chemistry Lab Report Bo ShenTitle: Nucleophillic Substitution ReactionIntroduction: This lab experimented on the reactions of the chemicals that unde ... e opposite side of the leaving Bromine. In the end, only SN1 reaction could pass this nucleophillic substitution.2-bromobutane undergoes a slow SN2 reaction, but shows an immediate result in SN1 react ... This is mainly because the leaving group, -Cl is a tertiary atom, making it only available for SN1 substitution. Furthermore, there is no carbocation rearrangement. The precipitate is AgCl.Benzyl chl ...

(5 pages) 81 0 3.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry