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AY13/14 CM2191 Experiment 3

Oxidation of (1S)-Borneol to Camphor using Green Chemistry Procedure
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1. Describe the appearance of the crude product.

2. Calculate the crude yield of Camphor.

3. Describe the appearance of the purified product.

4. Calculate the purified yield of Camphor.

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5. Analyse the IR spectrum of the product, record the key signals and assign them.

6. Explain, with the aid of equation(s), how the use of starch-iodide paper will indicate if
oxidant is still present.

7. Draw the structure of (1S)-Borneol and label all the stereogenic centres (R/S).

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