CHM 2310

Experiment #12
Friedel-Crafts Acetylation

Name: Kate Davis

Date: November 27, 2015
Yield Calculation:

C7H8O + C6H5COCl  C14H12O2

mass (g) 1.01 1.60 1.83
MW (g/mol) 108.14 140.57 196.24
# moles 0.009339 0.01138 0.009339

Since methoxybenzene and benzoyl chloride react in a 1:1 molar ratio, methoxybenzene is the
limiting reagent.
Theoretical Yield:
0.009339 mol C7H8O = 0.009339 C14H12O2  196.24 g/mol = 1.83 g C14H12O2

Actual Yield: = g
actual yield
×100 %= ×100 %=
% Yield = theoretical yield 1 .83
Interpretation of TLC’s

The tetrahydroxoaluminate complex is sp3 hybridized.

-1
OH

Al+3
OH
HO
OH