LABORATORY REPORT

FOR

FUNDAMENTAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY CHM457

Experiment 3
This evaluation is carried out in compliance with the assessment requirements
for the subject of Fundamental Organic Chemistry CHM457 on semester of
October 2020. This assessment is different from the previous semesters due to
the pandemic situation of Covid-19.

Details of the student:

Name:
Matrix no:
Lecturer’s name:
Submission date:

Evaluation criteria:
Total marks: 20
Marks given:
Report ------/15
Skill -----/ 5

CHM457_OCTOBER 2020_ODL LAB ASSESSMENT

Experimant 3: Preparation of 1-bromobutane from 1-butanol

Read and understand the procedure in the lab manual and watch the given video by following
the given link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eaWqvZZcig
This video demonstrates the preparation of 1-bromopropane. Students can also view
other related videos to understand this procedure.

Objective
i.

Chemicals and Apparatus

i. List all the chemicals used
i. Draw the reaction apparatus setup for the reaction

Results and Discussion

i. State the function of sulphuric acid in the experiment?
ii. What will happen if the sulfuric acid is added rapidly and the temperature of the
solution is high?
iii. Explain why the upper layer, after refluxed contained the product 1-bromobutane and
the
layer switched at the point where water is used to extract the organic layer.
iv. How to identify that the layer is organic?
v. Calculate the percentage yield of 1-bromobutane if the actual yield obtained is 6.8992
g.
(refer to the manual for the amount reagents used).
vi. In the video, 11 mL of propanol was used. How much (in mL) of butanol would be
needed to prepare 1-bromobutane if all the other reagents are remained the same.
vii. Show the step-by-step of reactions mechanism on the formation of 1-bromobutane from
1-butanol.

Conclusion
Write a conclusion for this experiment based on the given and calculated results

References
i.
ii.

Questions:

Aqueous sodium bicarbonate was used to wash the crude n-buyl bromide. What is the
purpose of this wash?

CHM457_OCTOBER 2020_ODL LAB ASSESSMENT