ORGO LAB FINAL

What is bromination?

The anti addition of bromine to an alkene

What are the three contaminants of cholesterol

3β-cholestanol, 7-cholesten-3β-ol,

and 5,7-cholestadien-3β-ol

Why can't you purify cholesterol?

Because they all have similar solubilities

What type of reaction happens in Experiment 4

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

What is an electron donating group

a group or atom that has the ability to draw electron density away from itself and to a benzene ring

What is an electron withdrawing group?

a group or atom that has the ability to draw electron density toward itself and away from a benzene ring

What kind of reaction occurs in Experiment 5

Friedel Crafts Acylation

Why can you use a mild reagent for this experiment?

Because it has a super high pi electron density, is superaromatic

Is ferrocene polar or nonpolar?

nonpolar

What is NABH4?

reducing agent

In experiment 6 what happens during the reaction

Two equivalents of Hydride are added

What is a limitiation of NABH4

NABH4 can only reduce ketones and aldehydes

What happens in a Diels Alder reaction

Construction of a six membered ring from a 1,3 diene and a dienophile

Saponification

Process of making soap

What does the quality of the soap depend on

Depends on the proportion of unsaturated and saturated fatty acids used as starting regaents

What can increase the quality of the soap

Adding plant extracts improve the quality

What is formed in saponification

Soap+Glycerol+Fatty Acid

What is tallow based soap

Uses animal fats instead of a base