Reduction Lab

Organic Chemistry II Virtual Lab (Guide)

Summer 2021, Organic Chemistry II

Objective

To synthesize Hydrobenzoin from Benzil using sodium borohydride (NaBH4) as the reducing agent

Introduction

Review the introduction in Chapter 55 (page 670).

For an introduction and review on oxidation and reduction, view this link:

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/organic-chemistry/organic-structures/oxidation-reduction-review/v/organic-oxidation-reduction-reactions

For the mechanism of reduction using NaBH4, view the following link:

Experimental Procedure

Use the macroscale procedure on page 671 to formulate the steps for the experiment.

Results

Assume the reaction yielded 35 mg of the desired product.

 Use these data to calculate the percent yield. Show all derivations in the result section of your lab report.

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