Organic Chemistry

Test of Purity of Chloroform: Chloroform has transparent and colorless, neutral to test paper, non-irritating when inhaled, and should evaporate entirely, leaving no residue or…

Laboratory Preparation of Chloroform from acetone: CHCl3 can be prepared in the laboratory by reaction of bleaching powder with ethanol or acetone. In this reaction,…

Chloroform is a colorless, volatile, liquid derivative of trichloromethane with an ether-like odor. Formerly used as an inhaled anesthetic during the surgery, the primary use…

Reimer-Tiemann reaction: In presence of NaOH, Chloroform reacts with phenol at 60°-70°C to produce salicylaldehyde, this reaction is known as Reimer- Tiemann reaction. The mechanism…

Chloroform (Formula: CHCl3) is a colorless, explosive, liquid plagiaristic of trichloromethane with an ether-like odor. It is a sweet smelling liquid having freezing point -63°C and…

Application of Grignard Reagent: the Grignard reagent is a useful intermediate reagent in organic chemistry. The Grignard reaction is an organometallic chemical reaction in which…

Reaction of Alkyl Halides with Metals: (1) Reaction with sodium (Wurtz Reaction): Alkanes are produced by heating alkyl halides with metallic sodium in dry ether…

Williamson Ether Synthesis: If alkyl halide halide is heated with the alcoholic (ethanol) solution of sodium alcoxide e.g. ethoxide (derived from ethanol & Na); ether…

Physical Properties of Haloalkanes: Haloalkanes are hydrocarbons in which hydrogen in normal alkane is replaced by a halogen. They are slightly soluble in water. Pure…

Laboratory Preparation of Iodomethane: In laboratory, iodomethane is prepared by the reaction of methanol, red phosphorus & Iodine. The reaction occurs in two steps- at…