Lab safety report

Read the lab (Safety). Complete the below questions. Submit the completed work electronically, via the
gradebook, as either a completed word document, scanned image, or picture.
Answer the following questions:

  1. Use the internet to find the following data:
    a) the refractive indices of acetone and hexane
    b) the boiling points of 1-propanol and 2-propanol
    c) the melting points of acetanilide and benzoic acid
    d) the densities of ethyl acetate and butyl acetate
  2. Are organic vapors heavier or lighter than air?
  3. Draw a simple reflux apparatus and identify each piece of glassware.
  4. Calculate the percentage yield (page 12) for diethyl succinate if 10 g of succinic acid and 100 mL of

ethanol were used to produce 8.7 g of diethyl succinate.

Sample Solution