Melting Point Value

A important tests were performed on the product to pressure the results: melting point value, percent yield, IR, and TLC. The experimental melting point value was found to be a range of 165-167 ºC being a little lower than the literature value for camphor, the intended product, was 175 ºC. The sharp range was resulted in a slightly pure product. The percent yield was lower than expected which can be the reason most of the product was lost during the extraction and almost completely sublimated during the solvent evaporation, which lead to vacuum filtration. As a known possibility, some ketone and alcohol was formed and could be associated with the borneol drying out an contaminating the water. Alcohol peaks were depicted on the IR spectrum, meaning that borneo could have remained in the resulting product and a small ketone peak the spectrum. TLC was done to accommodate to the expected results but could not confirm them, although one was done before and after the reaction. Borneol Rf resulted in 0.294 because it was visible before the reaction and after shaking the vial the remaining borneol disappeared meaning the reaction was completed. …show more content…
The reaction is characterized by the loss of electrons by borneol through the formation of carbonyl group from an alcohol.2 Several testes were utilized during this experiment and led to the conclusion that although the reaction did occur, the final product was not pure due to it being contaminated with sodium bisulfate. Oxidation reactions are valuable in generating large amounts of energy that are utilized during space exploration because it helps to fuel the