Organic Chemistry- Bromination of Saturated and Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
Bromination of Saturated and Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
Dehydration of Sugar by Sulfuric Acid
Organic Synthesis With Familiar Materials
Oxidation of Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Alcohols
Underwater Fireworks: Chlorination of Acetylene
Differences in Miscibility of Organic Alcohols With Increasing Chain Length
Combustion of Cellulose Nitrate (Guncotton)
Different Smells of Carvone Isomers
Distinguishing Between HD and LD Polyethylene
Enviro-bond: Cleaning Oil Spills
Esterification Using a Dean-Stark Trap
Ethanol Cannon
Happy/Sad Balls
IR Demonstration I- Atomic Coupling
IR Demonstration II – Molecular Vibrations
IR Demonstrations III – Molecular Vibrations
Making a Rubber Ball from Latex
Plastic Samples
Reaction Intermediates in Organic Chemistry
Reducing Sugar and Fehling’s Solution
Rod Climbing by a Polymer Solution
Rotating Rainbows
Silly Putty
Soap Emulsifies Hydrocarbons
Superabsorbent Polyacrylate Gel
Tubeless Siphon
Alkimers
Aniline Hydrochloride-Formaldehyde Polymer
Phenol-Formaldehyde Polymer
Relative Reactivity of Reducing Agents
Saponification
Inductive Effect
Optical Activity of Racemic Mixture With Limonene
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reaction/ EAS Reaction
Reactivity of Alkanes vs Aromatic Compounds
Relationship of Absorbed Light to Observed Color
Density and Miscibility of Liquids
Extraction of Copper Ions From Solution With Orform®
Gel Formation with Sodium Alginate and Calcium Chloride
Ozonolysis
Hydrolysis of T-Butyl Chloride: A Lecture and Lab Experiment
Terephthalate Monomerization
Bromination of Saturated and Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
Description: A solution of bromine in carbon tetrachloride is added to both pentane and pentene. The pentene decolorizes immediately; the pentane takes longer. The pentane decolorization can be hastened by a bright light. Addition of bromine to benzene will not decolorize.
Source: UW Card Catalog
Year: N/A Vol: N/A Page: N/A
Keywords: Photochemistry, Double bond, Alkene, Alkane
Rating: 
Hazard: High
- Acute toxicity hazard – oral, dermal, inhalation
- Flammability hazard
- Inhalation hazard
- Skin corrosion hazard
- Specific organ toxicity – central nervous system, liver, kidneys, blood
- Serious eye damage
- Carcinogenicity hazard
- Aquatic toxicity
- Aspiration hazard
- Germ cell mutagenicity
Effectiveness: Good
- Clear contrast between behavior of systems
- High reliability
- Good connection from demo to course material
- Time to results is low
- Moderate effects are seen by audience
Difficulty: Medium
- Sequential manipulations
- Procedure with some intermediate steps
- Handling of organic reagents
Safety Precautions:
- Eye protection required
- Perform in a well-ventilated area
- Spill materials on hand
- No open flames during performance
- ABC fire extinguisher on hand
- Sodium thiosulfate on hand
- Gloves required
- Downdraft hood required
- Avoid exposure to mists, droplets and vapors
- Prevent release of reagents to the environment
Class: Addition Reactions, Hydrocarbons, Properties of Organic compounds
Division: General, Organic Chemistry
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