This document is a lab report assignment for Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 3411) at Augusta University, specifically focused on Experiment 9: the synthesis of 2-butoxynaphthalene. It’s a record of a paired experiment, requiring individual data recording and analysis.
This assignment is essential for students who have completed the lab work. It serves as an assessment of understanding the principles of nucleophilic substitution reactions and the practical skills involved in ether synthesis, purification, and characterization. It’s due as a single PDF file submitted through D2L.
This report does *not* provide the experimental procedure itself – that was performed in the lab. It also doesn’t offer a full, detailed explanation of the underlying chemical concepts. Students are expected to already understand those from lectures and pre-lab preparation.
The full document includes: calculations for limiting reagent, theoretical yield, and percent yield; a complete reaction mechanism with curved arrows; R<sub>f</sub> value calculations; answers to specific questions regarding the experiment; and submitted IR spectra with accompanying discussion. The provided IR spectra for reactants (2-naphthol and 1-bromobutane) are *not* included in this preview.
