Chemistry Lab Report

on
Mass Relationship
Synthesis of Tetramethylammonium Triiodide

by

Sarita Hatakaroon 5861138

Saran Chotipradist 5861137
Muttawa Wattanakulchai 5861061
Pattiya Watchara-amnouy 5861304
Pattaranun Hanwongpaiboon 5861096

General Chemistry
Mahidol University International Demonstration School
Tuesday 29th , November 2016
present to
Sorasaree Tonsiengsom
 Table of Contents
Summary/Abstract page 2

Objective page 2

Introduction page 3

Material and Method page 3-6

Result page 7

Discussions page 8

Calculations page 9

Conclusion page 9

References page 10

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 Summary/Abstract

This report presents the mass relationship between reactant and

the product. Our objective is to apply knowledge of mass relationship.

The reactant are tetramethylammonium iodide and iodine. We use

ethanol and heat to make the chemical reaction. After the filtration we

will get the Tetramethylammonium Triiodide. In the experiment it has

some error in the filtration that make the actual yeild does not equal the

theoritical yeild. The actual yeild is equal 0.66 gram that is only 61.40%

of the theoretical yeild that should be 1.075 grams.

Objective

The purpose of this experiment is to synthesize

Tetramethylammonium Triiodide and to apply knowledge of mass
relationship (mole, molar mass, and Avogadro constant) and chemical
reaction.

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 Introduction

Tetramethylammonium Triiodide was synthesised by a reaction

between tetramethylammonium iodide and Iodine. Its Molecular Weight

is 201.05 and its Molar Mass is 454.8582. The density is 1.84 g/cm3 (20

C). The product appears to be solid at the room temperature and is

stable under normal temperatures and pressures,but however, it can be

melted into liquid at the melting point of 300. The decomposition of

Tetramethylammonium Triiodide are Nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide,

carbon dioxide, iodide, ammonia. The chemical reaction of

Tetramethylammonium Triiodide can be written as the following

equation;

(CH 3 ) 4 N + I
+ I 2 (CH 3 ) 4 N + I
3

Material

1. Tetramethylammonium 5. Ethanol
2. Iodine 6. Hot plate
3. Beaker 7. Ice bath
4. Ethanol 8. Vacuum filtration

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 Method

1. Add 0.5g of tetramethylammonium iodide and 0.6 of iodine into the

beaker.

2. Use a stirring rod to break up tetramethylammonium iodide and

iodine.

3. Add 12 ml of 95% ethanol.

4. Heat a beaker on a hot plate and stirring at the same time until it
dissolve about 10 minutes.

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 5. To prevent permature crystallization, heat it at low temperature.

6. Remove from the heat and wait beaker to cool down. If we are
disturbing, it will cause small size crystals which are very difficult to
isolate and blog impurities.

7. Crystals Forming

8. Place a beaker in the ice bath for 10 minutes then set up vacuum

9. filtration for suction filtration and washing compounds.

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 10. Collect crystals and wash them twice with hexanes of 2x7 mL.

11. Wait for air dry and weigh the amount of product.

12. Hand in a sample then write your member names, name of

compound, and date to Lab instructor.

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 Result

Name of (CH 3 ) 4 N + I
I2 (CH 3 ) 4 N + I
3
substances

Weight 0.5 g 0.6 g 0.66 g

Status Solid Solid Solid
Mole 2.488 103 mole 2.364 103 mole 2.364 103 mole

Appearance - colorless or yellowish - purple-black - purple color

crystalline solid metallic solid - powder
- look like a
needle crystal
- softly
- a little bit small
green piece
- not clump with
each other

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 Discussion

The reactants on this lab are tetramethylammonium iodide and

iodine. The product is tetramethylammonium triiodide. According to this
equation, (CH 3 ) 4 N + I + I 2 (CH 3 ) 4 N + I 3 .
We use 0.5 gram or 2.488 103 mole of tetramethylammonium
iodide and 0.6 gram or 2.364 103 mole of iodine for the reactant in the
reaction.
A product is 0.66 gram and mole of product is 2.364 103 mole .
A apperance of product is powder,softly,crystal, have a small green
piece, not clump with each other and purple color.
The limiting reagent is a substance that is totally consumed after
the chemical reaction. According to the experiment, the limiting reagent
was iodine.
From this experiment, we expect that there are 1.075 grams of
products but the amounts of products are less than the expectation
because there may had some errors during the process of filtration.
The error in this experiment was that we cannot get the product in
the amount of theoritical yield. To improve, all of the procedure should
be followed in order to make an experiment more accurate. Therefore, it
will decresae the errors, which can affect the result of the experiment.

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 Calculations

(CH 3 ) 4 N + I
= 0.5 g
I2 = 0.6 g
(CH 3 ) 4 N + I
= 253.8 amu
I2 = 201.0 amu

(CH 3 ) 4 N + I
= 2.488 103 mole
I2 = 2.364 103 mole

I 2 < (CH 3 ) 4 N + I , so I 2 is the limiting reagent

(CH 3 ) 4 N + I
3 = 454.9amu
= 2.364 103 mole
= 1.075 g

Theorelical yeild = 1.075 g

Actual yield 0.66 g

Percent yeild = T heorelical yeild 100% = 1.075 g 100 = 61.40 %

Conclusion

A reactant of an experiment are (CH 3 ) 4 N + I and I 2 , a products

is (CH 3 ) 4 N + I 3 . A weight also decrease and all of apperance is
changing.

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