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2. Purpose- The purpose of this lab is to use sodium borohydride to reduce the ketone of 2-
methylcyclohexanone to an alcohol.
3. Reactions-
Reduction of 2-Methyl-cyclohexanone
4. Mechanisms-
5. Reagent Table-
7. Data-
8. Results-
Reduction of 2-Methyl-cyclohexanone
Theoretical Yield:
0.00267 moles x 114.19 g/mol = 0.305 g of 2-Methyl-cyclohexanol
Percent Yield:
0.031g x 100 = 10.2%
0.305 g
9. Discussion-
2) The conformer where the methyl group is equatorial is preferred over the conformer
with the axial methyl group due to van der waals repulsions. In the axial position, the
methyl group encounters repulsions with other axial hydrogens. The molecule with
the axial methyl requires more energy to be formed, therefore the conformer with the
equatorial methyl is preferred since it does not encounter these repulsions.
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