In this lab, cyclohexanol was distilled with a phosphoric acid catalyst, giving a 35.9 % yield of cyclohexene. After the GC, the product I produced was in fact cyclohexene. The standard GC graph shows a retention time at 0.205. The GC graph obtained from the cyclohexene product showed a retention time of 0.175, which is not much difference than the standard. The IR analysis showed the results have a major dip between 3200 and 2800 l/cm. The standard IR analysis shows a dip from 3061.03 to 2837.29 l/cm. The results obtained are a clear indicator that the product was cyclohexene. There is a dip at 1635.00 l/cm indicates that there is a double bond in the product. Since there is no presence of a dip between 3400 to 3200, there is no alcohol present in the product. After these two methods of analysis, the results can confirm that the product was indeed cyclohexene.
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