The Diels-Alder Reaction of Anthracene with Maleic Anhydride 1 The Diels-Alder Reaction of Anthracene with Maleic Anhydride
Microscale Diels-Alder Reaction
Leah Monroe
March 6, 2003
Organic Chemistry Lab II
Experiment performed on February 25 and 27, 2003
Abstract:
This experiment involved a reaction between anthracene and maleic anhydride via a Diels Alder reaction to yield 9, 10-dihydroanthracene-9,10-α, β-succinic anhydride. Anthracene was the diene and maleic anhydride was the dienophile. The percent yield of the crude product was 69.03%. Following recrystallization of the product using xylene and vacuum filtration, a percent yield of 37.42% for the recrystallized product was collected. This was low due to the fact that some of the crude product was not recrystallized and was instead used to take a melting point of the crude product. It was also low due to several of the crystals being stuck inside the flask and not going into the funnel. The percent......
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