Date of Award

6-1951

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

C. R. Haymaker

Second Advisor

Virgil Roach

Third Advisor

John R. Koch

Abstract

A very valuable reagent in organic characterization work is benzoyl chloride. By interacting benzoyl chloride with any one of the general classes of compounds termed phenols, alcohols, and amines, solid and very satisfactory derivatives are usually produced. However, the action of this compound occurs rather slowly and the operator, unless especially careful, suffers from the lachrimatory effects of the reagent, benzoyl chloride. A sample was submitted to my major professor, Dr. C. R. Haymaker, by Gene LaFave who claimed that it was benzoyl acid sulfate. This compound was a solid not difficult to manipulate in contradistinction to the lachrimatory liquid benzoyl chloride. It was hoped that this compound, in addition to its obvious advantage just cited, would exhibit benzoylating properties at least as good as those of benzoyl chloride. These hopes did not materialize, as the problem became more involved with time.

Comments

A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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