Date of Award
6-1951
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Department
Chemistry
First Advisor
Clifford R. Haymaker
Second Advisor
John R. Koch
Abstract
When, in the process of characterizing an organic compound, the compound has been definitely placed in one certain class, such as acids or alcohols, and all but a certain number of the compounds in the class have been eliminated by physical constants or functional groups, the final step is the preparation of suitable derivatives. If, however, the unknown falls into a class of compounds of such chemical nature that preparation of deriyatives is impossible, or, at the least, difficult, then the identification must depend entirely upon physical constants. This is frequency the case with alkyl halides. They must be identified almost exclusively by their physical constants, which is not satisfactory.
The purpose of this thesis is, therefore, to investigate the use of quaternary ammonium salts as derivatives of allkyl halides. These salts would be prepared by treating the alkyl halide with a tertiary amine, in the presence of a suitable solvent.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Kenneth E., "The Identification of Various Halogen Compounds Through Formation of Quaternary Ammonium Salts" (1951). Bachelors’ Theses. 1715.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1715
Comments
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin