#melting-point

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"Melting-point" Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Pays-de-la-Loire ©PTRCMR

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Experiment 20

For the second experiment of the semester, I synthesized metal complexes of dimethyl sulfoxide. There were 3 products: CuCl2*2DMSO, PdCl2*2DMSO, and RuCl2*4DMSO.

Parts A and B only involved stirring the solution before vacuum filtering. Product C involved refluxing the solution before reducing with a stream of gas. After reducing the solution, acetone was added, and the mixture was cooled. Finally, the solution was filtered, and all of it went straight through the filter.

For product A, 55.60% of the expected product was obtained. Product B yielded much less, 7.98% of the expected yield. Product C was not successful; no crystals were collected with vacuum filtration.

While part C was not successful, I learned more about determining the melting point for products A and B. Enough product was made, so I was also able to analyze the IR spectroscopy.