Pre-lab questions (due by Friday, February 1, 2013):

1. A student dissolves the benzophenone by warming it up in a beaker. He then transfers the solution to a 10 mL vial that picked up in lab support. After a couple of minutes, a precipitate forms. How should he proceed?

2. Why is it important to properly seal the vial?

3. Why is it important to place the vial in the sunlight?

4. Show an orbital diagram for the final triplet state of benzophenone.

5. The student acquires the infrared spectrum for the compound. What is he looking for in the spectrum?

6. Why does this reaction not work with acetone?