I am stuck writing a conclusion for this lab because I really didn't understand how mechanisms Sn1 and Sn2 relate to the lab. Can someone explain the purpose of the lab and whats going on?
-In the first part we did the synthesis: the preperation of tert-amyl chloride with 20 mL of 12M HCL and 12mL of t-amyl alcohol using a seperatory funnel and then a simple distillation. I am supposed to calculate the percent yield and have no idea how to. The weight of t-amyl chloride at the end was 5.66g?
-Second part was mechanism: relative reactivity of alkyl halides
I placed 4mL of 2% ethanolic silver nitrate solution in each of six test tube with 3 drops of a different alkyl halide in each and saw which formed a perciptate but what does it mean if it did form a pecipitate? How does it relate to Sn1?
