Synthesis of Acetaminophen Lab Report

1. Write the synthetic scheme for the reaction that you are performing.

2. What is the new functional group that is formed in the acetaminophen molecule?

3. What is the purpose of the water in this experiment?

5. Mass of p-aminophenol - 0.4020 g

6. Volume of acetic anhydride - 0.450 mL

7. Which is the limiting reagent (Show calculations) - ______________

8. Theoretical Yield (Show calculations) ______________

9. Mass of product ______________

10. Percent Yield (Show calculations) ______________

10. Melting point ______________

11. Suggest a specific impurity that might have been produced in the reaction that we might remove by doing a purification step (the solvent is not produced by the reaction).

12. What might cause your melting point to not correspond to the literature reported melting point for acetaminophen?