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ERIC Number: EJ1104118
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jun
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
EISSN: N/A
Determining the Energetics of the Hydrogen Bond through FTIR: A Hands-On Physical Chemistry Lab Experiment
Guerin, Abby C.; Riley, Kristi; Rupnik, Kresimir; Kuroda, Daniel G.
Journal of Chemical Education, v93 n6 p1124-1129 Jun 2016
Hydrogen bonds are very important chemical structures that are responsible for many unique and important properties of solvents, such as the solvation power of water. These distinctive features are directly related to the stabilization energy conferred by hydrogen bonds to the solvent. Thus, the characterization of hydrogen bond energetics has been vital for many areas of science. We present a laboratory experiment for physical chemistry in which the hydrogen bond energetics between methyl acetate and water is investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The experiment consists of measuring the temperature dependent IR spectra of methyl acetate to determine the changes in the enthalpy and entropy of making/breaking hydrogen bonds. This experiment aims at providing the students with hands-on experience in the following topics: solution and sample cell preparation, IR spectra collection and analysis, and data modeling and thermodynamic calculations. The overall objective of this experiment is to familiarize chemistry students with a methodology used to extract meaningful and up-to-date physical chemistry properties from real experimental data.
Division of Chemical Education, Inc and ACS Publications Division of the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 800-227-5558; Tel: 202-872-4600; e-mail: eic@jce.acs.org; Web site: http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: EPS1003897