Why was it necessary to wash the crude methylcyclohexenes with aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution? 1. List the manipulations where mechanical loss of product could have occurred.
2. Identities of the components in a mixture may be determined by a technique called spiking. Suppose you had run a gas chromatogram on your product and had then deliberately added a drop of a known sample of 3-methylcyclohexene to a drop of your product. What would you expect the new chromatogram to show you?
4. Do you consider this a good preparative procedure for making 3-methylcyclohexene? Why?