1. Briefly describe how a drying agent works. List the names and chemical formulas for five...

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1. Briefly describe how a drying agent works. List the names andchemical formulas for five typical drying agents.

2. Elemental bromine (Br2)reacts with 3-hexene to form3,4-dibromohexane.

a. Write out the balanced equation for this reaction.

b. If 11.5 g of 3-hexene is reacted with 8.8 g Br2, what is thetheoretical yield of 3,4- dibromohexane?

c. If you did the reaction described in (c) and isolated 15.9 gof 3,4- dibromohexane, what is the percent yield for thereaction?

3. How can you tell, visually, when an organic liquid is dryafter adding a drying agent?

4. Write out the mechanism for the dehydration of 2-butanol inthe presence of sulfuric acid (via an E1 mechanism).

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