This indicates that chemicals with higher boiling points will have longer retention times than chemicals with low boiling points. With that thought in mind and based on the data, it is clear to say that the major products that were produced with toluene, acetophenone, and nitric acid were indicated by peaks 4 and 5 on the toluene GC spectrum. These chemicals were o-nitrotoluene and p-nitrotoluene. This was determined by first finding the literature values of all the reactants’ and products’ boiling points. Each peak was then assigned a chemical on the GC spectrum based off the retention time and boiling points. The peaks with lower retention times had chemicals with low boiling points, such as the starting material like toluene and acetophenone. As the retention time continued to increase, chemicals were assigned by ascending order of their boiling
This indicates that chemicals with higher boiling points will have longer retention times than chemicals with low boiling points. With that thought in mind and based on the data, it is clear to say that the major products that were produced with toluene, acetophenone, and nitric acid were indicated by peaks 4 and 5 on the toluene GC spectrum. These chemicals were o-nitrotoluene and p-nitrotoluene. This was determined by first finding the literature values of all the reactants’ and products’ boiling points. Each peak was then assigned a chemical on the GC spectrum based off the retention time and boiling points. The peaks with lower retention times had chemicals with low boiling points, such as the starting material like toluene and acetophenone. As the retention time continued to increase, chemicals were assigned by ascending order of their boiling