Lab report on gas chromatograph and the optical activity of carvones.

Optical Activity of Carvones
Kyle Peterson
Chem. 243a
Matt Judd, Sec. 25
Date Performed: 10/29/03
Abstract: The objective of this experiment is to use Gas Chromatography to distinguish between two enantiomers of carvone from caraway oil and spearment oil and to find the 2 carvone's optical activity as well as percent carvone in spearment and caraway oil. It was found that S-carvone had an optical activity of 0.0047 and R-carvone had an optical activity of 0.516 and that spearment oil is 59% carvone and caraway oil is 100% carvone.
Backround:
Gas Chromatography separates organ…