What Was The Isolation Of Anizing Oil From Anise Oil?

Anise oil was successfully able to be extracted from anise seeds during this experiment. It was done by first crushing the seeds, then placing them into a distillation apparatus. The distillation apparatus evaporated the liquid from the seeds, which was captured in a flask. Next, DCM was added to the distillate, which allowed the water to be separated from the anise oil. Finally, the DCM evaporated and the pure anise oil was collected. The process of steam distillation allowed the anise oil in the seeds to be safely separated from the seeds. During the distillation process, water and crushed up seeds were placed in a round bottom flask. This flask was then heated to 100*C so that the water would start to boil. The reason that water was used is due to the fact that when the water molecules would vaporize, they would carry a small amount of the anise oil with them, thus allowing it to be collected. However, the temperature never exceeded 100*C so as not to damage the delicate structure of anise oil. Heating the apparatus to much would have broken the bonds in the anise oil, thus destroying it. Once the water started to boil, the steam was sent through the condenser. The condenser turned the steam from a gaseous state back into a liquid state. This occurred due to the cold water running through the condenser. When the
Which meant that the molecular weight of the structure had to add up to 148. ATR-IR suggested the presence of an aromatic ring, alkene group and carbonyl group. CNMR showed the presence of an aromatic ring, carbonyl group and a methyl group. HNMR showed the presence of an aromatic ring, alkene group and carbonyl. Using the rule of 13 and the adjustment for oxygen, the predicted structure of the anise oil was C10H12O with 5 degrees of unsaturation. Since the aromatic ring is 4 degrees of unsaturation by itself, the last degree of unsaturation was most likely an alkene