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Addition of Iodine to Alpha-Pinene (Version 2)

Iodine is mixed with cyclohexene and a-pinene and the results are compared.

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File: MOVIES/RINGSTR/IODINEA.MOV

Voiceover
Iodine crystals are poured into a large cylinder. Like most alkenes, cyclohexene reacts only sluggishly with iodine. But when a-pinene is poured into iodine, the exothermic reaction vaporizes iodine. The extra energy comes from relief of ring strain in the a-pinene molecules.

Discussion
Mixing solid iodine and cyclohexene shows little reaction but mixing iodine and a-pinene produces a very vigorous exothermic reaction and sublimation of solid iodine to dense iodine vapor.

There are several common pronunciations of the word 'iodine'. Variations of this movie and the "Historical Note" movie are provided with variations in pronunciation via these links:
Addition of Iodine to a-Pinene
Historical Note


Design and Demonstration:  
  George Gilbert Denison University, Granville, OH 43023
Video:  
  Jerrold J. Jacobsen University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
Text:  
  George Gilbert Denison University, Granville, OH 43023
  Kelly Houston Jetzer University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
  David Phillips Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN 47933
  Frank W. Darrow Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850