Ring Strain - Demonstration

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

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

Credits: 
  • 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