I.

TITLE OF EXPERIMENT : “Making Cis and Trans of Potassium

Dioxalato Diaquo Chromium (III) ”
II. DATE OF EXPERIMENT : Monday, 23 April 2018
III. PURPOSE OF EXPERIMENT :
1. To learn the making of salt complexes of Potassium Dioxalato Diaquo Chromium
(III).
2. To learn the characteristics of cis and trans complexes salt of Potassium Dioxalato
Diaquo Chromium (III).

IV. BASIC THEORY

V. EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL
a. Equipment
- Beaker glass 50 mL (2 pieces)
- Beaker glass 100 mL (1 piece)
- Graduated cylinder 10 mL (2 pieces)
- Watch glass (2 pieces)
- Spatula (1 piece)
- Bunsen Burner (1 piece)
- Funnel (1 piece)
- Test Tube (2 pieces)
- Drop pipette (3 pieces)
- Filter paper (4 pieces)
- Analytical balance (1 set)
- Oven (1 set)
b. Material
- Oxalic Acid (H2C2O4)
- Potassium Dichromate (K2Cr2O7)
- Ethanol
- Dilute Ammonium Hydroxide solution (0.1M)
VI. PROCEDURE
1. Making Isomer of Trans Potassium Dioxalato Diaquo Chromium (III)

3 gram Dihydrate Oxalic Acid

- Put into beaker glass 50 mL

- Added 1 drop of boiled aqudest
- Added little by little solution of 1 gram potassium
dichromate that dissolved in 1 drop of hot aquadest
- Covered beaker glass with watch glass

Dark Purple Solution with Gas

- Evaporated on the steam bath until the volume half

less
- Let evaporated in room temperature until the volume
1/3 less

Dark Purple Solution

- Filtered the crystal

Filtrate Residue

- Washed with 5 mL aquadest

- Washed with 5 mL ethanol
- Write the result in percent

Black Crystal

Reaction: 4H2C2O4.2H2O (s) + K2Cr2O7 (s)  2K[Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]

2. Making Isomer of Cis Potassium Dioxalato Diaquo Chromium (III)

1 gram of Potassium 3 gram Dihydrate

Dichromate Oxalic Acid

- Inserted into evaporate cup or beaker glass

- Added 1 drop of hot aqudest
- Covered with watch glass

Pasta form (Losing CO2 gas)

- Added 5 mL ethanol
- Stirred until formed precipitate
- Added ethanol until crystall totally
- Filtered

Filtrate Residue

- Dried in oven at 40oC until the

mass is constant
- Write the mass and color
- Calculated rendemen

Rendemen

Reaction: 4H2C2O4.2H2O (s) + K2Cr2O7 (s)  2K[Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]

3. Isomer Purification Test

Crystal of Cis and Trans Isomer

- Put in filter paper

- Dropped Ammonium diluted solution

Dark green spread Brown spread in

in filter paper filter paper
VII. OBSERVATION TABLE
VIII. ANALYSIS
IX. CONCLUSION
X. REFERENCES
XI. QUESTION AND ANSWER