Cycles. This is not the final stage of the steps of the scientific method, as it generates data and ideas to recycle into the first stage. The initial and wider research area can again be addressed, with this research one of the many individual pieces answering the whole question.
The reason behind this is because the cyclohexene is highly flammable, so as to remove any unnecessary risk we used a heating pad. We then created our cyclohexanol mixture of cylcohexanol (6mL), sulfuric acid (10 drops), phosphoric acid (8 mL), and a boiling cheap which we then used on our apparatus.
Comparing the conjugate bases of cyclohexanol, phenol and benzoic acid reveals some differences. In cyclohexanol, the anion formed by loss of a proton is localized on the oxygen. There is no resonance stabilization. In phenol, the anion formed by loss of a proton is delocalized. Resonance structures show the negative charge can be shared between the oxygen atom and three of the carbons in the benzene ring. In benzoic acid, the anion is also delocalized. This time the negative charge is shared between two different oxygen atoms.