Let's see another sample problem.
This time you have a mixture ofphenol
and benzoic acid, dissolved
in dichloromethane.
How do you separate these two compounds?
Answer:
To extract benzoic acid (a carboxylic acid), usually you
may use either5% NaOH or sat. NaHCO3
HOWEVER, you cannot use NaOH solution this time.
It extracts both phenol
and benzoic acid!
Do you still want to try NaOH solution? Click this button.
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Use NaHCO3 solution! (This is the right
choice.)
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Did you see that you separated the two compounds using NaCO3
aqueous solution?
Let's continue then...
