Please explain fully A mixture of fluorene and benzoic acid is dissolved in diet

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Please explain fully

A mixture of fluorene and benzoic acid is dissolved in diethyl ether and mixed thoroughly with an aqueous solution of NaOH. After the layers separate, what will each of the layers contain? Label the layers. Indicate the main components, not species that could be present in trace amounts. Click on an item, then drag it to the bin If you think that a certain item doesn't belong to any of the bins, leave it out. Top layer ORGANIC LAYER diethyl ether water fluorene benzoic acid benzoate anion HCI benzene NaCI AQUEOUS LAYER Bottom layer

Explanation / Answer

Fluorene and benzoic acid treated wiht NaOH

benzoic acid reacts with base to form sodium salt of benzoate which is soluble in water

diethyl ether has lower density than water

Labelling the layers

Top layer

Organic layer

Diethy ether

fluorene

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Bottom layer

aqueous layer

benzoate anion

water

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