You have conducted a synthesis reaction which yields a product that is soluble i

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You have conducted a synthesis reaction which yields a product that is soluble in organic solvents. However, the reaction by-products include both an organic salt (KCL) and H2SO4 acid catalyst (which of course was not consumed in reaction). You need to isolate your product via extraction. Your choices of organic solvents are: isopropanol, diethyl ether, or acetone. Keeping in mind that you will also be doing aqueous washes during the work up, which solvent would you choose? Why not the other two?

Explanation / Answer

you can use diethylether for extraction, because acetone and isopropanolwere prone to react with H2SO4 and form side products. extract the reaction mass with diethylether 3*100 ml each. combine all ether layers and wash with water (100ml), and brine solution (100ml) and then dry with Na2SO4

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