Acid Base Extraction


The purpose of this laboratory assignment was two-fold, first, we were to
demonstrate the extraction of acids and bases, finally, determining what
unknowns were present. Second, we were to extract caffeine from tea. These two
assignment will be documented in two separate entities.

Introduction: Acid/base extraction involves carrying out simple acid/base
reactions in order to separate strong organic acids, weak organic acids neutral
organic compounds and basic organic substances. The procedure for this
laboratory assignment are on the following pages.

3) Separation of Carboxylic Acid, a Phenol and a Neutral Substance

The purpose of this acid/base extraction is to separate a mixture of
equal parts of benzoic acid(strong acid) and 2-naphthanol(weak base) and 1,4-
dimethoxybenzene(neutral) by extracting from tert-butylmethyl ether(very
volatile).The goal of this experiment was to identify the three components in
the mixture and to determine the percent......

Join Now to view the rest of this term paper!
Members: Login to view this research paper.

Title: Acid Base Extraction
Approximate Word Count: 2017
Approximate Pages: 9 (250 words per double-spaced page)

With the Term Papers Lab Membership Pass, you get instant access to every essay on this site, including this essay on Acid Base Extraction, for as long as you remain a member.

Other essays sites charge almost $100 for a single term paper. At Term Papers Lab, you can get instant access to over 100,000 research papers for as little as $29.95!