1. Chemistry Soil Analysis Project
... was a basic compound, so in order to separate the two, we used HCl. By adding 3M HCl to our solution, the hydrogen ions would protonate the nitrogen group of m-nitroaniline, forming a salt compound which would dissolve into the aqueous layer. The naphthalene would still be dissolved in the ethyl acetate. This way, we would be two immiscible layers: an organic layer containing ... only naphthalene dissolved in ethyl acetate and an aqueous layer containing the m-nitroaniline salt, protons, and chloride ions dissolved in water. The two layers were separated using the separatory funnel. The...
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