Lab 3

What is solid-liquid extraction?

Separating a compound by exploiting its solubility from other compounds

What was the starting compound?

Nutmeg

What was the final compound?

Trimyristin

What were the solvents used?

Methylene Chloride/Ethyl acetate

Acetone during simple distillation and washing

Draw Trimyristin

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Techniques used

Reflux, gravity filtration, simple distillation, suction filtration

What was reflux used for?

To extract the triglyceride from the nutmeg

What was gravity filtration used for?

Separate trimyristin from the nutmeg residue

What was suction filtration used for?

To isolate the pure product

How was the compound characrerized?

Melting point

How much trimyristin was supposed to be extracted from the nutmeg?

20-25%