Acid Base Reaction Lab Report Essay

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The mixture was fully dissolved into 20.4 mL of ether. Ether was used as the extraction solvent. Ether was an appropriate extraction solvent because it is not reactive and has a low boiling point. The ether was able to dissolve the mixture because ethers are capable of hydrogen and dipole-dipole bonding.6 The formation of these bonds is important for the ether to be able to dissolve the compounds. Once the mixture was dissolved in the ether, acid-base reactions were used to separate both the organic acid and the organic base from the solution. By adding hydrochloric acid to the separatory funnel, the pH in the separatory funnel was changed to an acidic pH. In an acidic pH, the base compound of the mixture will accept the hydrogen ions that are now in the solution. By accepting these ions, the base turns into a water-soluble ionic form. In this …show more content…

This was done using acid-base reactions, which formed a precipitate. A precipitate formed as the result of an insoluble product. In this experiment, the acid and base compounds were the precipitates. In this procedure, sodium hydroxide was added to the Erlenmeyer flask that contained the basic compound. A reaction between the hydroxide ions and the conjugate acid of meta-nitroaniline reversed the initial reaction that was used to separate the basic component out, by adding hydrochloric acid. By reversing this reaction, the meta-nitroaniline was regenerated and because it is insoluble in water, a precipitate was formed. This precipitate was then filtered out of the solution using vacuum filtration. This procedure was repeated for the acidic components but hydrochloric acid was used instead of sodium hydroxide. During the neutralizations, extreme heat was produced in the beakers. For this reason, it was important to conduct the experiment in an ice

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