Hi guys,
I just had a question about liquid - liquid extraction. In the Ochem examcracker book, the last lab technique they talk about is the liquid extraction. What I do not understand is how there is an organic layer composed of bases and acids which can apparently stay imiscible with the aqueous layer....from what I have learned, bases or acids are usually polar which can be solvated by H2O. I mean, just take the example they gave. According to the book, they will first extract amines by protonating them via acid. But don't amines dissolve in H2O already bc of hydrogen bonding?
Please help.
Thank you in advance.
I just had a question about liquid - liquid extraction. In the Ochem examcracker book, the last lab technique they talk about is the liquid extraction. What I do not understand is how there is an organic layer composed of bases and acids which can apparently stay imiscible with the aqueous layer....from what I have learned, bases or acids are usually polar which can be solvated by H2O. I mean, just take the example they gave. According to the book, they will first extract amines by protonating them via acid. But don't amines dissolve in H2O already bc of hydrogen bonding?
Please help.
Thank you in advance.