M mcgill2012 Full Member 10+ Year Member Aug 11, 2010 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad why would you want to extract an acidic compound with base - just because they react together, why does that mean they are soluble?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad why would you want to extract an acidic compound with base - just because they react together, why does that mean they are soluble?
M mcgill2012 Full Member 10+ Year Member Aug 12, 2010 #3 so the salt solid and aqueous layers separate, facilitating a separation? Upvote 0 Downvote
R Rabolisk Full Member 10+ Year Member Aug 12, 2010 #4 The salt would dissolve in the aqueous layer. The effect is that your original compound has gone from the organic to aqueous layer, thus being extracted, albeit in a slightly different form. Upvote 0 Downvote
The salt would dissolve in the aqueous layer. The effect is that your original compound has gone from the organic to aqueous layer, thus being extracted, albeit in a slightly different form.
