Asked by Tom

Suggest another solvent you might use instead of ether. Explain your choice giving the advantages and disadvantages of your choice.

I said: Toluene

Advantages are:
-the vapor pressure of Toluene is less
-the freezing point is much lower
-low polarity
-immiscible in water


Disadvantages are: ( I need more explanation for this part)
-Moderately toxic
Answered by DrBob222
What are you doing?
Solvent for what.
What are you measuring?
Answered by Tom
Separation of Unknown Compounds ( this is a lab question. we used ether in this experiment)
Answered by DrBob222
That doesn't help much. Is this an extraction? Do you know anything about the unknown? Is it an acid? base? ester? anything else other than it's an unknown? Is this a qual experiment. A quant experiment?
Answered by Tom
We had acid base and solid mixture in this experiment. other than these we aren't given anything else. Yes it was an extraction.
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