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Why is dichloromethane not a good choice for re-crystallization of the caffeine?

How could you determine that the product you had obtained was caffeine?

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Caffeine is too soluble in dichloromethane.

You could do a mixed melting point with pure caffeine and the product you think is caffeine.

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