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Work-up & extraction flowcharts template
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Flowcharts for a standard aqueous work-up and for an acid–base extraction separating benzoic acid, aniline and naphthalene, with the structure in each layer and how each component is recovered.
What the template shows
- Work-up flowcharts
- An aqueous work-up, and an acid–base extraction separating an acid, an amine and a neutral compound
- ⚠ Always check the supplier SDS; this is an example.
- Aqueous work-up
- Reaction mixture
- Quench at 0 °C (sat. aq. NH₄Cl, water or dilute acid)
- Add organic solvent + water; transfer to a separating funnel; shake and vent
- Separate layers (aqueous layer: back-extract ×2, then to aqueous waste)
- Organic layer: wash with water, then brine
- Dry (MgSO₄ or Na₂SO₄), filter
- Evaporate (rotary evaporator) → crude product → purify
- Acid–base extraction: benzoic acid, aniline, naphthalene in Et₂O
- Mixture in Et₂O: benzoic acid + aniline + naphthalene
- extract with 1 M HCl (2 ×)
- Aqueous layer (bottom)
- anilinium chloride
- Organic layer (top, Et₂O): benzoic acid + naphthalene
- extract with 1 M NaOH or sat. NaHCO₃ (2 ×)
- sodium benzoate
- Organic layer (top)
- naphthalene (neutral)
- Basify with 2 M NaOH (pH > 10) → aniline separates; extract into Et₂O, dry, evaporate
- Acidify with conc. HCl (pH < 2, ice bath) → benzoic acid precipitates; filter, wash, dry
- Wash with brine, dry (MgSO₄), evaporate → naphthalene
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