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Bicarbonate and Phenol Separation Process by borschteater is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes the process of separating benzoic acid and phenol using liquid-liquid extraction with sodium bicarbonate and sodium hydroxide as bases. Sodium bicarbonate, a weak base, deprotonates benzoic acid, making it charged and causing it to fall out of the ether layer and into the aqueous layer. Sodium hydroxide, a strong base, is then used to deprotonate phenol, also making it charged and causing it to fall out of the ether. This allows the two compounds to be separated based on their diffe
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