A researcher wishes to obtain a glycoside (an organic compound) from an aqueous plant extract using the solvent extraction technique. She therefore performs the following steps: Step 1: An aqueous solution (100 mL) containing 7 g of the glycoside was shaken with 50 mL of ethyl acetate. Step 2: The resulting aqueous layer from Step 1 was further shaken with 50 mL of dichloromethane. Given that: KD for the glycoside in ethyl acetate-water = 0.8 KD for the glycoside in dichloromethane-water = 0.9 (i)Calculate the total mass of glycoside extracted. (ii)If the molar mass of the glycoside = 784.3 g/mol, calculate the molar concentration of the glycoside remaining in the aqueous layer after each extraction.
A researcher wishes to obtain a glycoside (an organic compound) from an aqueous plant extract using the solvent extraction technique. She therefore performs the following steps:
Step 1: An aqueous solution (100 mL) containing 7 g of the glycoside was shaken with 50 mL of ethyl acetate.
Step 2: The resulting aqueous layer from Step 1 was further shaken with 50 mL of dichloromethane.
Given that:
KD for the glycoside in ethyl acetate-water = 0.8
KD for the glycoside in dichloromethane-water = 0.9
(i)Calculate the total mass of glycoside extracted. (ii)If the molar mass of the glycoside = 784.3 g/mol, calculate the molar concentration of the glycoside remaining in the aqueous layer after each extraction.
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