Question: draw a modified flow chart bases on figure 1.1 to show how one could isolate salicylic acid (a carboxylic acid). OH ma huang plant preparation
OH ma huang plant preparation containing ephedrine Ph NHCH Ephedra sinica STEP 1: benzenelaq. Na CO OH ORGANIC PHASE ephedrineeutral organics Ph AQUEOUS PHASE (BASIC organic carboxylates/debris (DISCARD) NHCH STEP 2: ag: HCI ORGANIC PHASE neutral organics (DISCARD) Ph AQUEOUS PHASE (ACIDIC ephedrine hydrochloride NH CHE STEP 3: CHCI aq kco, (free-base step) OH ORGANIC PHASE pure ephedrine Ph AQUEOUS PHASE (BASIC impunities (DISCARD) NHCH STEP 4: oxalic acid recrystallization of oxalate salt OH Ph NH CH3 oxalate ephedrine oxalate Figure 1.1 Procedure for isolation of ephedrine from ma huang. Step 1: The crude plant preparation is partitioned between benzene and aqueous base ephedrine is shown in red). Step 2: The organic phase is extracted with aqueous acid. Step 3: Base is added to the aqueous phase to free-base ephedrine; the next step is extraction of the free base into organic solvent and evaporation to solid ephedrine. Step 4: Recrystallization as the oxalate salt. Photo by Lazare Gagnidze/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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