Aim: To measure, analyze, through extraction and seperation of the components of chemical, Panacetin, which will conclude whether the label attached measures adequate amounts and contains US grade safe contents to which the drug, Panacetin, is originally produced by. Extraction of the chemicals Sucrose, Aspirin, and an Unknown substance is tested to determine the legitimacy of the label and drug.
Theory: The percent composition is calculated for accuracy and to conclude the “label is accurate”. The formula for the percent composition is adding the sums of all the extracts, then dividing the total sum by each of the three (3) individual extract; Sucrose, Aspirin, Unknown. By separating …show more content…
A digital scale, a centrifuge, two (2) test tubes, 4.0 mL of 5.0% NaHCO3, micropipette (glass with rubber suction top), a stirring rod, and a vial. A 50 mL beaker, 2 x 1.0 mL of 6.0 M HCl, pH paper, a vacuum chamber, a test tube rack, scooper, ice bath, hot water bath, hot plate, Hirsche funnel, and a rubber tube are all necessary to perform the …show more content…
Add 8.0 mL of dichloromethane to the 0.40 g of Panacretin and shake thoroughly, then place in a centrifuge, at three (3) speed for three (3) minutes. Extract the Sucrose and weigh using a digital scale (must be tared for accuracy). Separate the 8.0 mL of DCM to two (2) test tubes, each containing 4.0 mL of DCM. Add 4.0 mL of NaHCO3 (Sodium bicarbonate) to each of the two (2) test tubes and stir using a stirring rod until two (2) layers are visible, a thin top layer and thick-filmy bottom layer. Extract the bottom layers from the two (2) test tubes to a vial using a glass micropipette and a rubber suction cap/top and seal immediately. Conjoin the two (2) top layers to a 50 mL flask and add 1.0 mL of 6.0 M HCl to the beaker containing the solution and stir until the fizzing subsides. Test the pH of the solution with 6.0 M HCl added using pH paper, which has a color chart to analyze the results. Continue to add 1.0 mL of 6.0 M HCl until the pH of the solution is two (2) or less. Place the solution with the pH of 2 or less into an ice bath/cold water bath to form crystallization of aspirin for approximately five (5) minutes. After the five (5) minutes, establish a funnel system using a Hirsche Funnel attached to a vacuum filtration system located on/in the hood, to extract the Aspirin crystals formed from the ice bath/cold water bath. Weigh the crystals of aspirin using a digital