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    Lab 5: Preparation of Synthetic Banana Oil September 20th‚ 2012 Purpose: The main purpose of this experiment was to synthesize banana oil (isopentyl acetate.) Ester are often prepared by the Fischer esterification method‚ which involves heating a carboxylic acid with an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst. Theory: Synthesize isopentyl acetate by combining isopentyl alcohol with acetic acid and sulfuric acid and then heating the reaction mixture under reflux for an hour. The alcohol

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    Preparation of Synthetic Banana Oil Eric Nelson Chem. 253-1: Deepali Rathore Lab 1: Preparation of Synthetic Banana Oil 9-24-10 Purpose To create Isopentyl acetate with no more than 10% isopentyl alcohol and no more than 2% acidic acid in its composition. Theory Esters are a chemical functional group that usually forms by loosing a hydroxyl group and having it replaced with an alkoxy group with the loss of hydrogen. Esters are most commonly produced by taking a carboxylic acid‚ and

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    Acetyleugenol (Clove Oil) from Cloves Purpose In this experiment‚ you will obtain the essential oil from cloves by steam distillation. You will then separate a component (acetyleugenol) from the oil by liquid-liquid extraction. Finally‚ you will isolate the acetyleugenol by using a rotovap for reduced pressure distillation‚ which will remove the organic solvent (dichloromethane). Background Whole cloves contain between 14% and 20% by weight of essential oils‚ but only half of

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    September 30‚ 2012 Experiment 5‚ Preparation of Synthetic Banana Oil Introduction: This experiment prepares synthetic banana oil (isopentyl acetate) through the Fisher esterification method by combining isopentyl alcohol with acetic and sulfuric acid then heating the mixture under reflux for an hour. Esterification is a chemical reaction in which two reactants (an alcohol and an acid) form an ester as the reaction product. Observations and Data: When the sulfuric acid was combined

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    Global Oil Market Before and After Oil Extraction in Saudi Arabia KHALED HAMED AL SHEHRI Contents Contents 2 INTRODUCTION 3 I. BACKGROUND 3 A.Exploring the Oil in KSA 4 B.Middle East Economy 5 II. GLOBAL MARKET 6 A.Global Market before and after Saudi Oil Exploration 6 B.Current Position of Global Oil Market 6 C.Worldwide Oil Consumption 7 1. Comparison between OECD and Non-OECD Countries 7 III SAUDI ARABIA ROLE IN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY 9 A.OPEC 9 B.Saudi Arabia role in OPEC

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    Essay About Banana

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    The banana is a fruit surrounded by an enormous amount of history about its origin. The banana derives from Southeast Asia‚ specifically from the jungles of Malaysia‚ the Philippines and Indonesia‚ places where bananas are still produced today. The general belief is that in the middle ages Arabs brought the fruit to Africa’s oriental region via Madagascar. The fruit was later transported to the west coast by Portuguese missioners‚ where the fruit had great success due to the tropical humid environmental

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    Banana

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    The Philippine banana industry is one of the top agricultural export earners. The increase in demand worldwide has resulted to greater expansion of area planted to banana. As a tropical country‚ Philippines grows an abundant varirety of fruit crops primarily for local consumption and export market. Banana is considered as the most important fruit crop in the country in terms of volume production and export earnings. Philippines ranks second to Ecuador as the top banana-exporting country in the world

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    Extraction

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    the Extraction lab is to separate and purify benzoic acid‚ 2-naphthol‚ and naphthalene. These organic solids are purified by partitioning the solid in 2 immiscible solvents‚ diethyl ether and sodium bicarbonate or sodium hydroxide. II. Significance a. The significance of the Extraction lab is to purify Acetanilide benzoic acid‚ 2-naphthol‚ and naphthalene by determining the partition coefficient. This value is determined by dividing the solubility of the given solute in the extraction solvent

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    Banana Observation Essay

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    scrutinizing a banana‚ involuntary recurrent memories and repressed thoughts and emotions were consciously recalled. Banana is an ordinary nutritional intake that if one devotes time to observe and analyze‚ he or she might discover that not only does it associate with monkeys‚ but also within his or her inner values. With that being said‚ my observations of the banana directed my consciousness towards the sensation‚ perception‚ and thoughts of my inner process. What’s memorable about a banana is its discernable

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    Extraction of Jathropa curcas Seed Fats and Oil and Identification and Characterization of Unknown Oil Jose G. Intano‚ Jr. and Niescee Eiscene Talaman University of the Philippines Visayas Miagao‚ Iloilo xdvm_apollo469@yahoo.com‚ messyisnessy@gmail.com Abstract The experiment had the objectives of extracting fats and oil from plant sample using 3:2 hexane-isopropanol solvent through Soxhlet method and of identifying and characterizing unknown oil sample using different chemical analyses

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