Organic Chemistry 12A Professor Alston October 28‚ 2014 Isolation of Chlorophyll and Carotenoid Pigments from Spinach Purpose The purpose of this experiment was to isolate ß-carotene‚ chlorophyll-A‚ and chlorophyll-B from spinach using column chromatography. Spinach was dehydrated using ethanol‚ and the pigments were extracted with dichloromethane. The spinach extracts were dried using CaCl2. Then‚ the solid pigments were run through a column using a non-polar solvent‚ hexane. The polar absorbent
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Since the Grignard reagent can easily react with water‚ all glassware including the 25 ml round bottom flask‚ magnetic stir bar‚ 3 and 5 ml conical vial‚ 50 mL Erlenmeyer flask‚ claisen adapter‚ drying tube and 5 glass pasteur pipets were first added to a 250mL beaker and placed in the oven for 30 minutes. After the completion of the thirty minutes‚ 0.150 g of shiny magnesium turnings and a stir bar was first added to the round bottom flask and the claisen adapter along with the drying tube packed
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Abstract Pigments extracted from different greens have different polarities and may be different colors. Mixed pigments can be separated using chromatography paper. Chromatography paper is able to separate mixed pigments due to their polarity and solubility. Pigments of chlorophyll a‚ chlorophyll b and beta carotene will be separated on chromatography paper because each has its own polarity and solubility‚ which results in different distance traveled up the paper. Beta carotene is non-polar so it
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Purpose: To find out the densities and to find out the name of the unknown metals. (Based on the extensive and intensive properties) Check up the words mass‚ volume‚ density‚ extensive properties‚ and intensive properties. Where do the units for mass and volume) come from and what do they mean? What is the density of distilled water? What is Archimedes principle? Does temperature affect the density of a solid? Liquid? Gas? Materials: Safety glasses‚ 10‚ 25 or 50 mL graduated cylinders
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The starting material for this lab was the dialyzed sample (stored at -20ᵒ C) from the previous lab. The CM sephadex resin (taken in a 50 mL tube) was already made swollen using Buffer C (20 mM HEPES‚ pH 7.9; 1 mM EDTA; 50 mM KCl). The dialyzed sample was thawed to the room temperature and gently poured over the resin. The tube was capped and kept on a rocker at room temperature for 1 hour. The tube was then centrifuged in a HS-4 rotor at 2500 rpm (1200g) for 5 minutes at 4ᵒ C. Supernatant was discarded
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Objective: The objective of the lab is to separate the caffeine samples we are using‚ using thin layer chromatography. The solvent we are using for the separation is 3:1 mixture of Chloroform and Acetone. Principle: Thin layer chromatography (TLC) is an important technique that is useful for separating organic compounds. TLC is often used to monitor the progress of organic reactions and to check the purity of products. Separations in Thin layer chromatography involve distributing a mixture of
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The Chromatography of Food Dyes and determination Of the Dyes Present in M&M Candies Procedure To complete this lab‚ I first mixed the solvent solution consisting of the proper ratio of water‚ salt‚ and isopropyl alcohol in a Pyrex measuring cup. I then prepared my chromatography papers for 2 trials by drawing‚ with a pencil‚ the appropriate lines and labels. Using a toothpick‚ I added the color to the paper‚ and then repeated until the color was strong. I repeated this step several more
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experiment was for each student to use column chromatography to separate plant pigments from spinach leaves. Some goals and objectives were to observe the effect of the increasing polar eluent fractions‚ to analyze the different fractions collected‚ and to correlate the structure of the components with polarity and behavior on a chromatographic column. Background The best method for separating mixtures in organic chemistry is chromatography. Chromatography is the separated of a mixture of two or more
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spectroscopy‚ Gas Chromatography and percent yield calculations were used. Equations and Structures 6. References 1. "18. Dehydration of 2- Methylcyclohexanol." Organic Chemistry Lab 2040L. XU Chemistry‚ n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2013. 2. "Material Safety Data Sheet 2-Methylcyclohexanol." Http://www.coleparmer.com/Assets/Msds/97403.htm. Coleparmer‚ 19 Mar. 1998. Web. 12 Feb. 2013. 3. "Material Safety Data Sheet Methylcyclohexane." Sciencelab.com. Science Lab‚ 09 Oct. 2005.
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2002‚ and J.R. Stroop‚ the first person to publish its significance in English in 1935(Stroop‚ 1935). In the Stroop model‚ color-words are variously presented in contrasting ink colors‚ also known as incongruent-colored words; for example‚ the word "red" when presented in blue ink. The word ‘Blue’ when presented in blue ink‚ on the other hand is an example of a congruent-colored word. Because the left hemisphere has demonstrated an overall advantage relative to the right hemisphere on most verbal
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