Can you make a seperation scheme for thisTetraphenylcyclopentadienone lab ? Please use the procedure belowto make it. Thank you.
Procedure:
Add 1.5 g benzil, 1.5 g dibenzyl ketone, and 12 mL absoluteethanol to a 50-mL round-bottom flask. Place a magnetic stir bar inthe flask. Attach a condenser, having lightly greased the joint.Stir and heat the mixture at 70ºC until the solids dissolve. Thenraise the temperature to 80ºC with continued stirring. Using a 9\"Pasteur pipette, add dropwise 2.25 mL of ethanolic potassiumhydroxide solution through the condenser into the flask; make aneffort to prevent any drops from contacting the condenser walls .The mixture will immediately turn a dark purple. Once you haveadded the potassium hydroxide, raise the temperature to about 85ºC.Stir the mixture at this temperature for 15 minutes.
At the end of the heating period, remove the flask from the heatand allow it to cool to room temperature. Then place the flask inan ice-water bath for 5 minutes to complete the crystallization ofthe product. Collect the deep purple crystals on a Büchner funnelby vacuum filtration. Wash the crystals with 3 4-mL portions ofice-cold 95% ethanol; this wash solvent should be used to transfercrystals from the round-bottom flask to the Büchner funnel if theydo not all come out when the mixture is initially poured into thefunnel. After air-drying the crystals for a few minutes, completethe drying in a 100ºC-oven for a few minutes.
Weigh the dried product and calculate the percent yield. Alsocalculate the overall percent yield from benzaldehyde. Determinethe melting point. If the melting point is not within 2ºC of theliterature value, you should recrystallize your product
Recrystallize your tetraphenylcyclopentadienone from a 1:1mixture of 95% ethanol and toluene; approximately 24 mL of thissolvent mixture will be required per gram oftetraphenylcyclopentadienone, but remember to only add the minimumboiling solvent necessary to dissolve the solute. Recover thecrystals by vacuum filtration and redetermine the meltingpoint.