If 1.2 g of aspirin were dissolved in 100 mL of water, how much aspirin might...

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If 1.2 g of aspirin were dissolved in 100 mL of water, how muchaspirin might you be able to recover if you were to extract theaqueous solution with 100 mL of dichloromethane? Also calculate thepercent recovery.

If instead of extracing the aqueous layer with 100 mL ofdichloromethane, what would have been teh percent recovery if youhad used two sucessive 50 mL protions of dichloromethane?

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To answer this question we need to know the solubility of aspirin in both water and dichloromethane The data shows the solubility of aspirin is 3 mgmL in water at ambient conditions and the solubilty in dichloromethane    See Answer
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