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Offline bamster

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Borneol oxidized to camphor question
« on: October 06, 2010, 02:07:04 PM »
the dichloromethane extracts were washed with sodium carbonate and sodium bisulphite, idk why we did that?
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Re: Borneol oxidized to camphor question
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2010, 09:33:53 PM »
You may used some acids in your reaction,so the  sodium carbonate was used to neutralize the acid as a base .
As to the sodium bisulphite was used to removed the oxygenant as a reducing agent.
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