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I do believe that since methanol (CH3OH) is a smaller molecule than ethanol (C2H5OH), and alcohol loses its polarity (and its ability to dissolve polar molecules as well as its own miscibility in water, also a polar molecule) at around 5 carbons or so, then it would follow that perhaps methanol is better at grabbing onto those polar compounds you'd like to extract. Ethanol usually works just fine for long term extraction, and provides a product we can consume.
What else can I help you with?
Can you turn methanol into ethanol?
Yes, methanol can be converted into ethanol through a process called catalytic hydrogenation, where hydrogen gas is reacted with methanol over a catalyst to yield ethanol. This process involves changing the molecular structure of methanol to produce ethanol.
What does CH3OH plus H2SO4 yield?
When methanol (CH3OH) reacts with sulfuric acid (H2SO4), it forms dimethyl ether (CH3OCH3) and water (H2O) as products. This reaction is known as the dehydration of methanol.
How do you prepare formic acid from methanol?
Formic acid can be prepared from methanol through the catalytic oxidation using a suitable catalyst such as platinum or palladium. The process involves reacting methanol with oxygen in the presence of the catalyst to yield formic acid. The reaction typically requires controlled conditions of temperature and pressure.
What will be the product of the reaction of ethanol and NaOH and iodine?
The reaction of ethanol with NaOH and iodine will yield iodoethane (ethyl iodide) as the product. The alcohol group in ethanol will be replaced by the iodine atom in the presence of NaOH.
How do you Convert ethanol into bromoethane?
Ethanol can be converted into bromoethane through an SN2 reaction with hydrobromic acid (HBr) in the presence of sulfuric acid as a catalyst. The oxygen in ethanol is protonated by HBr to form a good leaving group, which is then replaced by bromine to yield bromoethane.
Can you turn methanol into ethanol?
Yes, methanol can be converted into ethanol through a process called catalytic hydrogenation, where hydrogen gas is reacted with methanol over a catalyst to yield ethanol. This process involves changing the molecular structure of methanol to produce ethanol.
What is maximum percentage oil yield in ethanol or methanol?
polarity order of ehanol methanol n-hexane and distilled water
To maximize equilibrium yield of methanol would you use high or low temperature?
High because a higher pressure is the result of decreased volume and when a decreased volume for the equilibrium mixture is involved, the shift is toward the side with the least amount of mols of gas. 3 for reactants and 1 for methanol so towards methanol
How would the yield of ethanol at equilibrium change if the temperature was increased?
If you raise the temperature, the endothermic reaction will increase to use up the extra heat, therefore producing less percentage yield of ethanol and more of ethene and steam.
Methanol is combusted to yield 19.5mg of H2O. What is the mass of CO2 produced concomitantly?
The answer is 26,8 mg CO2.
Why ethanol gives haloform reaction?
Ethanol undergoes haloform reaction when treated with halogen (like iodine or chlorine) in the presence of a base such as sodium hydroxide. This reaction involves the oxidation of the methyl group in ethanol to form a carbonyl compound, followed by halogenation and subsequent cleavage of the carbon framework to yield haloform compounds like chloroform or iodoform.
What does CH3OH plus H2SO4 yield?
When methanol (CH3OH) reacts with sulfuric acid (H2SO4), it forms dimethyl ether (CH3OCH3) and water (H2O) as products. This reaction is known as the dehydration of methanol.
How do you prepare formic acid from methanol?
Formic acid can be prepared from methanol through the catalytic oxidation using a suitable catalyst such as platinum or palladium. The process involves reacting methanol with oxygen in the presence of the catalyst to yield formic acid. The reaction typically requires controlled conditions of temperature and pressure.
How do you extract menthol from mint leaves?
Steam distillation yield mint essential oil. From the essential oil you have two options: Extraction, reduction, and purification. Or you can take the essential oil and perform a re-crystallization. The first would be to take the distillant, dry it, and isolate your essential oil. Then perform an ethanol extraction on it several times to get most of the methanol out. Then NaOH washes to remove random impurities and alkaloids, then you want to dry it again (Na2SO4 would be ideal). Then you rotovap off your dried ethanol solvent. You should have crude methanol. Take this and perform a cold finger sublimation. Scrape your methanol crystals off the cold finger and bam, pure Methanol. Or you can perform a re crystallization, but I'm not exactly sure what solvent you would use. so that would take more research, but I know it can be done.
What will be the product of the reaction of ethanol and NaOH and iodine?
The reaction of ethanol with NaOH and iodine will yield iodoethane (ethyl iodide) as the product. The alcohol group in ethanol will be replaced by the iodine atom in the presence of NaOH.
Which of these would indicate that the respiration reactions occurring are anaerobic?
Presence of byproducts such as lactic acid or ethanol, absence of oxygen, lower energy yield compared to aerobic respiration.
What is the theoretical yield of ethanol?
This question cannot be answered as written. The chemical equation is needed, as well as the masses of the reactants.
