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Column Chromatography Of Aspirin

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Column chromatography is a laboratory techniques used to isolate different compounds from one sample, in this case, it was used to isolate Aspirin and caffeine from an Anacin tablet. The Anacin tablet was dissolved in Acetone and mixed with silica get. Then column was packed with glass wool, a thin layer of sand, hexane, then a large layer of silica. An experimental issue occurred and the silica layer was not thick enough to effectively separate the mixtures. With the error the experiment continued and fractions were collected that contained caffeine and aspirin, as well as some that just contained caffeine. Since the aspirin was un-isolatable, the caffeine fractions were combined and rotovaped. IR and Melting point was then collected. The

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