01-10-03 15:28
No 397063
i've been distilling bay leaves to get good at distillation...i'm set up properly, but my distillate is not seperating into distinct layers in the seperatory funnel...instead, i get one big layer of cloudy water with a very strong smell.
what would be the best way to isolate the oil? i tried salting the mess, but now i just have salt at the bottom of the funnel.
any ideas?
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(Hive Bee)
01-10-03 16:05
No 397072
Extract with some DCM or other non-polar solvent and distill off the solvent to leave the oil.
Sink or SWIM
(Newbee)
01-10-03 16:20
No 397079
that's what i thought, but hearing it from an experienced chemist and reading it in a textbook are two diff things...thanks for the help!
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