Pre Lab Questions
RECRYSTALLIZATION
1. Complete the following table:
Compound
Structure
Solubility in Hot Water
Solubility in Cold Water
Acetanilide
Sugar
2. What is the literature (known) melting point for acetanilide?
3. A student performed a recrystallization to purify a crude sample from a reaction. The amount of crude material collected from the reaction was 13.56 grams. After the purification, the student collected 8.97 grams of extremely pure material.
a. What is the percent recovery of the desired material?
b. Is it possible to determine how much of the desired material remained in solution after the filtration?
4. The solubility of acetanilide in hot water is 5.5 g / 100 mL at 100°C and its solubility in cold water is 0.53 g / 100 mL at 0°C. What would be the maximum theoretical percent recovery from the crystallization of 2.5 g of acetanilide from 50 mL of water? Show the calculation.