Nutmeg Lab - Isolation of Trimyristin (Part 1 of 2)

[@kawaiiintelligenceagency3889]

Thats some decent lab equipment there

[@yumi-bv7gf]

Hi Dr why my myristic acid is orange solid? What is the possible might occur during the experiment?

[@DrRichardMusgrave]

Are you talking about the trimyristin or the myristic acid?

[@yumi-bv7gf]

@@DrRichardMusgrave myristic acid..supposedly in white colour but I obtained orange colour

[@DrRichardMusgrave]

@@yumi-bv7gf was this after you recrystallized it?

[@yumi-bv7gf]

@@DrRichardMusgrave yes Dr..

[@DrRichardMusgrave]

@@yumi-bv7gf you probably needed to use more solvent when you recrystallized it.

[@jamilhanna3455]

Why did u use methanol for the second part (crystallization) ?

[@leptonsoup337]

Probably because the product is slightly soluble in it but will crash out of solution with a decrease in temperature.

[@deborahvickery7408]

first year uni chemistry class?

[@DrRichardMusgrave]

Second year.

[@milanacunningham5047]

What was the percentage yield of the trimyristin ?

[@milanacunningham5047]

compared to the theoretical

[@DrRichardMusgrave]

It's more a percent recovery. This is an extraction, not a reaction. Since we don't know how much trimyristin was in the nutmeg, all we can do is come up with a percent recovery based on the initial mass of nutmeg.

[@SandyWilson-o1l]

😅

[@DIGITALVHS]

Dare you to eat it