Homework Help: OChem

Posted by David on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 1:26am.

A mixture of fluorene and benzoic acid is dissolved in diethyl ether and mixed thoroughly with an aqueous solution of NaOH. After the layers separate, what will each of the layers contain? Label the layers. Indicate the main components, not species that could be present in trace amounts.

There is a bottom and top layer so the which of the following goes in which layer:
- organic layer
- diethyl ether
- fluorene
- benzene
- aqueous layer
- water
- benzoate ion
- HCl

OChem - Anonymous, Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 11:46pm
hey have u gotten the answer yet?
OChem - Anonymous, Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 11:47pm
hey have u gotten the answer yet?

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