Question: If an 50/50 unknown mixture of a neutral organiccompound and a basic c

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Question: If an 50/50 unknown mixture of a neutral organiccompound and a basic compound, or acidic compound isgiven. Just by neutralizing the NaOH and the HClextracts with the opposite acid/base , how can you tellwhether the original mixture contains a basic compound or anacidici compound? NaOH extract + HCl ----> water + very littleprecipitates HCl extract + NaOH ----> water + a lot ofprecipitates Question: If an 50/50 unknown mixture of a neutral organiccompound and a basic compound, or acidic compound isgiven. Just by neutralizing the NaOH and the HClextracts with the opposite acid/base , how can you tellwhether the original mixture contains a basic compound or anacidici compound? NaOH extract + HCl ----> water + very littleprecipitates HCl extract + NaOH ----> water + a lot ofprecipitates

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To find whether the original mixture contains the acidor base just add a degenerating agent to the extract obtained byeither HCl or NaOH.If the precipitate is readily formed.Theoriginal compound contains the opposite compound to the solublecompound in either acid or base. Another test is take a little amount of the sample inanother test tube and test the solubility,then you easily get thecompound present in the original reactant as either acid orbase.

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