Question

2. (4 pts) You have transferred your product mixture to the sep funnel, added your organic solvent of choice, and the distilled water. You shake the funnel, vent, and allow the layers to separate. Using the picture on the left: 1) Label the aqueous and organic layers. Briefly state what determines which is the upper and which is the lower layer. 2) Show how your product and by-products are distributed in the funnel.

Answer 1

1

The labeled diagram is located on the first uploaded image

What determines the solvent that is the upper and the one that is the lower is density

2

The distribution is in this manner neutral organic product would move to organic layer while charge product would go to aqueous layer and then for the inorganic by-product it would move to the aqueous layer

Step-by-step explanation:

Looking at question one, to further explain when a solvent has a greater density than the solution it stays at the lower layer while the one with a lower density would stay above it