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In the Laboratory
Soap from Nutmeg: An Integrated Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment
Marcio C. S. de Mattos and David E. Nicodem
Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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January 2002
Vol. 79 No. 1
p. 94
Abstract
The extraction of trimyristin from nutmeg, its purification, and its conversion to a soap (sodium myristate) are described. Concepts such as the isolation of a natural product, recrystallization, identification of a solid, solubility, acidity and basicity, and organic reaction can be presented to students using integrated experiments in an introductory experimental chemistry laboratory. These experiments can easily be done in three class periods of four hours.

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 de Mattos, Marcio C. S.; Nicodem, David E. J. Chem. Educ. 2002 79 94.
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 Laboratory Instruction; Natural Products; Organic Chemistry
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