Question The Ephedra plant was dried and ground into powder, then extracted with anhydrous acetone. It was left at room temperature for two hours, filtered thr

[AKINCI]

The Ephedra plant was dried and ground into powder, then extracted with anhydrous acetone. It was left at room temperature for two hours, filtered through a coffee filter, and left to sit for another 2–3 hours. A white precipitate formed at the bottom. What do you think this could be?

 

[G.Patton]

Hello, I recommend you to use Ephedrine extraction from plants second method with EtOH and naphta.

 

[AKINCI]

There is no naphtha in my country, teacher. Do you have any other suggestions? Thank you very much for your attention and response.

 

[AKINCI]

And I will do the same process with ethanol, but I will not heat the ethanol and will let it sit for 3 days before filtering it. Then, I will combine these two solutions.

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