SAFETY: Ethyl acetate is an irritant and flammable... prepare sample in the fume hood
Use a mortar and pestle to crush the tablet to a fine powder
Add 20 mL of ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and mix with a stir rod for 2 min.
What dissolves in EtOAc? ... What does not dissolve?
Add a small piece of cotton to a glass funnel
Decant the solution into a 50-mL round-bottom flask (RBF)
Subtract 10 mg each from ASP & ACE
Subtract 3 mg from CAF
What is removed in the filtration?
Why is product lost at this step? (part of IN-LAB #4)