Why is the product in the synthesis of methyl benzoate can be extracted with a sodium carbonate solution and magnesium sulfate are added before the final distillation?

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1. Why is the product in the synthesis of methyl benzoate can be extracted
with a sodium carbonate solution and magnesium sulfate are added
before the final distillation?

2. Give two reasons why a water bath can and
must be used during the recrystallisation of
benzoin synthesisis.

3. Why does p-nitroacetanilide recrystallize in
ethanol, but the o-acetanilide remains in the
filtrate in the synthesis of P-nitroacetanilide?

4. Steam distillation can be used to extract
essential oils from cloves in the isolation of essential oils from cloves. Which
extraction technique would you use to extract
terpenes and why?

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