This is the intermediate step to produce potassium benzilate. After workup, the mixture was partially solid, but we assume that the crystallization was not completed. Because when we move to the next step of convert the crystals of potassium benzilate to crystals of Benzilic acid, the crystallization of Benzilic acid never performed. We assume that the mistake was made during the process of the first crystallization. As we mention above, we believe the crystals of potassium benzilate was not completed in its entirely in the ice-water bath. That is why when we wash the crystals in the Hirsch funnel just a few of crystals was obtained, the rest were completely dissolved with 95% of ice ethanol. Those few crystal was not enough to produce Benzilic acid. At the end, we had to use information from other peers to complete our
This is the intermediate step to produce potassium benzilate. After workup, the mixture was partially solid, but we assume that the crystallization was not completed. Because when we move to the next step of convert the crystals of potassium benzilate to crystals of Benzilic acid, the crystallization of Benzilic acid never performed. We assume that the mistake was made during the process of the first crystallization. As we mention above, we believe the crystals of potassium benzilate was not completed in its entirely in the ice-water bath. That is why when we wash the crystals in the Hirsch funnel just a few of crystals was obtained, the rest were completely dissolved with 95% of ice ethanol. Those few crystal was not enough to produce Benzilic acid. At the end, we had to use information from other peers to complete our