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Erika C. Rabara, Harvey Mher M. Rarang, Maika L. Regala, Chelejan Mhare U. Regino, Erik
Kristian Victor B. Sabio, Mica Gienela A. Sanchez, Arianne Nicole Denise T. Yoro
Group 8
2D Medical Technology
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
ABSTRACT
The extraction of caffeine in tea leaves is the aim of the experiment. A 10g of tea leaves is
extracted using simple extraction technique. Caffeine is more soluble to dichloromethane
(DCM) so it is used to separate the non-caffeine components of the tea extract. Anhydrous
sodium carbonate is used to convert impurities into insoluble salts and anhydrous sodium
sulfate to absorb impurities to keep the extract pure. The DCM solution is dried and the
caffeine weighed 1g that gave 10% recovery.
INTRODUCTION
class of
Xanthines.
organic
compounds
Fig.
2
Chemical
Structure
Theobromine and Theophylline
called
of
EXPERIMENTAL
A. Compounds tested (or Samples
Used)
In this experiment, separatory
funnel was used to contain the layer of
organic solvent and the tea extract. The
dried tea leaves are from black tea.
Dichloromethane (DCM) was used
as the organic solvent. Both Sodium
carbonate and Sodium sulfate were also
used as a converter of impurities into
insoluble salts and absorbent of water and
other soluble salts that remained in the
organic layer, respectively.
B. Procedure
A 4.4 anhydrous sodium carbonate
is placed on a 500-ml beaker along with a
100-ml distilled water. It is heated in a
very high temperature until the anhydrous
1.0 grams
10.0 grams
= 10%
x 100%
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[1] www.coursehero.com Acadia CHEM
CHEM 331
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https://myorganicchemistry.wikispaces.co
m/Caffeine
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http://edspace.american.edu/ap7794a/wp
content/uploads/sites/159/2015/03/Isolati
on-of-Caffeine-from-Tea-Leaves-via-AcidBase-Liquid-Liquid-Extraction.pdf