MCAT Organic Chemistry Review 2018-2019

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(A) filtration, followed by acidic extraction, followed by recrystallization.
(B) filtration, followed by basic extraction, followed by evaporation.
(C) extraction, followed by distillation, followed by gas chromatography.
filtration, followed by size-exclusion column chromatography, followed by
extraction.


(D)


10 .    Simple  distillation    could   be  used    to  separate    which   of  the following   compounds?

(A) Toluene (boiling point of 111°C) and water (boiling point of 100°C)
(B) Naphthalene (boiling point of 218°C) and butyric acid (boiling point of 163°C)
(C) Propionaldehyde (boiling point of 50°C) and acetic acid (boiling point of 119°C)
(D) Benzene (boiling point of 80°C) and isopropyl alcohol (boiling point of 83°C)


11 .    In  order   to  separate    a   biological  effector    from    solution,   which   chromatographic technique
would be the most effective?

(A) Thin-layer chromatography
(B) Ion-exchange chromatography
(C) Affinity chromatography
(D) Size-exclusion chromatography


12 .    Given   a   solution    of  insulin (molecular  weight  =   5.8 kD) and titin   (molecular  weight  =   3816
kD), which chromatographic technique would be the most effective for separating out
usable molecules of titin?

(A) Thin-layer chromatography
(B) Ion-exchange chromatography
(C) Affinity chromatography
(D) Size-exclusion chromatography


13 .    The gas eluent  in  gas chromatography  and the liquid  eluent  in  paper   chromatography  are
examples of which component of these systems?
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