How could you separate a mixture of acetone and #alpha#-naphthol?

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anor277
Oct 27, 2016

Well, #alpha-"napthol"# is failry involatile.

Explanation:

I just looked it up and the normal boiling point of #alpha-"napthol"# is over #250# #""^@C#. On the other hand, the normal boiling point of acetone is #56# #""^@C#. And thus a convenient means of separation would be distillation.

Can you account for this difference in volatility? What has #alpha-"napthol"# got, that acetone ain't got?

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