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  4. Which of the following techniques is most suitable for purification of cyclohexanone from a mixture containing benzoic acid, isoamyl alcohol, cyclohexane and cyclohexanone?

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Q. Which of the following techniques is most suitable for purification of cyclohexanone from a mixture containing benzoic acid, isoamyl alcohol, cyclohexane and cyclohexanone?

AIPMTAIPMT 1997Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

Solution:

IR spectroscopy is used for the purification of
cyclohexanone from a mixture of benzoic acid,
isoamyl alcohol, cyclohexane and cyclohexanone
because in IR spectroscopy each functional group
appears at a certain peak. IR spectroscopy exploits
the fact that molecules absorb specific frequencies
that are characteristic of their structure