Cleaning with alkaline water-based media

2 Cleaning with alkaline water-based media 

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Procedure Dissolve accurately 22.5 mg of /ram-clomiphene citrate and 52.5 mg of cis-clomiphene citrate (approx. 1 2.3) into 10 ml of DW in a clean 50 ml separating funnel. Add to it 1 ml solution of sodium hydroxide (5% w/v in DW). In the alkaline medium the base is liberated which is extracted successively with 3 portions of solvent ether (10 ml each). The combined ethereal layer is washed with two portions of DW (10 ml each). The resulting ethereal fraction is dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate, filter, evaporate to diyness carefully over an electric water-bath and dissolve the residue in 1 ml of CS2. Now, record the absorption curve in a 0.2 mm cell over the range 12.50 to 14.00 pm. Calculate the absorbance for the peaks at 13.16 and 13.51 pm respectively by employing the base-line method (see section 3. l. B in this chapter) between the minima at 12.66 and 13.89 pm. 

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