A novel compound named “sanaoline” with a partition coefficient (KD) of 6 was extracted from 5.0 grams of Lagundi leaves which contains 0.8% of the compound. How much of sanaoline in milligrams remains in 100.0 mL of the aqueous phase if 5 successive extractions using 50. mL of petroleum ether?

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A novel compound named “sanaoline” with a partition coefficient (KD) of 6 was extracted from 5.0 grams of Lagundi leaves which contains 0.8% of the compound. How much of sanaoline in milligrams remains in 100.0 mL of the aqueous phase if 5 successive extractions using 50. mL of petroleum ether?

 

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