The following chemicals (with CAS numbers) will be encountered during this experiment: - Pinacol (76-09-5) - Pinacolone (75-97-8) - Sodium chloride (7647-14-5) - Sodium sulfate, anhydrous (7757-82-6) - Sulfuric acid, concentrated (7664-93-9) - Water (7732-18-5) The following techniques should be reviewed before coming to lab: - Handling concentrated acids - Simple distillation - Washing an organic layer - Drying an organic layer You should read the following sections from the textbook to learn more about distillation: - Chapter 5: Distillation (p 247) 5.1 Overview - 5.2 Simple Distillation - 5.2.A - 5.2.C 5.5 Steam Distillation =5.5.A5.5.C Physical Properties