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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 11 - 8.3. Organic chemistry purification and characterization

A flask contains a mixture of isohexane and \(3 -\) methylpentane. One of the liquids boils at \(63^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) while the other boils at \(60^{\circ} \mathrm{C} .\) What is the best way to seprate the two liquids and which one will be distilled out first?

  1. A simple distillation, \(3-\)methylpentane
  2. B simple distillation, isohexane
  3. C fractional distillation, isohexane
  4. D fractional distillation, \(3-\)methylpentane
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(C) fractional distillation, isohexane

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Liquid which have less difference in boiling point can be isolated by fractional distillation and liquid with less boiling point will be isolated first.
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