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A chemist has a small amount of compound that has the boiling point 65°c that must be fractionally distilled. Yet, the chemist doesn't want to lose any of the compound to hold up on the column. What the chemist should do?

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Answer:

A "chaser," a high-boiling compound whose vapors will displace the vapors of the desired low-boiling compound, can be used to distill a small amount of compound.

A smaller fractionation apparatus or a Vigreux column could be used instead.

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