Carl Salter*, Jowel Abboud, Madison E. Pursell and Rachel Riley,
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Abstract
The partitioning of a dye, Brooker’s merocyanine (MOED), between water and 1-octanol and between water and dichloromethane is strikingly visible because of the dye’s strong solvatochromism, which makes the colors of the two layers different. The color change makes it easy to see that the dye has moved from the organic layer to the water layer or vice versa. A simple comparison of the color of the organic layer to reference solutions makes it possible to estimate rough values of KD, the distribution equilibrium constant.
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The Journal of Chemical Education is the official journal of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society, co-published with the American Chemical Society Publications Division. Launched in 1924, the Journal of Chemical Education is the world’s premier chemical education journal. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed articles and related information as a resource to those in the field of chemical education and to those institutions that serve them. JCE typically addresses chemical content, activities, laboratory experiments, instructional methods, and pedagogies. The Journal serves as a means of communication among people across the world who are interested in the teaching and learning of chemistry. This includes instructors of chemistry from middle school through graduate school, professional staff who support these teaching activities, as well as some scientists in commerce, industry, and government.