Experiment No.

2
Solvent Extraction of Essential Oils from Cinnamon Bark

1. Objective(s):
To extract and characterize an essential oil using an industrially employed technique in
extraction

2. Intended Learning Outcomes:

The student shall able to:

2.1. Extract cinnamon oil by using a particular organic solvent
2.2. Isolate and characterize the extracted oil from cinnamon bark

3. Discussion:

Essential oils are some highly volatile organic substances that can be isolated from
odoriferous plants by various physical processes. The oils are usually concentrated in the
seeds but may exist in other parts of the plants as well. Such oils were called essential
because they were thought to represent the very essence of odor and flavour. Essential oils
can be obtained from plants by a number of processes such as mechanical pressing and
grinding, maceration, solvent extraction, distillation and concentration. In many cases a
combination of processes are required for an efficient and effective isolation.

Chemists are interested in identifying the chemical structures of the isolated essential oils.
Having known the chemical structure of the oils, chemists can synthesize the essential oils
in the laboratories, so that the sources of the essential oils are no longer confined by the
availability of the plants.
4. Materials:
Mortar and Pestle Cork and Cork Borer Ethyl acetate
Leighbig/Spiral Condenser Erlenmeyer Flask CaCl2
Round bottom flask Graduated Cylinder Boiling Chips
Water Bath Distilling Flask Cinnamon Bark
Hot plate Iron Stand 6M NH4OH
Rubber tubing Pipette Cooking Oil
Beaker Adjustable Clamp 10% Silver nitrate
Funnel and filter paper 10% NaOH
5. Procedure:
SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF OIL
1. Weigh 20.0 g of spice and grind it into small pieces with mortar and pestle. Transfer
the spice into a round-bottomed flask. Add a few pieces of anti-bumping granules to
the flask.
2. Add 150 mL of Ethyl acetate to the round-bottomed flask.
3. Attach a water-cooled condenser to the flask. Heat mixture under reflux for 15-20
minutes.
4. Cool the mixture to room temperature and decant the solution into an Erlenmeyer
flask. Rinse the residue in the flask with a small amount of ethyl acetate and combine
 it with the solution in the conical flask.
5. Add small amount of anhydrous CaCl2 ~1g. Swirl the contents and filter the mixture.
SEPARATION OF OIL FROM SOLVENT
1. Place a few pieces of anti-bumping granules and weigh the flask. Transfer the filtrate
to the flask.
2. Assemble the apparatus for simple distillation. Remove the solvent from the mixture
by simple distillation.
3. When the solvent is distilled out completely, weigh the round bottomed flask with the
oily residue. It is the essential oil.
4. Determine the weight of the essential oil isolated.
Course: CHEM 302 Experiment No: PROJECT
Group No:5 Section: CH32FA2
Group Members: Date Performed: March 14, 2018
Santos, Rica Date Submitted: March 22, 2018
Serrano, Jerica Instructor: Engr. Michael Francis Sy
Uguil, Regina
Ventura, Ana Mariel
Villanueva, Rejed
6. Data and Results

Mass of Cinnamon Bark

Mass of Beaker
Mass of Beaker and Oil
Mass of Oil
Percent Recovery

7. Documentation

8. Conclusion

After analyzing the results of the experiment, it was concluded that Le Chatelier's principle
perfectly explains the observations of the shifts in equilibrium of the reaction as the system
was subjected to various stresses. When the temperature was increased, the system shifted
right to favor the products and when the temperature was decreased, it shifted left to favor
the reactants. This was observed through the color changes of the solution.

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FINAL PROJECT FOR CHEM302

EQUILIBRIUM AND LE CHATELIER’S PRINCIPLE

SANTOS, RICA ROSE

SERRANO, JERICA
UGUIL, REGINA
VENTURA, ANA MARIEL
VILLANUEVA, MA. REJED

ENGR. MICHAEL FRANCIS SY

MARCH 22, 2018