Question #64d8c
1 Answer
Oct 10, 2017
Water would appear be a good solvent.
Explanation:
2-hexanol is reported to be soluble at 5.9g/L in water (Record in the GESTIS Substance Database of the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), while 1-hexene is only 'soluble' at 50mg/l - a 100-fold difference! https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/1-hexene#section=Solubility.
No solvent is likely to give you 100% separation in one pass. For higher purities or yields you may need to do successive extractions on the primary solution.
