Z Hussain and F Sehar
Keywords: Sheep wool, extraction; benzene, chloroform, n-hexane, soxhlet.
Abstract: Organic compounds present in wool wax have several applications. They can be used either direct or as raw materials to synthesize many important products. In the present study, these compounds were extracted from sheep wool with nhexane, benzene and chloroform using a Soxhlet apparatus. The extracts were characterized using gas chromatograph coupled to a mass spectrometer. Chloroform and n-hexane infusions were found to contain 3-butyn-1-ol, cyclopropene, 2-methyl octane, 2-methyldecane, p-xylene, benzonitrile and ethyl benzene while extract of benzene own 2, 4-dimethyl hexane, 1, 2-dimethyl cyclohexane, 1-ethyl 3-methyl cyclopentane, octane, 2-methyl octane, n-propyl cyclopentane, ethyl cyclohexane, 1, 3-dimethyl benzene, o-xylene, nonane, 1-pentanol, 1, 2, 3-trimethyl benzene, decane, 5-ethyl-2- methyl heptane, 1, 6-diol-2, 7-octadiene, 5-(2-methylpropyl)-nonane, pentyl cyclohexane, 1, 7, 7-trimethyl-2-vinylbicyclo- hept-2-ene and 2, 3, 5, 8-tetramethyl decane.
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