Isolation of Trimyristin Lab Procedure #3

To a clean round-bottom flask, trimyristin (0.056 grams), 6M NaOH (2 mL), 95% ethanol (2 mL), and a few boiling chips were added. After reflux for 45 minutes, the flask was cooled to room temperature. The solution was then poured into a 50 mL beaker that contained 8 mL of distilled water. Concentrated HCl (2 mL) was added dropwise to the beaker while stirring. The beaker was then cooled in an ice water bath with stirring for 10 minutes. The crystals were obtained via suction filtration and was rinsed with small portions of ice water three times.