Trimyrisistin Discussion section

 Trymyristin was isolated from nutmeg and the remaining product was hydrolyzed in an attempt to synthesize Myristic acid. The preparation process described in the procedure, the filtration process and recrystallization process were all followed successfully. The Trymyristin was synthesized with a 30.9% percent yield after one round of recrystallization and with a 38.5% percent yield after the second round. The Myristic acid was synthesized with a 40.32% percent yield. The compound synthesized at all stage of the experiment can be concluded to be the desired product and very pure because of the small range in the melting point observed. Although the Trymyristin that was recrystallized once has a wider range of melting I believe it is still pure and the wide range is due to human error within the procedure of melting the product.