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Many thanks for the quick response. I see, so technically this gives me Na+whateveritiscalled (phthal-something) salt + H2CO3 acid, the latter however dissolves easily since the CO2 concentration outside is negligible and I just get the water back. Neat. By the way, why use the HCl...

Hi, Could someone help me out regarding chemist lingo? i) "were heated to reflux for one hour" Does it mean that the stuff was heated, or even boiling, but with condensing the vapor back to the container (so that the solvent is not lost)? ii) "the solution was then washed with 5%...