What does aqueous workup mean?

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Aqueous workup refers to the process of extracting and purifying organic compounds after a chemical reaction, typically involving the addition of water to separate the desired product from byproducts and solvents. This technique is commonly used in organic chemistry to isolate compounds and is essential for students to understand, especially in advanced courses. The term "aq. w/u" is shorthand for aqueous workup, which is often assumed knowledge in organic chemistry classes. For further details, resources such as the University of Rochester's chemistry page provide comprehensive explanations.

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What does "aqueous workup" mean?

I'm taking a second year organic chemistry and it's a slightly advanced level but I didn't take the 1st year advanced level org.chem. so I may have missed a couple of common terms.

What I don't understand is what does workup mean? At the end of some reaction, my prof just says "then you do aq. w/u" and just leaves it at that because he expects the students to know..

Thanks!
 
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Hi JameB! :smile:

Top hit on googling "aqueous workup" is http://chem.rochester.edu/~nvd/workup.html :wink:
 
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