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2. Turn <strong>of</strong>f waterbath.<br />

3. Turn <strong>of</strong>f circulating water and heating tape.<br />

4. Turn <strong>of</strong>f fine pump, then rough pump. Allow 20 minutes to cool.<br />

5. Release vacuum (loosen stopcock). Detach SAFE from trap.<br />

6. After fan cools <strong>of</strong>f, unplug it.<br />

7. Put frozen trap into dewar with room temperature water in the hood, and allow to<br />

defrost.<br />

8. Transfer sample into small jar, and wash elbow with ether for remaining sample.<br />

9. Label this with 1) date 2) experimenter’s name and 3) extraction step using<br />

colored lab tape and sharpie.<br />

10. Clean SAFE with hot soapy water and in base bath, then bake dry in oven.<br />

11. Put extract under nitrogen to evaporate to 20 mL. This will take about 30<br />

minutes – do not allow to go to dryness! It is easier to transfer extract to test<br />

tube for evaporation <strong>of</strong> last few milliliters.<br />

Phase Separation (1 day)<br />

1. Wash concentrate with 3mL <strong>of</strong> 0.5M Na2CO3. Shake for 10s, and take <strong>of</strong>f water<br />

layer (water is on bottom, use long pipette).<br />

2. Repeat for 2 washes total.<br />

3. Wash with 2mL saturated NaCl, and take <strong>of</strong>f water layer.<br />

4. Repeat this twice for 3 washes total.<br />

5. <strong>The</strong> ether phase at this point is the Neutral Basic fraction. Label this as “Stock<br />

NB1”.<br />

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