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rhubarb

The_simpsons
in Organic Chemistry

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is it possible to extract oxalic acid from rubarb(at home)?

how much oxalic acid does rhubarb contain in the leaves?

curious on this, because during the summer it grows a lot fo rhubarb in my garden, and they grow fast. would be interesting

Oxalic acid is fairly easily oxidised. Just cooking rhubarb destroys it. This may make it difficult to extract. As it is a potential chelating ligand it may be possible to precipitate out a metal complex of it from rhubarb juice.

 

Very cheap to buy though and more easily made by other procedures

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haven't checked the stores yet, but i like to extract myself, find it intresting. so i want to do it for fun. i hope its possible for me

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