We started our separation using vacuum filtration, first with ethyl acetate, and then water. ... Water was not used first in our separation technique because one of our organic compounds, m-nitroaniline, were slightly soluble in water (we guessed that we had m-nitroaniline and naphthalene due to our soil's distinctive color and odor). Had we used water first, the liquid layer from the separation would be composed of both inorganics and some organics, requiring us to perform extra separation techniques again on the water solution. ... The resulting solution consisted of m-nitroalinine diss...

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