Question

Why is methylene chloride used to extract caffeine?

Answer 1

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Extraction process selectively dissolves one or more of the mixture compounds into a suitable solvent. ...

Here the organic solvent dichloromethane is used to extract caffeine from an aqueous extract of tea leaves because caffeine is more soluble in dichloromethane (140 mg/ml) than it is in water (22 mg/ml).