Why non polar solvents should not be used for extraction?
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Examples of non-polar solvents: carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), benzene (C6H6), and diethyl ether ( CH3CH2OCH2CH3), hexane (CH3(CH2)4CH3), methylene chloride (CH2Cl2).
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It depends upon your compound nature, if your compound (which you need to extract) is polar in nature, it is preferred to pre-treat with no polar solvents to remove non polar compounds like lipids, pigments and other non polar compounds in order to purify your compound.
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