work up
cause; develop
worked up
adj.
excited, moved; upset
Work-up
In
chemistry, work-up refers to the series of manipulations required to isolate and purify the product(s) of a
chemical reaction.Typically, these manipulations include:quenching a reaction to deactivate any unreacted reagentsremoval of solvents by evaporationseparating the reaction mixture into organic- and water-soluble fractions by
liquid-liquid extractionpurification by
chromatography,
distillation or
recrystallizationFor example, in the
Grignard reaction between
phenylmagnesium bromide and
carbon dioxide in the form of
dry ice gives the conjugate base of
benzoic acid. The desired product, benzoic acid, is obtained by the following work-up:The reaction mixture containing the Grignard reagent is allowed to warm to room temperature in a water bath to allow excess dry ice to evaporateAny remaining Grignard reagent is quenched by the addition of waterDilute
hydrochloric acid is added to the reaction mixture to protonate the benzoate salts, as well as to dissolve the magnesium salts. White solids of impure benzoic acid are obtained.The benzoic acid is decanted to remove the aqueous solution of impurities, more water is added, and the mixture is brought to a boil with more water added to give a homogenous solution.The solution is allowed to cool slowly to room temperature, then in an ice bath to recrystallize benzoic acid.The recrystallized benzoic acid crystals are collected on a
Buchner funnel and are allowed to air-dry to give pure benzoic acid.
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Work up
work up
Verb
1. form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
(synonym) build up, build, progress
(hypernym) develop
(verb-group) build
2. develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"
(synonym) get up
(hypernym) grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
3. bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
(synonym) build up, build, ramp up
(hypernym) increase
(verb-group) build up, build, progress
4. come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client"
(synonym) work out
(hypernym) develop, make grow
(verb-group) elaborate, work out
work up
Synonyms and related words:
Pap test, aggravate, agitate, anatomic diagnosis, annoy, arouse, arrange, awake, awaken, beat, beat up, biological diagnosis, biopsy, blow the coals, blow up, breed, bristle, calculate, call forth, call up, cast, cause, chafe, churn, churn up, clinical diagnosis, concert, contrive, convulse, cut out, cytodiagnosis, design, devise, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, digital examination, disarrange, discompose, disquiet, disturb, electrocardiography, electroencephalography, electromyography, embitter, engender, enkindle, enrage, examination, exasperate, excite, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame, feed the fire, ferment, figure, fire, flame, flurry, foment, forecast, frame, frenzy, fret, get up, hatch, heat, heat up, huff, impassion, incense, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intend, irritate, key up, kindle, laboratory diagnosis, lather up, lay plans, light the fuse, light up, madden, make a projection, make arrangements, mammography, methodize, miff, move, muster up, nettle, occasion, oral examination, organize, overexcite, paddle, peeve, perturb, perturbate, physical diagnosis, physical examination, pique, plan, plan ahead, postmortem diagnosis, prearrange, produce, program, project, provoke, put up to, rally, rankle, rationalize, rile, ripple, roil, roughen, rouse, ruffle, rumple, schedule, schematize, serodiagnosis, set astir, set fire to, set on, set on fire, set up, shake, shake up, shape, sic on, smear, steam up, stir, stir the blood, stir the embers, stir the feelings, stir up, study, summon up, swirl, systematize, test, tickle, trouble, turn on, upset, urinalysis, uroscopy, vex, wake, wake up, waken, warm, warm the blood, whet, whip, whip up, whisk, work into, work out
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.