Lycopene and beta carotene are important antioxidants found insome fruits and vegetables. Suppose an organic solvent was going tobe used to extract and measure lycopene from a new hybrid tomato. Asample of aqueous tomato paste was introduced into a separatoryfunnel. Then an organic solvent was added. The funnel contents wereswirled for several minutes. After extraction, the concentration oflycopene in the organic solvent was found to be 6.5 x10-4M while the aqueous phase maintained a concentrationof 1.5 x 10-5. What is the value of the partition ratio(KD) with this extraction?
Using the value of KD from \"A\", what fraction oflycopene would be extracted from the aqueous tomato paste into theorganic phase if you began with 100.0 mL of tomato paste and added50.0 mL of the organic solvent?
