The process of recovering of compound or a group of compounds from the filtrate by removal of water or solvent from reaction mixture is known as .
A
separation
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B
purification
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C
extraction
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Solution
The correct option is C extraction Extraction is recovering of compund or a group of compounds from the filtrate. It involves removal of water or solvent from reaction mixture. Normally the desired product is present in the reaction mixture which has high concentration of water or the solvent. Removing this excess water and concentrating the product is an important step in downstream processing.