Question

Please provide a reaction scheme showing the extraction of dried fat from 10.0 grams of ground nutmeg. Solvent mixture is composed of 100 mL of 9:9:2 ethanol:ethyl acetate:water. "R" may be used as an abbreviation for the fatty acid chain to simplify structures.

Solution was allowed to reflux with reflux apparatus for 60 mins, then isolated using suction filtration. ========> 2.98 grams of dried fat was recovered.