ISOLATION OF EUGENOL FROM CLOVES BY DESTILLATION + PUPOSE To perform distillation using a distillation apparatus and isolate eugenol from cloves. + EXPERIMENTAL The apparatus shown in figure was assembled using a 50-mL round bottom flask as the distillation pot. The distillation pot was charged with 2 g of ground cloves and 25 mL of distilled water. The cloves were allowed to soak in the water until thoroughly wetted (about 10 min), then the mixture was distilled, the distillate being collected at the rate of about one drop every 2 – 3 seconds. After about 10 mL of distillate were collected, the distillate was extracted with 5.0 mL of CH2Cl2 (aka DCM), then again with 5,0 mL of DCM.