Which purification technique is used for high boiling organic liquid compound (decomposes near its boiling…

Which purification technique is used for high boiling organic liquid compound (decomposes near its boiling point) ?
  1. Simple distillation
  2. Steam distillation
  3. Fractional distillation
  4. Reduced pressure distillation

Solution

Reduced pressure distillation or vacuum distillation is used for the purification of high boiling organic liquids which decomposes at or below their boiling point.

Asked in: JEE Main 2021 (22 Jul Shift 1)

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