To demonstrate the effectiveness of our apparatus, weexamined the extraction of trimyristin from nutmeg accordingto the following procedure: Ground nutmeg (3 g) was placed ina thimble made from a folded filter paper and inserted into theSoxhlet chamber, followed by a glass vial containing ice/water.8Dichloromethane (70 mL) was added to the two-neck flask,followed by three or four boiling chips. The flask was heated toreflux and allowed to operate for 1 h. The coolant within thecondenser was periodically replaced with a syringe/pipet tomaintain a temperature capable of condensing the solventvapor. After 1 h the reaction vessel was removed from the heatand allowed to cool to room temperature. The boiling chipswere removed by filtration, and the resulting solution wasreduced to dryness on a rotary evaporator to afford a yellow oilthat solidified on cooling (1.2 g). The yellow solid wasrecrystallized from ethanol to afford a white solid (0.12 g, 4%yield based on the mass of nutmeg, mp 53 °C). Full details canbe found