The Vespiary
The Hive => Novel Discourse => Topic started by: Bandil on January 05, 2002, 01:41:00 PM
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Swim would really like to dream about using his newly made nitroethane for alpha-methylated compunds :) He has made so small amounts that to much will be lost, if drying over CaCl2. Therefore a dean stark trap would be nice!
I know what it does, but HOW does i work? Swim supposed one could be improvised, if the knew exactly how it worked.
Anyone?
Thanks!
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The Dean-Stark trap provides a place for azeotropically distilled water to condense and be removed from the reaction. One could improvise a similar arrangement from distillation components. Vogel's cautions the use hardened rubber stoppers to prevent premature failure :)