Can methyl ethyl ketone be distilled to produce pure ketone?
Yes
Ask Methyl Ethyl out on a date and then while you are out, have your friends come around and kidnap ketone.
This is one of the funniest questions I ever saw at The Hive. Thanks. :)
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on what it is mixed with.
some mixtures form azeotropes.
without more detail thats all i have to say
First of all, get more basic organic chemistry knowledge. You don't need to be a chemist, but have to know the basics at least.
Since this is yor first post, I will try to explain.
Ketone is a general term for organic compounds that are made of two radicals connected to one carbon atom, this atom also connected with an oxygen atom via a double bond.
Get an organic chemistry book and see a diagram. I will try to draw one :
Methyl Ethyl Ketone is made of :
H
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H-C- Radical Methyl
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H
H H
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H-C-C- Radical Ethyl
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H H
H H O H
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H-C-C---C---C-H Methyl Ethyl Ketone
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H H H
Sorry, this drawing not very good.
Ketone is not a compound name, it is an organic class of compounds like the above. This particular ketone is called Methyl Ethyl Ketone.
It is ALREADY a ketone, don't have to distill it. If you are asking, can I distill MEK ( methyl ethyl ketone ) and obtain a precursor for making XTC, the answer is NO, NO WAY !
Again, get more basic organic chemistry knowledge.
OTC MEK is often admixed with methyl isobutyl ketone too, although I doubt that this would make much of a difference when using as a solvent. (It is the best thing EVER for cleaning MBRP off of matchbooks too)
I think a digest, would bee a good idea, in the newbee forum, with all the common hive slang terms and nicknames used by more experienced bees, what y'all think?
Ok thank you very much.