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Nicolae Palibroda

Adding reagents slowly over a reaction

Andrew Curtis  Follow
@OP,
Corribus gave a good answer.  Another thing to consider: when a reaction is being held below room temperature, one wants to avoid adding a new reagent (presumably which itself is at room temperature) too quickly, or the reaction will no longer be at the temperature one desires.

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David Min  Follow
It usually comes down to favoring a desired product or influencing reaction rate. E.g.:
(1) so that one reactant is always in large excess, which can favor, e.g., monosubstitution vs disubstitution
(2) if the reaction is very exothermic...

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