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Mark Potter

separating benzyl bromide

Nesreen Elbehery  Follow
How volatile is your ether ? Could you remove the excess benzyl bromide under high vacuum ?More
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Glen Broderick  Follow
i’m not sure if its stable enough for vacuum since the starting material is essential oilMore
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David Borgstrom  Follow
Just spitballing, but couldn’t you get that out in a workup? Like a basic workup with NEt3 to kick the now benzylammonium bromide into the aqueous layerMore
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Eric Henderson  Follow
i have thought of that too but first i think i need to separate the tlc spots. because how would i know if my products has already purified and separated if the spots overlap.More
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