Hazards:Hydrogenationreactionsposeasignificantfirehazardduetotheuseofflammablereagentsandsolvents.Suchreagentsincludepalladiumoncarbon(Pd/C),whichishighlyflammableandcanignitesolventsandhydrogen.Itisespeciallydangerousafterhavingbeenusedforthehydrogenation.Thepresenceofhydrogengasincreasestheriskofexplosion.阅读全文]
Donotpouranychemicalsintothesink.[
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ThebehaviourofaminsonTLCsometimeisweird.Evenonepurecompound,anaminecanshowmorethanonespotwhenaneutraleluentsystemisemployed.Inthissituation,abasiceluentsystembyaddingbasesuchammoniaortriethylaminewillredresstheproblem.[
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nonereaction,mCPBAhasbeenusedforconvertingonealkenetooneepoxide.Afterthereaction,theexcessmeta-Chloroperoxybenzoicacidshouldnotbepouredintotheorganicwastebarrel.[
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Formonitoronereaction,TLCshouldbethefirstconsideration.DonotrelayonNMRformonitoringonereaction.[
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Hastebringsnosuccess;hastemakeswaste;morehaste,lessspeed.[
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Don'tMakeAnyDecisionWhenYouAreAngry.
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OnFridayoneaccidenttookplaceinmyworkduetomystupidmistake.Thereactionwasaboutepoxideringopeningbyusing3-pentanolasnucleophilicreagentcatalyzedbyborontrifluoride.Whenthereactionwascompleted,IstartedtoquenchingthereactionbyaddingaqueoussaturatedsodiumbicarbonatesolutiontothereactionRBF.Becausethesodiumbicarbonatesolutionwasaddedtoofast,lotsoffoamwasgeneratedduetotheformationofcarbondioxidefromsodiumb...[
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Reactionincludingmetalreagentusuallygenerateheatandgas!Becareful!LastFridayIhadrunonereactionwhichisaboutthe1,4-Additionof1,3-DiesterstoConjugatedEnonesbyIn/TMSCl.WhenindiumwasaddedtoTHF,nothingtooksplacebutjustleadingtoonesuspension.Whendiethylbromomalonatewasadded,stillnothinghappened.However,whenTMSClwasaddedtotheabovemixture,hugeamountofheatandgaseswereproduced.Sothereactionmixturejustoverflow...[
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TodayIhadrunonereaction:nitrosationofdiphenylamine.TlCshowsthereactionworksprettywellandnostartingmaterialsexists.Becausetheproductisoneprecipitate.SoItrytogettheproductbyfiltration.BecausethereisstillproductintheRBFafterthedumping,ItrytowashthereactionRBFusingthefiltratetogetahighyield.HoweverIforgetatthistimethetemperatureofthefiltrateishigherthatthereactiontemperatureof5degree.Becauseofthis,som...[
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