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The Schlenk Line Survival Guide

Illustrative Guides designed to help you master air and moisture-sensitive chemistry

  • The Schlenk Line
  • Guides
    • Connecting Apparatus to the Schlenk Line
    • Cannula Transfer
    • Syringes and Sure Seals
    • Cannula Filtration
    • Removing Solvent
    • Preparing NMR Samples on a Schlenk Line
    • Removing Solvent from NMR tubes
    • Solvent Stills
    • Refluxing Under an Inert Atmosphere
    • Freeze-Pump-Thaw
    • Static Vacuum Distillation
    • Filtration through Celite
  • Synthetic Procedures
    • Lithium Sand
    • Potassium Mirror
    • Purifying LiAlH₄
  • Schlenk Line Safety
  • About
  • Contact

Guides

Step-by-step illustrative guides:

  • The Schlenk Line
  • Connecting Apparatus to the Schlenk Line
  • Cannula Transfer
  • Syringes and Sure Seals
  • Cannula Filtration
  • Removing Solvent
  • Preparing NMR Samples on a Schlenk Line
  • Removing Solvent from NMR tubes
  • Solvent Stills
  • Refluxing Under an Inert Atmosphere
  • Freeze-Pump-Thaw
  • Filtration through Celite
  • Static Vacuum Distillation

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Crystallising a bulky primary phosphine from degassed EtOH ❄ The reaction is all done in one pot* starting from the aryl-bromide: 1) Lithium-halogen exchange; 2) Add PX₃; 3) Do work-up to get a solution of ArPX₂; 4) Add to LiAlH₄; 5) Horrible aqueous work-up performed under Argon which involved quenching a lot of LiAlH₄; 6) Recrystallise crude product! * I used six 1 litre schlenk flasks in total 😭 I also ran out of Et₂O so used DME instead and then threw in some hexane during the extraction to help seperate the layers! #chemistry #RealTimeChem #maingroup #science #phosphorus #organic #inorganic #organometallic #phd #lab #postdoc #research #crystals #potd #votd
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Illustrated Guides

  • Guides
  • The Schlenk Line
  • Guides
    • Connecting Apparatus to the Schlenk Line
    • Cannula Transfer
    • Syringes and Sure Seals
    • Cannula Filtration
    • Removing Solvent
    • Preparing NMR Samples on a Schlenk Line
    • Removing Solvent from NMR tubes
    • Solvent Stills
    • Refluxing Under an Inert Atmosphere
    • Freeze-Pump-Thaw
    • Static Vacuum Distillation
    • Filtration through Celite
  • Synthetic Procedures
    • Lithium Sand
    • Potassium Mirror
    • Purifying LiAlH₄
  • Schlenk Line Safety
  • About
  • Contact
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