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Offline tiff8968

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Getting rid of acetonitrile
« on: March 01, 2009, 06:09:23 PM »
I used acetonitrile as a solvent and I want to extract it. My question what should I add that is immiscible so I can get rid of the acetonitrile.
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Offline Arkcon

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Re: Getting rid of acetonitrile
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2009, 06:25:42 PM »
I don't know of a method to do that.  It is so easy to evaporate, with mild heat under a stream of dry nitrogen, or in a vacuum concentrator of some type, that people usually do that.
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Re: Getting rid of acetonitrile
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2009, 05:04:38 AM »
This is assuming your compound is non-volatile which I'm guessing it is. In that case, spin it down and partition between something like DCM/H2O. Again not knowing what layer your compound will be soluble in thats it. Or simply spin down and purify....

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