[rolnor]

update: since the step this was required was right at the end of a long synthesis and material was precious i made a model substrate to screen conditions. i tested the BCl3/ pentamethyl benzene at -78°C on this and it worked a charm and did not touch the alkynes. so i used it on my real substrate and it seemed  to work well.

Nice!

[hollytara]

Always good to test on a model instead of something precious!

I had a colleague drop a flask containing a solution of a compound ~20 steps in and 2 steps from the end of a long synthesis.  Ouch!  He soaked it up with paper towels, wiped the floor with more solvent soaked towels, extracted and re-chromatographed what he got... saved most of it... ended up published in Nature

[wildfyr]

I've heard that referred to as a bench top extraction, because you're extracting and purifying material you've spilled on your bench.

I've done it.

[rolnor]

I've heard that referred to as a bench top extraction, because you're extracting and purifying material you've spilled on your bench.

I've done it.

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