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Chapter 1 General introduction |
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2.1 Safety is your primary responsibility |
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2.2 Safe working practice |
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2.3 Safety risk assessments |
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2.4.1 Injuries caused by use of laboratory equipment and apparatus |
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2.4.2 Toxicological and other hazards caused by chemical exposure |
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2.4.3 Chemical explosion and fire hazards |
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2.5 Accident and emergency procedures |
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Chapter 3 Keeping records of laboratory work |
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3.2 The laboratory notebook |
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3.2.1 Why keep a lab book? |
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3.2.2 Laboratory records, experimental validity and intellectual property |
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3.2.3 How to write a lab book: Paper or electronic |
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3.2.4 Paper lab notebook: Suggested lab notebook format |
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3.2.5 Electronic laboratory notebooks |
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3.3 Keeping records of data |
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3.3.1 Purity, structure determination, and characterization |
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3.3.2 What types of data should be collected? |
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3.3.3 Organizing your data records |
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3.4 Some tips on report and thesis preparation |
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3.4.1 Sections of a report or thesis |
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3.4.2 Planning a report or thesis |
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3.4.3 Writing the report or thesis |
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Chapter 4 Equipping the laboratory and the bench |
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4.2 Setting up the laboratory |
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4.3 General laboratory equipment |
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4.3.2 Refrigerator and/or freezer |
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4.3.6 Kugelrohr bulb-to-bulb distillation apparatus |
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4.3.10 General distillation equipment |
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4.3.11 Large laboratory glassware |
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4.3.12 Reaction monitoring |
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4.4.2 Additional personal items |
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4.4.3 Specialized personal items |
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4.4.3.2 Three-way Quickfit gas inlet T taps |
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4.4.3.4 Glassware for chromatography |
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4.5 Equipment for parallel experiments |
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4.5.1 Simple reactor blocks that attach to magnetic stirrer hot plates |
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4.5.2 Stand-alone reaction tube blocks |
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4.5.3 Automated weighing systems |
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4.5.4 Automated parallel dosing and sampling systems |
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4.6 Equipment for controlled experimentation |
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61 | (4) |
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4.6.2 Circulating heater-chillers |
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4.6.3 Peltier heater-chillers |
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4.6.5 Automated reaction control systems |
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4.6.6 All-in-one controlled reactor and calorimeter systems |
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Chapter 5 Purification and drying of solvents |
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5.2 Purification of solvents |
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66 | (4) |
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67 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Boric anhydride, B203 |
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5.3.4 Calcium chloride, CaCl2 |
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5.3.5 Calcium hydride, CaH2 |
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5.3.6 Calcium sulfate, CaS04 |
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5.3.7 Lithium aluminum hydride, LiAIH4 |
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5.3.9 Magnesium sulfate, MgSO4 |
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5.3.11 Phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5 |
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5.3.12 Potassium hydroxide, KOH |
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5.3.14 Sodium sulfate, Na2SO4 |
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5.4.1 Solvent drying towers |
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5.4.3 Procedures for purifying and drying common solvents |
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5.4.4 Karl Fisher analysis of water content |
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Chapter 6 Reagents: Preparation, purification, and handling |
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6.2 Classification of reagents for handling |
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6.3 Techniques for obtaining pure and dry reagents |
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6.3.1 Purification and drying of liquids |
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6.3.2 Purifying and drying solid reagents |
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6.4 Techniques for handling and measuring reagents |
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6.4.1 Storing liquid reagents or solvents under an inert atmosphere |
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6.4.2 Bulk transfer of a liquid under inert atmosphere (cannulation) |
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6.4.3 Using cannulation techniques to transfer measured volumes of liquid under inert atmosphere |
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6.4.4 Use of syringes for the transfer of reagents or solvents |
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6.4.5 Handling and weighing solids under inert atmosphere |
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6.5 Preparation and titration of simple organometallic reagents and lithium amide bases |
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6.5.1 General considerations |
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6.5.2 Preparation of Grignard reagents (e.g., phenylmagnesium bromide) |
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6.5.3 Titration of Grignard reagents |
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6.5.4 Preparation of organolithium reagents (e.g., n-butyllithium) |
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6.5.5 Titration of organolithium reagents (e.g., n-butyllithium) |
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6.5.6 Preparation of lithium amide bases (e.g., lithium diisopropylamide) |
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6.6 Preparation of diazomethane |
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6.6.2 Preparation of diazomethane (a dilute ethereal solution) |
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6.6.3 General procedure for esterification of carboxylic acids |
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6.6.4 Titration of diazomethane solutions |
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7.2.1 Fitting and using a pressure regulator on a gas cylinder |
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7.4.1 Measurement of a gas using a standardized solution |
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7.4.2 Measurement of a gas using a gas-tight syringe |
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7.4.3 Measurement of a gas using a gas burette |
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7.4.4 Quantitative analysis of hydride solutions using a gas burette |
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7.4.5 Measurement of a gas by condensation |
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126 | (1) |
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7.4.6 Measurement of a gas using a quantitative reaction |
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7.6.2 Methods for preparing some commonly used gases |
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131 | (6) |
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8.2 House vacuum systems (low vacuum) |
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8.3.2 Electric diaphragm pumps |
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8.4.2 Vapor diffusion pumps |
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8.5 Pressure measurement and regulation |
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8.5.1 Units of pressure (vacuum) measurement |
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Chapter 9 Carrying out the reaction |
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9.2 Reactions with air-sensitive reagents |
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9.2.2 Preparing to carry out a reaction under inert conditions |
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9.2.3 Drying and assembling glassware |
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139 | (1) |
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9.2.4 Typical reaction setups using a double manifold |
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9.2.5 Basic procedure for inert atmosphere reactions |
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140 | (4) |
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9.2.6 Modifications to basic procedure |
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9.2.7 Use of balloons for holding an inert atmosphere |
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9.2.8 Use of a "spaghetti" tubing manifold |
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9.3.1 Thin layer chromatography |
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9.3.2 High performance liquid chromatography |
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9.3.3 Gas-liquid chromatography (GC, GLC, VPC) |
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164 | (3) |
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9.4 Reactions at other than room temperature |
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9.4.1 Low-temperature reactions |
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9.4.2 Reactions above room temperature |
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9.5.2 High-pressure reactions |
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9.6.2 Mechanical stirrers |
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9.6.3 Mechanical shakers and vortexers |
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182 | (1) |
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9.7 Use of controlled reactor systems |
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184 | (5) |
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Chapter 10 Working up the reaction |
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191 | (18) |
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10.2 Quenching the reaction |
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191 | (7) |
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10.2.1 Strongly basic nonaqueous reactions |
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192 | (1) |
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10.2.2 Near neutral nonaqueous reactions |
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192 | (1) |
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10.2.3 Strongly acidic nonaqueous reactions |
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193 | (1) |
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10.2.4 Nonaqueous reactions involving A1 (III) reagents |
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10.2.5 Reactions involving oxidizing mixtures that may contain peroxide residues |
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10.2.6 Acidic or basic aqueous reactions |
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10.2.7 Liquid ammonia reactions |
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10.2.8 Reactions involving homogeneous transition metal catalysts |
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10.3 Isolation of the crude product |
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10.3.1 Typical isolation from an aqueous work-up |
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10.3.2 Isolation from a reaction involving nonvolatile polar aprotic solvents |
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10.3.3 Using an acid/base aqueous work-up to separate neutral organics from amines |
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10.3.4 Using an acid/base aqueous work-up to separate neutral organics from carboxylic acids |
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204 | (1) |
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10.3.5 Nonaqueous work-ups |
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205 | (1) |
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10.3.6 Work-ups using scavenger resins |
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10.3.7 Use of scavengers to remove heavy metal residues |
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10.4 Data that need to be collected on the crude product prior to purification |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (40) |
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11.2.1 Simple crystallization |
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11.2.2 Small-scale crystallization |
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212 | (2) |
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11.2.3 Crystallization at low temperatures |
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11.2.4 Crystallization of air-sensitive compounds |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (10) |
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11.3.1 Simple distillation |
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11.3.2 Distillation under an inert atmosphere |
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11.3.3 Fractional distillation |
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221 | (2) |
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11.3.4 Distillation under reduced pressure |
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223 | (3) |
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11.3.5 Small-scale distillation |
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226 | (2) |
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11.5 Flash chromatography |
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229 | (11) |
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11.5.1 Equipment required for flash chromatography |
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230 | (2) |
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11.5.2 Procedure for running a flash column |
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232 | (7) |
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11.5.3 Recycling silica for flash chromatography |
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239 | (1) |
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11.6 Dry-column flash chromatography |
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240 | (1) |
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11.8 Medium pressure and prepacked chromatography systems |
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242 | (3) |
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11.9.1 Equipment required |
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245 | (1) |
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11.9.2 Running a preparative HPLC separation |
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246 | (2) |
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Chapter 12 Small-scale reactions |
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249 | (10) |
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12.2 Reactions at or below room temperature |
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250 | (2) |
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12.3 Reactions above room temperature |
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252 | (1) |
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12.4 Reactions in NMR tubes |
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253 | (2) |
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12.5 Purification of materials |
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Chapter 13 Large-scale reactions |
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259 | (8) |
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13.2 Carrying out the reaction |
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261 | (2) |
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13.2.1 Using standard laboratory equipment |
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261 | (1) |
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13.2.2 Using a jacketed vessel |
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261 | (2) |
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13.3 Work-up and product isolation |
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263 | (3) |
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13.4 Purification of the products |
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266 | (1) |
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Chapter 14 Special procedures |
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267 | (10) |
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14.2 Catalytic hydrogenation |
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267 | (3) |
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270 | (2) |
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272 | (1) |
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14.5 Flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) |
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273 | (1) |
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14.6 Liquid ammonia reactions |
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274 | (1) |
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Chapter 15 Characterization |
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277 | (8) |
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280 | (1) |
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15.6 Melting point (m.p.) and boiling point (b.p.) |
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281 | (1) |
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Chapter 16 Troubleshooting: What to do when things don't work |
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285 | (4) |
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Chapter 17 The chemical literature |
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289 | (12) |
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17.1 Structure of the chemical literature |
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289 | (1) |
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17.2 Some important paper-based sources of chemical information |
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290 | (4) |
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17.2.1 Chemical Abstracts |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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17.2.3 Science Citation Index (paper copy) |
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292 | (2) |
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17.3 Some important electronic-based sources of chemical information |
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294 | (2) |
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295 | (1) |
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17.3.3 Web of Science and SCOPUS |
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295 | (1) |
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17.3.4 Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) |
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296 | (1) |
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17.3.5 The World Wide Web |
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296 | (1) |
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17.4 How to find chemical information |
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296 | (2) |
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17.4.1 How to do searches |
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296 | (1) |
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17.4.2 How to find information on specific compounds |
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297 | (1) |
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17.4.3 How to find information on classes of compounds |
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297 | (1) |
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17.4.4 How to find information on synthetic methods |
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298 | (1) |
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Appendix 1 Properties of common solvents |
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301 | (4) |
Appendix 2 Properties of common gases |
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305 | (4) |
Appendix 3 Approximate pKa values for some common reagents versus common bases |
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Appendix 4 Common Bronsted acids |
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311 | (2) |
Appendix 5 Common Lewis acids |
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313 | (2) |
Appendix 6 Common reducing reagents |
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315 | (4) |
Appendix 7 Common oxidizing reagents |
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Index |
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