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Lego (Hive Bee) 01-21-04 22:42 No 483879 |
Quenching of LAH with NaSO4*10H2O (Rated as: good read) |
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After performing a reduction with LiAlH4 the excess of reagent is usually destroyed by ice water, aqueous alkaline solution (KOH or NaOH), wet THF or ether, ethylacetate or any similiar reagent. Lego wants to propose an OTC quenching reagent which might bee superior to other reagents: sodium sulfate decahydrate (NaSO4·10H2O). Lego has seen this reagent in action and was really surprised as it works really good. In this reaction a ketone was reduced with a 5fold excess (don't ask) of LAH in ether. After the reaction was over the mixture was cooled to -10°C and NaSO4·10H2O was added in several portions until no more hydrogen evolved. As with every other reagent the addition has to been done carefully and in small portions but unlike other reagents the reaction is less vigorous, the temperature increase was only about a few °C even after a too large amount of NaSO4·10H2O was added. To ensure that all LAH was destroyed a drop of water was added, no more hydrogen evolved. The ether phase was decanted, the residue washed with ether and the pooled organic phases were evaporated. The corresponding alcohol was isolated in near quantitative yield. After Lego has seen this reaction TFSE was used and only two relevant hits were found (flame Lego if this old stuff): Post 430820 (GC_MS: "A look on the patented world of tryptamines", Tryptamine Chemistry) Post 210367 (Ghost_Of_BT: "Re: Substitution for NaCNBH3 in Krz's DMT synth", Tryptamine Chemistry) Google gave this hit (just to prove that it works for amines, too): http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/ob/b3/b308410h/b308410h.pdf
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Barium (Heavyweight Chempion(eer)) 01-22-04 14:36 No 484011 |
Even better | |||||||
If the Na2SO4*10 H2O is mixed with celice prior to the addtion to the reaction mixture the aluminum gel is trapped inside the celite. This renders the filtration even easier, beside the fact that the destruction of excess LAH is less violent when compared to the destruction with aqueous solutions. |
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