John paul III - 19-6-2018 at 10:33
In the peroxide process methyl ethyl ketone is used
for synthesis of hydrazine. Why not use acetone?
Does MEK make it easier to separate the products?
clearly_not_atara - 19-6-2018 at 12:45
Yes, butanone azine is significantly less soluble in water than acetone azine. However the process was originally trialled with acetone IIRC.