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Distillation effect on purity

Refinery - 19-5-2020 at 12:26

How necessary distillation is when the product synthesized will be used immediately for second step? I prepared an oxirane recently and noticed that evaporating acetone is easy, but distilling the oxirane itself is PITA. So I thought I just rinse it with brine a few times as per the synthesis prior to distillation, dry it and use it as is. How detrimental this should be?

unionised - 19-5-2020 at 12:54

It's impossible to tell without knowing what you are using it for.