I am planning on making 1-bromo-2-ethylhexane and purify it by distillation at atmospheric pressure. However, I cannot find a literature boiling point at atmospheric
pressure, only various vacuums. Does that mean the product will decompose or that atmospheric distillation is undesired?
I cannot figure out why a primary bromoalkane should decompose on distillation, but I don't want to blunder if there's something I don't know so I'd
rather ask first.Fery - 27-7-2020 at 11:14
I'd already seen that value but here it is given with ±8.0 °C, which looks very much like a calculated value.Pumukli - 27-7-2020 at 12:18
I distilled benzoic acid methyl ester at 760 mbar, bp 212 C, no problem. At least nothing obvious for an amateur. In the old days they distilled many
things at normal pressure, steam distillation was used for delicate compounds.ArbuzToWoda - 27-7-2020 at 22:03
