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[*] posted on 27-7-2020 at 09:25
1-bromo-2-ethylhexane normal pressure distillation?


Hi fellow chemist.

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.
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[*] posted on 27-7-2020 at 11:14


https://www.lookchem.com/2-Ethylhexyl-bromide/
190,8 C at 760 mm Hg




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[*] posted on 27-7-2020 at 11:18


Quote: Originally posted by Fery  
https://www.lookchem.com/2-Ethylhexyl-bromide/
190,8 C at 760 mm Hg


I'd already seen that value but here it is given with ±8.0 °C, which looks very much like a calculated value.
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[*] posted on 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.
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[*] posted on 27-7-2020 at 22:03


Maybe you could use this? https://chemistry.mdma.ch/hiveboard/rhodium/equipment/nomogr...
I only stumbled upon it and it looks useful
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[*] posted on 27-7-2020 at 22:08


https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=15...
distilled upto 224 C at normal pressure and OK, just my old oil bath fumed like a hell, and of course air condenser used




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