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[*] posted on 29-9-2012 at 09:27


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So... any suggestions for that non-nucleophilic reagent that can cleave MTBE for tert-butanol?

I trully don't know what to think of a person who invests enough effort to make at least 4 replies on this topic, yet obstinately refuses to UTFSE.

UTFSE!


Tried. Got similar threads as this, with no suggestions whatsoever on cleaving MTBE. Any search terms I might be missing?

As for the persulfate bath, that seems a little tricky. There would probably still be some unreacted MTBE in the mix from vapor, but this could be removed by simple distillation.




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[*] posted on 29-9-2012 at 23:04


Quote: Originally posted by elementcollector1  
Tried. Got similar threads as this, with no suggestions whatsoever on cleaving MTBE. Any search terms I might be missing?

You might want to try investing more than just a couple of seconds in doing the search:
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=11...




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[*] posted on 22-11-2012 at 21:12


Idea!
Drip persulfate into a very cold solution of pure MTBE. Tert-butanol will freeze out.




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