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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2004  > May  >
Chemical Education Today
Letters
Cautionary Comments
R. G. Landolt
Department of Chemistry, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX, 76105
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May 2004
Vol. 81 No. 5
p. 641
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I’m concerned about a safety factor in the paper, “A Solvent-Free Oxidation of Alcohols in an Organic Laboratory” (1). In my estimation, it is not a good idea to conduct a “no-solvent” reaction “…until the flask becomes warm”. As described, the experiment may never be a problem, but I can envision two scenarios where problems might occur: (i) The process is applied to a more reactive alcohol or (ii) there is unauthorized “scale up”.

Literature Cited

  1. Esteb, J. J.; Schelle, W.; Wilson, A. M. J. Chem. Educ. 2003, 80, 907.

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*  Citation
 Landolt, R. G. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 641.
*  Keywords
 Laboratory Instruction; Organic Chemistry; Organic Synthesis; Safety / Hazardous Substances
*  History
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