Re: TOJC

sheparcr@plu.edu
Fri, 13 Dec 1996 00:06:01 -0800 (PST)

hello, i believe that the reason we had to keep water out of the reaction
was so as to prevent the formation of benzene as a side product. hope
that helps.
sheparcr@plu.edu

On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 mcgillsa@plu.edu wrote:

> Hi there... I don't know if this is the only reason why, but keeping water
> out of the reaction didn't allow a white precipitate to form. I imagine
> this was some sort of compound formed with the ether/Mg/acid mixture. I
> don't think the compound itself is important... Good luck.
> Shana M.
>
> On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 johnstsl@plu.edu wrote:
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> >
> > I knopw this is a stupid question but does anyone know why we had to be so
> > scrupulous about keeping water out of our Grignard reaction in lab? I
> > can't seem to figure this out. (Its dead week! Give me a break!)
> >
> > Study hard fellow students! We're almost done!!!!
> >
> > JOHNSTSL@PLU.EDU
> >
> >
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