nightflight
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THF
Hi,
I´ve found a bottle of tetrahydrofuran ... ,
can it be used like Toluene, or would that be a waste for a better application of this product?
Thanks a lot,
nihgtflight
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| Quote: | Originally posted by nightflight
Hi,
I´ve found a bottle of tetrahydrofuran ... ,
can it be used like Toluene, or would that be a waste for a better application of this product?
Thanks a lot,
nihgtflight |
.........save it for something better,....solo
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Champion
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GHB
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Sergei_Eisenstein
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You can't just use THF as a toluene replacement, as both substances have rather different properties. For instance, THF is an ether and miscible with
water, while toluene is a hydrocarbon inmiscible with water.
THF is especially useful for LAH-reductions and for organometal chemistry. Or you could waste it on GHB...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrofuran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluene
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Organikum
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Well ether is an ether and not really miscible with water or so. The whole concept is flawed by definition. Detritus I would say..
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DrP
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Unless there are any specific reactions you are going to do with it, I'd save it as a very powerfull solvent. i.e. when your acetone or toluene wont
disolve the highly cross-linked organic mess left in your glassware, you may find the THF works instead.
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Organikum
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It´s great for chemically welding PVC too.
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Definately the solvent to use when nothing else will shift a polymeric mess.
Save it
One day you'll be glad to have it.
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