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DIPEA+triflic anhydride = salt (how to remove )

tarunakhaja - 27-9-2016 at 10:40



[Edited on 27-9-2016 by tarunakhaja]

aga - 27-9-2016 at 11:03

Spoon.

(terse response to an equally terse question)

clearly_not_atara - 27-9-2016 at 12:45

Whoa, really? Tf2O breaks diisopropylethylamine?

You might be able to recover Tf2O by using SO3 or metaphosphoric acid (H6P6O18) to displace it if it's some kind of Lewis acid/base bond. However, if Tf2O has cleaved DIPEA to isopropyl triflate and ethylisopropyltriflamide, you're screwed.