joejoe
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mibk question
i seen something a little while back that said it was possible to make mbk from mibk. can anyone tell me if i'm on the right track.
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kclo4
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Please tell us what these chemicals are, I've never heard of mibk, or mbk.
Posts that are in detail are way more useful my friend! 
[Edited on 31-3-2009 by kclo4]
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DJF90
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MBK appears to be methyl butyl ketone after a google search. MiBK I would assume to be methyl isobutyl ketone. joejoe it is important to post details
as kclo4 says, if you want help; we are not mind readers.
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joejoe
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yeah right sorry, methyl benzyl ketone and methyl isobutyl ketone.
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Wait, what? Benzyl?
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DJF90
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I dont see any way you're going to convert methyl isobutyl ketone to methyl benzyl ketone. Its NOT going to happen. But as sparkgap is suggesting I
think you made a mistake and meant methyl BUTYL ketone, not BENZYL. In any case, I still dont think you can isomerise easily, if at all.
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Nicodem
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It is actually very easy to transform mibk to mbk in a single step. All you have to do is eliminate i from mibk and you are left with pure mbk.
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Hahaha I like it! Maybe I shall give it a try when I've got time 
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This sounds like a job for the Isomer Fairy 
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