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Comfort level with dimethyl sulfate
Are you/would you be comfortable working with boiling dimethyl sulfate outdoors?
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No. Dimethyl sulfate is pretty high up on the "nope" list for me in the absence of a good fume hood. Especially if it's boiling.
What reaction are you trying to do?
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it was already done 4 years ago. the reaction of sodium chloride and dimethyl sulfate to make hcl
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No, I would not work with dimethylsulfate while expecting to be protected by outdoor ventilation.
I would only work with it when all of the following conditions are met simultaneously.
1) In a fume hood with sash almost closed.
2) In a wholly contained apparatus where everything is jointed and the only way out of it is through a tube that leads someplace safe.
3) Wearing a full face respirator with organic vapor filters.
4) 2 layers of disposable gloves, a disposable labcoat.
5) A plan to decontaminate all glassware when I'm done without removing it from the fume hood or removing my PPE.
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...what?
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I hope this is a joke...
[Edited on 27-9-2022 by Bedlasky]
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Sorry that was the wrong reference.
I was referring to the production of methyl chloride with sodium chloride mixed in dimethyl sulfate
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Also no. For MeCl I wonder if you could gas dimethyl carbonate with HCl.
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Recently I did a reaction with dimethyl sulfate and I used completely closed apparatus from which a hose led possible gases out of the lab. The first
methyl group reacted while cooling the reaction and the second methyl group reacted while hydrodistilling out the methylated product.
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Quote: Originally posted by Fery ![](images/xpblue/lastpost.gif) | Recently I did a reaction with dimethyl sulfate and I used completely closed apparatus from which a hose led possible gases out of the lab. The first
methyl group reacted while cooling the reaction and the second methyl group reacted while hydrodistilling out the methylated product.
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What was cleanup like?
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Quote: Originally posted by 6dthjd1 ![](images/xpblue/lastpost.gif) | Quote: Originally posted by Fery ![](images/xpblue/lastpost.gif) | Recently I did a reaction with dimethyl sulfate and I used completely closed apparatus from which a hose led possible gases out of the lab. The first
methyl group reacted while cooling the reaction and the second methyl group reacted while hydrodistilling out the methylated product.
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What was cleanup like? |
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=15...
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