| Solvent |
Boiling Pt.
°C |
Density |
Flash Pt.
°C |
Drying agent |
Acetone |
56 |
0.791 |
-18 |
K2CO3; Molecular sieve 3A; CaCl2 |
Acetic acid |
118 |
1.049 |
+40 |
P2O5; CuSO4 |
Acetic anhydride |
136 |
1.082 |
+49 |
CaCl2 |
Acetonitrile |
82 |
0.782 |
+6 |
CaCl2; P2O5; K2CO3; calcium hydride; Molecular sieve 3A |
Aniline |
184 |
1.022 |
+76 |
KOH; BaO |
Anisole |
154 |
0.995 |
+51 |
CaCl2; Na; distillation |
Benzene |
80 |
0.879 |
-10 |
CaCl2; distillation; Na; Pb/Na; ; calcium hydride; Na wire; Molecular sieve 4A |
1-Butanol |
117 |
0.810 |
+29 |
K2CO3; distillation |
2-Butanol |
100 |
0.808 |
+24 |
K2CO3; distillation |
tert-Butanol |
82 |
0.882 |
+11 |
CaO; Freezing |
n-Butyl acetate |
127 |
0.882 |
+33 |
MgSO4; |
Carbon disulphide |
46 |
1.263 |
-30 |
CaCl2P2O5; |
Carbon tetrachloride |
77 |
1.594 |
none |
distillation; P2O3; Pb/Na; Molecular sieve 4A |
Chlorobenzene |
132 |
1.106 |
+29 |
CaCl2; distillation;P2O5 |
Chloroform |
62 |
1.486 |
none |
CaCl2; P2O5; Pb/Na; Molecular sieve 4A |
Cyclohexane |
81 |
0.799 |
none |
Na; Na/Pb; LiAlH4; Molecular sieve 4A |
Cyclohexanone |
155 |
na |
na |
Distillation |
Decahydronaphthalene
(Dekalin) |
~190 |
0.886 |
<54 |
CaCl2; Na; Pb/Na |
Dichloromethane |
40 |
1.325 |
none |
CaCl2; Pb/Na; calcium hydride; Molecular sieve 4A |
Dicyclopentadiene:
(cyclopentadiene dimer) |
170 |
na |
na |
Refractionation: distillate at 40 - 42°C. (Use at once! or keep in dry ice/acetone bath no longer than 1 Hr.) |
Diethyl carbonate |
126 |
0.975 |
+25 |
Na2SO4; K2CO3 |
Diethylene glycoldibutyl
ether |
225 |
0.885 |
+118 |
CaCl2; Na |
Diethylene glycol
dimethyl ether |
155
165 |
0.906 |
+70 |
CaCl2; Na |
Diethyl ether |
34 |
0.714 |
-40 |
CaCl2; Na; Pb/Na; LiAlH4; Na wire/benzophenone; Molecular sieve 4A |
Di-isopropyl ether |
68 |
0.726 |
-23 |
CaCl2; Na; Molecular sieve 4A |
Dimethyl formamide |
153 |
0.950 |
+62 |
distillation; Molecular sieve 4A |
Dimethyl sulfoxide |
189 |
1.101 |
+95 |
distillation; Molecular sieve 4A |
1,4 Dioxane |
101 |
1.034 |
+11.8 |
CaCl2; Na; Molecular sieve 4A |
Ethanol |
79 |
0.791 |
+12 |
CaO; Mg; MgO; Molecular sieve 3A |
Ethyl acetate |
77 |
0.901 |
-4 |
K2CO3; P2O5; Na2SO4; calcium hydride; Molecular sieve 4A |
Ethylenediamine:
(1-2 diaminoethane) |
118 |
na |
na |
Simple distillation. |
Ethylene glycol |
197 |
1.109 |
+111 |
distillation; Na2SO4 |
Ethylene glycol
monoethyl ether |
135 |
0.930 |
+41 |
distillation |
Ethylene glycol
monomethyl ether |
125 |
0.965 |
+52 |
distillation |
Ethyl formate |
54 |
0.924 |
-20 |
MgSO4; Na2SO4; |
Formamide |
211 |
1.134 |
155 |
Na2SO4; CaO |
Glycerol |
290 |
1.260 |
+176 |
distillation |
Heptane |
98 |
0.684 |
-4 |
calcium hydride; Na wire |
n-Hexane |
69 |
0.659 |
-23 |
Na; Pb/Na; LiAlH4; calcium hydride; Na wire/benzophenone; Molecular sieve 4A |
Isobutanol |
108 |
0.803 |
+28 |
K2CO3; CaO; Mg; |
Isobutyl methyl ketone |
117 |
0.801 |
+15.5-4 |
K2CO3; |
Methanol |
65 |
0.792 |
+11 |
Mg; CaO; Molecular sieve 3A |
Methyl acetate |
57 |
0.933 |
-10 |
K2CO3; CaO; |
1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone |
202 |
1.026 |
+95 |
Na2SO4; distillation; Molecular sieve 4A |
Methyl Ethyl ketone |
80 |
0.806 |
-44 |
K2CO3; |
Nitrobenzene |
211 |
1.204 |
+92 |
CaCl2; P2O5; distillation; |
n-Pentane |
36 |
0.626 |
-49 |
Na; Pb/Na;calcium hydride; Na wire |
Pet ether |
mixture |
na |
na |
calcium hydride; Na wire/benzophenone; Molecular sieve 4A |
1- Propanol |
97 |
0.804 |
+15 |
CaO; Mg |
2-Propanol |
82 |
0.785 |
+12 |
CaO; Mg; Molecular sieve 3A |
Pyridine |
116 |
0.982 |
+20 |
KOH; BaO; Molecular sieve 4A |
Tetrahydrofuran |
66 |
0.887 |
-17.5 |
Molecular sieve 4A |
Tetrahydronaphthalene
(Tetralin) |
208 |
0.973 |
|
CaCl2; Na |
Thionyl chloride |
48 |
na |
na |
Redistill. |
Toluene |
111 |
0.867 |
+4 |
distillation; Ca; CaCl2; Na; Molecular sieve 4A |
Trichloroethylene |
87 |
1.462 |
none |
distillation; Na2SO4; K2CO3 |
Xylene |
137/140 |
-0.86 |
+25 |
distillation; Na; CaCl2; Molecular sieve 4A |
