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