From: DCHAS Membership Chair <membership**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] C&EN: Setup may make transferring tert -butyl lithium and other pyrophoric reagents safer
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:32:48 -0700
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
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Note a cameo role by a DCHAS regular in this article...

- Ralph

Setup may make transferring tert -butyl lithium and other pyrophoric reagents safer

Simple pieces of equipment decrease the danger of moving small volumes of chemicals prone to igniting

When chemists want to transfer a small amount of a pyrophoric reagent, such as tert-butyl lithium, they typically use a needle and syringe. But this protocol can be dangerous: One wrong move and the chemical could drip, or worse, squirt out of the needle and ignite. Chemists at Aarhus University have devised a simple setup and protocol that can make such transfers safer.
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more at
https://cen.acs.org/safety/lab-safety/Setup-make-transferring-tert-butyl/96/web/2018/06

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