Hi Tiffany,

This is a treasure hunt to sit and drink over my morning coffee! Here it goes:

A Wiki- search to get started: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_ether

There’s several varieties, so checking each one you have is important. You’ll want to weed out the poisons and corrosives from the ones that are actually reactive (DOT Class 4’s).

 

I looked up “azacrowns” first thinking they would be the most likely to be reactive. Here’s one example. It’s just corrosive:

http://www.tcichemicals.com/eshop/en/sg/commodity/T1874/

 

If they are in liquid form they may be in acetonitrile, THF, methanol, cyclohexane, benzene, or toluene; which means you’re back to checking for peroxides:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18-Crown-6

 

At the bottom of this Wiki-page you can get to the Sigma Aldrich page and look up the SDS. 18-Crown-6 seems to be nothing, but I would not put it in the trash and freak out everyone down-stream; especially with the ever-present “no data available” throughout SDS.

 

I hope this gets you started!

Ellen

 

 

 

Good Afternoon All!

 

I hope everyone has had a good week…maybe enjoying a little cooler temperatures than we have in Charleston SC.  I have a question concerning the disposal of crown ethers.  This may be too broad of a question, but are there any special considerations with their disposal?  We are trying to rid ourselves of some “legacy” chemicals and I admit that I’m not very familiar with crown ethers.  Other ethers can be peroxide-forming and must be handled accordingly.  I’m told crown ethers are different, but I would feel better with some other guidance/advice.

 

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks!

Tiffany

 

 

 

Tiffany CR Freedman

Laboratory Safety Manager

The Citadel-The Military College of SC

Office: 843-953-1067

trush1**At_Symbol_Here**citadel.edu

 

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