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Re: Organic Chemisty class
From: Julie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:48:58 -0600 (CST)
Experimenting in the hood, you will be safer from your own reactions
(which are hopefully closest to you), and probably farther away from
other students. Yes there is likely to be vapor from other students
reactions in the room. I can't give you much other advice except to
check with you prof and TA.
At Fri, 28 Feb 2003, SB wrote:
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>Thanks Katya and Julie. I wasn't sure if I would get the answers on
>this forum so I am really glad you replied. Would experimenting under
>hood benefit since other students in the class will be performing the
>same experiment?
>
>At Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Julie wrote:
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>>Most of the alcohol solvents are at least suspect teratogens (harmful
>>during pregnancy). Katya's advice to see if you can do all your
>>reactions in the hood would be good. In general the chemicals for a
>>beginning organic lab are chosen to be relatively safe, so may only
>>cause problems with extended exposure, large ingestion, etc.
>>Julie (I'm a chemist, but this is out of my primary expertise)
>>
>>At Thu, 27 Feb 2003, SB wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I am about to finish the 1st of 3 sequence course for O Chem. I am
>>>currently TTC and may possibly be pregnant. Please let me know if any
>>>of the following experiments may be harmful if I am pregnant. I have
>>>talked to my chemistry professor regarding this and she has asked me to
>>>find out if vapors from following reactions might be harmful from a
>>>doctor.
>>>
>>>1) Nucleophilic Substitution: Following chemicals will be used,
>>>1-bromobutane, 2-bromobutane, 2-bromo-2-methylpropane, ethanol 95 %, 0.1
>>>M AgNO3 solution
>>>2) Synthesis: Butyl Bromide; Ethanol from Sucrose Involves preparation
>>>of n-butyl bromide
>>>3) Alcohol Identification. Involves Acetyl Chloride w/ evolution of HCl
>>>gas, n-butyl alcohol, 2-butanol, 2-methyl-2-propanol, zinc chloride,
>>>chromic acid test, iodoform test.
>>>
>>>Thank you!
>>
>>--
>>Julie
>>
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Julie
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