Module 3 2019

A Disaster in the Making?

➢ Is it highly desirable to have pure starting materials and specific transformations? Maybe but help is at hand to increase or control purity: o Solid intermediates can be recrystallised o Liquids can be distilled o A detailed knowledge and understanding of the synthesis can identify early-stage impurities that will not participate in the downstream process and can thus be discounted

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