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Offline ferdi

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Solvents for proline
« on: November 30, 2006, 06:11:08 AM »

Does anyone know a solvent for proline beside DMSO, water and ethanol?

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Re: Solvents for proline
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2006, 09:35:04 AM »
methanol
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Re: Solvents for proline
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2006, 11:47:41 AM »

The solvent may not be a nucleophile. Because of that, ethanol isn't a useful solvent.

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Re: Solvents for proline
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2006, 07:29:29 PM »
DMF, acetone, chloroform, ether... what are you trying to do?

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Re: Solvents for proline
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2006, 07:59:30 PM »
I don't think proline will dissolve readily in ether or chloroform.

DMF or MeCN will probably do the job. Formic acid perhaps? I'm just speculating here, I've never worked with amino acids.
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