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How do you make all of the SM react in a solvent free reaction?

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Jfalken:
So I am doing this solvent free reaction, or trying to at least, but due to the shape of the round bottom flask not everything reacts with the reagent, which is added dropwise.
One solution would simply be to find a proper solvent for the reaction to take place in but if anyone has any idea or tips on how to make sure that all of the SM reacts with the reagent, and not only the part directly under the funnel, I would really appricate it as a solvent could hold back the yield and will just add additional costs.

rolnor:
Can you give some details about your chemistry?

Jfalken:

--- Quote from: rolnor on May 16, 2019, 02:28:01 PM ---Can you give some details about your chemistry?

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What do you wish to know?
It's an amine (the solid SM) that reacts with an acyl chloride (the liquid reagent).
The problem is not that it does not react, it does react very violently with the material that it comes in contact with.
The problem is that it does not seem to come in contact with all of the SM since the funnel is placed directly above it.

rolnor:
Why dont you want to use a solvent? Do you have any base present to pick up the liberated HCl?

kriggy:
Just dissolve the amine in DCM or ether or dioxane or THF whatever, add base such as triethylamine and add solution of chloride to the other solution dropwise, cool if needed and dont forget stirring.

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