Extraction, with ethyl ether

Dissolve 3-8 g. of sodium in 75 mi. of rectified spirit, using otherwise the same conditions as in the preparation of anisole. Then add 15 g. of phenol, and to the clear solution add 13 2 ml. (19-1 g., n mois.) of ethyl bromide. Continue precisely as in the preparation of anisole, shaking the ethereal extract with sodium hydroxide solution as before in order to eliminate any unchanged phenol. Finally collect the fraction boiling at 168-172°. Yield, 14 g. 

Method 1. Reflux a mixture of pure nicotinic acid (Section V,22), 84 g. (105 ml.) of absolute ethanol and 90 g. (50 ml.) of concentrated sulphuric acid in a flask for 4 hours on a steam bath. Cool the solution and pour it slowly and with stirring on to 200 g. of crushed ice. Add sufficient ammonia solution to render the resulting solution strongly alkaline generally, some ester separates as an oil but most of it remains dissolved in the alkaline solution. Extract the solution with five 25 ml. portions of ether, dry the combined ethereal extracts with anhydrous magnesium sulphate, remove the ether and distil under reduced pressure. The ethyl nicotinate passes over at 117-118°/ 6 mm. the yield is 34 g. The b.p. under normal pressure is 222-224°. 

Rapid, simple, quaUtative methods suitable for determining the presence of benzene in the workplace or surroundings have been utilized since the 1930s. Many early tests offered methods for detection of aromatics but were not specific for benzene. A straightforward test allowing selective detection of benzene involves nitration of a sample to y -dinitrobenzene and reaction of the resultant ether extract with an ethanoHc solution of sodium hydroxide and methyl ethyl ketone (2-butanone), followed by the addition of acetic acid to eliminate interferences from toluene and xylenes. Benzene imparts a persistent red color to the solution (87). The method is claimed to be sensitive to concentrations as low as 0.27 ppm benzene from 10 mL air samples. 

Prepares solution of sodium methylate by dissolving 3.9 g of sodium metal in 500 ml of methanol. Add 39.0 g of 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-5-phenyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazeplne-2-one. Evaporate the reaction mixture to a residue and dissolve the residue in 170 ml of dimethylformamide. Add 30 g of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl Iodide and stir at room temperature for Vi hour, then heat to 60°C to 70°C for an additional 7 hours. Add 19 g of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl iodide and resume the heating and stirring at 60°C to 70°C for an additional 16 hours. Filter off the solids and evaporate the filtrate to a residue in vacuo. Triturate the residue with water and extract with ethyl ether. Wash the ethereal extract with water, dry over anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporate the solvent to a residue. 

Urine Acidify and heat to hydrolyze add NaOH extract with anhydrous ethyl ether derivatize with diazoethane concentrate add hexane concentrate and cleanup on silica gel elute with benzene-hexane (PNP) GC/ECD 20 pg/L (20 ppb) 85-98 Shafiketal. 1973b... 

Abbott et al. [163] described a pyrolysis unit for the determination of Picloram and other herbicides in soil. The determination is effected by electron capture-gas chromatography following thermal decarboxylation of the herbicide. Hall et al. [164] reported further on this method. The decarboxylation products are analysed on a column (5mm i.d.) the first 15cm of which is packed with Vycor chips (2-4mm), the next 1.05m with 3% of SE-30 on Chromosorb W (60-80 mesh) and then 0.6m with 10% of DC-200 on Gas Chrom Q (60-80 mesh). The pyrolysis tube, which is packed with Vycor chips, is maintained at 385°C. The column is operated at 165°C with nitrogen as carrier gas (110ml min-1). The method when applied to ethyl ether extracts of soil gives recoveries of 90 5%. Dennis et al. [165] have reported on the accumulation and persistence of Picloram in bottom deposits. 

Both freeze-dried/methanol and XAD-2/ethyl ether extracts of water obtained after final chlorination were found to be mutagenic with similar activity (Figure 1). Because XAD adsorption is more suitable for processing large volumes of water, and the extract produced is amenable to GC-MS analysis and HPLC separation, all subsequent work was carried out with this method of extraction. 

Figure 3. Normal-phase HPLC chromatograms from XAD-2/ethyl ether extracts of chlorinated and unchlorinated water. A 25-min linear gradient was used from 1% to 50% isopropyl alcohol in n-hexane. (Reproduced with permission from reference 16. Copyright 1986 Water Research Centre.)...

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