Explosion from aqueous hydrogen peroxide and acetic anhydride | The Safety Zone

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Explosion from aqueous hydrogen peroxide and acetic anhydride | The Safety Zone

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We’ve got a safety letter in today’s issue of C&EN: WE ARE WRITING to report on an accident that occurred in the chemistry department at Northwestern University on Dec. 3, 2010. Unfortunately, one of our advisees was seriously injured. The accident--"a reaction mixture detonation--"occurred during an attempt to synthesize 2-(tert-butylsulfonyl)iodosylbenzene, a partially soluble form of [...]

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