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Hofmann amine separation
A technique to separate a mixture of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines; they are heated with ethyl oxalate; there is no reaction with tertiary amines, primary amines form a diamide, and the secondary amines form a monoamide; when the reaction mixture is distilled, the mixture is separated into components.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Chemistry
- Category: Organic chemistry
- Company: McGraw-Hill
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