Jun 22, 2015
I planned to try out a pyrrole synthesis what was described recently by researchers from Iran. In their publication one the reagents was DCC (N,N'-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide).
DCC is a white crystalline powder with a melting point 34 °C (93 °F; 307 K) what means that it melts during the summer and when I want to use it I can use the good old hammer and chisel method or try to melt it and use it as a liquid. In this case as seen I melted it with the water bath of the rotavap.
The only problem with this compound, that it’s quite toxic and causes serious skin irritation if it gets on you.