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Asked 8 June 2015

What are the possible ways to do a perfect inert atmosphere organic reaction without using glove box ?

Reaction temperature around 100 degree Celsius
Solvent DMF or DCE.
Base Et3N.
David Gonzalez
Universidad de la República de Uruguay
In general is much easier with Argon than with Nitrogen, because Argon is dense and sits on the bottom of the RBF displacing the air and moisture. Of course if you do not have acces to Argon, Nitrogen should work. Just do it very carefully.