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HAZARDS highly flammable, readily forms explosive mixtures with air, harmful by inhalation, ingestion or skin absorption, irritant, liquid may cause permanent eye damage (corneal clouding), contact with skin may cause defatting, leading to irritation, long-term exposure may cause liver damage causes cancer in laboratory animals, and is listed as a probable human carcinogen, inhalation and ingestion are harmful and may be fatal, may cause reproductive damage, prolonged or repeated skin contact may cause dermatitis highly flammable, harmful if swallowed or inhaled, and through skin contact, respiratory, eye and skin irritant harmful if swallowed or inhaled, eye and skin irritant, readily absorbed through the skin, asphyxiant, possible carcinogenic in human extremely flammable, harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through skin, affects central nervous system

Acetone

Chloroform

Cyclohexane

Dichloromethane

Diethyl ether

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CHAPTER 7. REACTIONS UNDER MICROWAVE CONDITIONS

DMSO Ethanol Ethyl acetate Hydrochloric acid

harmful by inhalation, ingestion or skin contact, may act as a carcinogen, ingestion or absorption t h r o u g h skin may be fatal, exposure may result in foetal death, Long-term exposure may result in kidney or liver damage, irritant skin, eye and respiratory system irritant causes skin and eye irritation harmful if swallowed in quantity, vapours may cause drowsiness, irritant extremely corrosive, inhalation of vapour can cause serious injury, ingestion may be fatal, liquid can cause severe damage to skin and eyes HAZARDS highly flammable, harmful by inhalation, ingestion or skin absorption, prolonged exposure may cause serious health damage dust may be slightly irritating highly flammable, toxic by inhalation, ingestion or skin absorption, may be a reproductive hazard, ingestion may be fatal, risk of very serious, irreversible damage if swallowed, exposure may cause eye, kidney, heart and liver damage, chronic or substantial acute exposure may cause serious eye damage, including blindness, irritant, narcotic extremely flammable, t r e a t as harmful by inhalation or by skin contact, prolonged skin contact may cause dermatitis harmful if inhaled, irritant, chronic exposure to the dust may be very harmful

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Hexane

Magnesium sulfate Methanol

Petroleum ether

Silica gel

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193 very corrosive, causes severe burns, may cause serious permanent eye damage, very harmful by ingestion, harmful by skin contact or by inhalation of dust highly toxic, ingestion may be fatal, skin contact can lead to severe burns, chronic exposure may result in lung damage and possibly cancer may generate explosive peroxides in storage if in contact with air, highly flammable, may be harmful by inhalation, ingestion or skin absorption, long-term exposure may lead to kidney or liver damage, irritant, may cause narcotic effects highly flammable, toxic by inhalation, ingestion or by absorption through skin, serious irritant, experimental teratogen eye, skin and respiratory irritant, may act as a narcotic

Sodium hydroxide

Sulphuric acid

THF

Toluene

Xylene