Fume hoods or fume cupboards are used to prevent people working in laboratories being exposed to harmful or unpleasant gases and dust particles. Fixed fume hoods are usually connected to extraction fans which vent to the outside air. Modern equipment uses filters to prevent the release of harmful material to the environment. Source: NetRegs.

Rubber gloves must be worn for the manipulation of substances that cause skin irritation or burns. Gloves will be required to manipulate the reagents required for this synthesis

These balances are used to weight chemicals. They have different levels of precision.

This will be your main working space when dealing with non hazardous chemicals.

The following reagents will be used during the practical work.

• 2,6-dimethylaniline
• Glacial acetic
• Chloroacetyl chloride
• Toluene
• Hydrochloric Acid (3M)
• Potassium Hydroxide (6M)
• Petroleum Ether
• Potassium Carbonate

Due to the nature of these reagents the work should be carried out in the fume-hood.