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Question about the differences of white and grey NaH properties

We are having some problems with the next reaction in our lab. As you can see, is the sulfonylation of an indole in which we use NaH (60% dispersion in mineral oil) as a base. This reaction goes with ...
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Acid boric preparation [closed]

Is there a simple reaction to yield boric acid ($\ce{H3BO3}$) from boron trifluoride ($\ce{BF3}$)?
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Can antimony pentafluoride be made by adding hydrogen fluoride to antimony trifluoride?

I was looking at how the strongest acid was made and I found something I did not understand. On the Wikipedia page for antimony trifluoride it shows the production of $\ce{SbF3}$ using $\ce{HF}$: $$\...
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Deprotection (debenzoylation) of glucose (sacharide) using NaOMe leads to hydrolysis glucose

I have a problem removing the benzoyl groups of my glucose moiety using sodium methylate (standard procedure). Indeed, the benzoyl groups are removed. However, a significant amount of glucose gets ...
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Making carbon monoxide gas from formic acid and sulfuric acid?

Can I create carbon monoxide gas by just mixing formic acid and sulphuric acid together? Or do they have to be heated?
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