How to dry trace amount of water in acetone?

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We are trying to dry trace amount of water from anhydrous acetone we purchased because we found that it still reacted with our moisture sensitive samples. Thanks.

Archana Madpathi

To dry a trace amount of moisture in acetone, one can employ azeotropic distillation by using ethyl bromide as a separating agent, which can give effective separation.

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