Cooling Baths for Low-Temperature Reactions

Low-temperature reactions are often run with cooling baths to keep the reaction flask below room temperature. Chemists use this setup when they want a reaction to stay within a specific temperature range. The reagents in the flask do not touch the cooling bath itself.

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Certain chemical reactions must be performed below room temperature for safety?or to obtain the desired product.

A cooling bath allows for a system to be maintained at a certain temperature range for the duration of the reaction. This is achieved by placing the reaction flask into the bath, cooling the reaction without ever having direct c...