Removing Water During Reactions

A Dean-Stark trap is special glassware used to remove water during a reaction. It collects water by azeotropic distillation, which separates water along with vapor from the reaction mixture.

In many reactions, collecting water is useful because it can push the equilibrium toward the products. Thi...

The Dean-Stark trap is used to shift the equilibrium of organic reactions to the product side.

According to Le Ch?talier's principle, an equilibrium can be driven toward the products using an excess of one of the reactants, by continuously removing one of the products, or by changing the temperature or the pressure at which the reaction is...