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by Mistletoe 1293 days ago
Acetonitrile is used on an almost daily basis by anyone doing HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography). Big 4L jugs of it. The price has gotten exorbitant though and some have switched to using mostly methanol. I don't know what this guy is talking about with the toxicity, it smells kind of nice and has a very benign label. You don't even need to wear a respirator or anything to use it.

https://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/11

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https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/great-acetonitrile...