Sepracor pleads “not guilty” in lab death
Two years ago next month, Sepracor Canada chemist Roland Daigle died at age 46 after being exposed to trimethylsilyldiazomethane. According to news reports, Daigle was inexplicably working in a lab...
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OPRD safety issue
‘Tis the season…for Organic Process Research & Development‘s annual “Safety Of Chemical Processes” section. The issue contains literature highlights, summarized as Safety Notables, as well as...
View ArticleDiazomethane without distillation
A quick note on something else in the magazine this week: A story by Beth Halford on a new way to make diazomethane in situ, without distillation. As Beth notes, diazomethane is both explosive and...
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Trimethylsilyldiazomethane safety under investigation
Trimethylsilyldiazomethane, aka (diazomethyl)trimethylsilaneBack in 2008, two chemists died after exposure to trimethylsilyldiazomethane (TMSD): Jason Siddell, age 24 and employed at Gelest, and Roland...
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