A Safer Solvent for Organic Chemistry Labs | Department of Chemistry

A Safer Solvent for Organic Chemistry Labs

When the EPA banned a carcinogenic solvent, Dartmouth chemists Cathy Welder and Steve Wright '81 found greener alternatives for undergraduate labs—and showed other schools how to make the switch. Read all about it here.

Cathy Welder Steve Wright — Senior lecturer Cathy Welder and Steve Wright '81 run an experiment in the organic chemistry lab. (Photos by Eli Burakian '00)

10/1/2025

Read the article, "Elimination of Dichloromethane from the Intorductory Organic Teaching Laboratory" in the Journal of Chemical Education.

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