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IT is our duty, we believe, to direct the attention of research chemists to a tragic accident which should stand as a warning to all users of N-halogenimides. Our collaborator and friend, Dr. H. De Graef, who was a man of great experience and skill, was carrying out the chlorination of xylene by means of 1,3-di-chloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin, when a violent explosion occurred. Wounded and badly burned, De Graef survived only three days.
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MARTIN, R. Dangers Attendant on the Use of N-Halogenimides in Organic Reactions. Nature 168, 32 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168032a0
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