3. Other Methods of Preparation The cheapest and most convenient method by which mesitylene may be prepared is by the action of a dehydrating agent upon acetone; the agent most commonly used is sulfuric acid.
"Organic-Syntheses"
Conant, James Bryant
195.If we persist against reason, it is like dehydrating a parched desert.
"PoPHILO"
Dom
Rays we had; at least half a dozen rays of destruction; the terrible dehydrating ray of the Deuber Spheres, the disintegrating ray that dated back before Ame Baove and his first voyage into space, the concentrated ultra-violet ray that struck men down in fiery torment....
"Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930"
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