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Why was acetic anhydride used as the solvent in the conversion of trityl alcohol to trityl tetrafluoroborate?

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Acetic anhydride is used as the solvent in the conversion of trityl alcohol to trityl tetrafluoroborate for removing the water from the reaction mixture
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