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turn calcium 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutyrate into 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
The "condensation" you mention is actually an elimination or dehydration reaction, which I mentioned ...
20-4-2014 at 17:58
by: Crowfjord
Official ether from starting fluid thread...
See the fourth post in this thread, by garage chemist. Just fractionate the starting fluid.
20-4-2014 at 16:56
by: Crowfjord
turn calcium 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutyrate into 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
This probably should have gone in beginnings, but here is my take:

If I were to try this, I would ...
20-4-2014 at 16:46
by: Crowfjord
Elemental Scientific 20% Off!!!
Question for tomholm/Elemental Scientific :

On the Elemental Scientific web page, all of the amou ...
19-4-2014 at 12:28
by: Crowfjord
L-tryptophan decarboxylation
The color looks fine to me. I'm surprised you didn't get a higher conversion. I assume you used the ...
23-3-2014 at 15:45
by: Crowfjord
hydrazine without MEK
Gelatin helps control foaming, I think. Have you read the stickied hydrazine thread (under Chemistry ...
19-3-2014 at 12:02
by: Crowfjord
Pretty Pictures (2)
Ha! I thought the same thing, chocolate crystals! What is it? It's beautiful.
17-3-2014 at 12:23
by: Crowfjord
extract chromium from 18/0 stainless
There are many different grades of stainless steel with their own specifications on elemental percen ...
13-3-2014 at 13:57
by: Crowfjord
Sodium Borohydride from chinese supplier
I would just like to add some positive feedback for FWOOSH, just in case anybody has any doubts. Goo ...
12-3-2014 at 16:44
by: Crowfjord
OTC H2SO4 and NaOH are gone...
The MSDS is on Kleen Strip's website. It's >99% ethyl acetate, if I remember right.
7-3-2014 at 21:05
by: Crowfjord
Synthesis of Serotonin
Chloroform is miscible with DMSO, according to [url=http://www.gaylordchemical.com/uploads/images/pd ...
7-3-2014 at 20:22
by: Crowfjord
Chemical extractions from OTC medicines
I think the (nasal) inhalers have the levo isomer, which is only active on the sympathetic nervous s ...
2-3-2014 at 22:54
by: Crowfjord
The Short Questions Thread (4)
Nope. The benzylic carbon would be oxidized, as it is much more reactive than the terminal methyl. D ...
11-2-2014 at 15:36
by: Crowfjord
Purification of denatured ethanol
I like to use Kleen Strip green denatured alcohol (green as in environmentally friendly); it is dena ...
3-2-2014 at 18:55
by: Crowfjord
Arecoline extraction
I don't see why using sodium hydroxide solution should be a problem. You can minimize ester hydrolys ...
30-1-2014 at 15:49
by: Crowfjord
L-tryptophan decarboxylation
Why do you think it doesn't work? That amber oil likely has some tryptamine in it. Mine looked like ...
30-1-2014 at 11:50
by: Crowfjord
L-tryptophan decarboxylation
Cyclohexanone probably isn't a very good catalyst. Enones work much better, for some reason (I woul ...
29-1-2014 at 17:37
by: Crowfjord
help needed with vac distillation of a carbonyl
I've used socks before, wrapped and tied around the column and/or still head. In o-chem lab, they ta ...
29-1-2014 at 13:05
by: Crowfjord
Reduction of levulinic acid
Ah. Haha, my silly brain added a letter that wasn't there. No wonder my search turned up nothing use ...
27-1-2014 at 21:58
by: Crowfjord
Reduction of levulinic acid
Ninja: Alkoxides are certainly terrible reducing agents, at least toward such weak oxidizers as keto ...
27-1-2014 at 16:47
by: Crowfjord
The Short Questions Thread (4)
Benzoic acid is scarcely soluble in water, so the result isn't much of a surprise. The crystals are ...
8-1-2014 at 20:14
by: Crowfjord
The Short Questions Thread (4)
Answer @thebean:

Yep, pretty much. There is a synthesis on orgsyn.org that does just that if I re ...
8-1-2014 at 18:35
by: Crowfjord
Pictures of members.
This is me, along with one of the several instruments I run at work.

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7-1-2014 at 20:25
by: Crowfjord
Synthesis/acquisition of alpha-methylstyrene
Glad you brought back this topic, Turd. I was considering doing so myself. Elimination of water from ...
22-12-2013 at 15:13
by: Crowfjord
What exactly is the mechanism by which catechols are methylenated? Why does the methylenedioxy group rotate?
Hey there Nicodem, I was hoping you would peek in. Looks like I still have some confusion on the nom ...
20-12-2013 at 12:42
by: Crowfjord
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