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Illicit Drugs & Amateur Chemistry - What to do?
You oversimplify.

You fail to consider the possibility that the "powers that be" already know the ...
1-4-2007 at 07:26
by: Sauron
keten lamp
40-50 C is not reflux, VA boils at 77-78 C. If I were you I'd heat it harder (80 C) and I would incr ...
1-4-2007 at 06:10
by: Sauron
keten lamp
There has been considerable discussion here about the likelihood that all these industrial processes ...
31-3-2007 at 23:54
by: Sauron
keten lamp
How did you remove the inhibitor from the VA monomer?

(Did you distill the VA monomer or not?)

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31-3-2007 at 18:03
by: Sauron
Oxidation of ethanol
Gemtlemen, let's have some documentation.

@RG, what's your snippet from?

@Eclectic, it is ve ...
31-3-2007 at 17:54
by: Sauron
Acetyl Chloride Watched?
Perhaps, but the list I am talking about does not involve drug precursors and acetic anhydride is no ...
30-3-2007 at 16:53
by: Sauron
Oxidation of ethanol
Back to the Ni (II) - NaOCl system. It might make more sense to everyone if we call the black insolu ...
30-3-2007 at 16:49
by: Sauron
Acetyl Chloride Watched?
Acetyl chloride is on this country's MOD-controlled chemicals list, so can't be imported or manufact ...
30-3-2007 at 07:34
by: Sauron
Acetic anhydride preparation
Merck Index is silent regarding melting point, Brauser does not state reaction temperature for prodn ...
30-3-2007 at 05:24
by: Sauron
So, basic things ain't illegal? Ya reckon - LOOK
I meant what I said and only what I said, I said not a word about glassware. I think bans on glasswa ...
30-3-2007 at 03:27
by: Sauron
So, basic things ain't illegal? Ya reckon - LOOK
Was I proposing moving to USA? NO.

Would I define USA as a free country? "Answer hazy, ask again ...
30-3-2007 at 02:13
by: Sauron
So, basic things ain't illegal? Ya reckon - LOOK
Sounds like you should consider moving to a free country. (Which sadly lets Aus and NZ out.)
30-3-2007 at 01:25
by: Sauron
Dry Ice Source
hanks for the tips, @gc as I was about to buy a bottle of liquid CO2 and one of the commercial CO2 s ...
30-3-2007 at 01:13
by: Sauron
Acetic anhydride preparation
Brauer gives drying directions. His prep of N2O4 is from lead nitrate. He freezes out the majority o ...
30-3-2007 at 00:02
by: Sauron
Dry Ice Source
Dry ice is usually sold in rectangular blocks. You have to break these up into smaller chunks, and f ...
29-3-2007 at 23:44
by: Sauron
Oxidation of ethanol
Sorry, @n_i. We had a thread going on that subject but hard references were few and far between. In ...
29-3-2007 at 23:30
by: Sauron
Oxidation of ethanol
Great, @guy, that is actually rather nice.

We knew that hypochlorite converts ethanol to acetalde ...
29-3-2007 at 19:27
by: Sauron
Acetic anhydride preparation
I'm sure many of us look forward to hearing how the N2O4 method works out.

Good luck with it!
29-3-2007 at 19:04
by: Sauron
Oxidation of ethanol
You want a one step, room temperature oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid, is that it? And you don't ...
28-3-2007 at 19:46
by: Sauron
Pyridine hydrogenation - methods?
@nicodem, I wanto know who the "reputable supplier is.
28-3-2007 at 18:23
by: Sauron
Acetic anhydride preparation
Liquification is only necessary (I suspect) if you want to accumulate and store N2O4 in a Dewar or c ...
28-3-2007 at 17:53
by: Sauron
keten lamp
As we are using some unfamiliar terms I thought it would be useful to insert a sketch

Only vinyl ...
27-3-2007 at 19:37
by: Sauron
Preliminary title: sauron
Let us have the literature on this and we will see if we can figure out what is going wrong (when ot ...
27-3-2007 at 02:18
by: Sauron
CCl4/Al
Smoke grenades use hexachloroethane and Zn not Al.
26-3-2007 at 19:31
by: Sauron
Preliminary title: sauron
That's using "reduce" in the military sense.

Here's your ketone. I have drawn in the pi bonds bec ...
26-3-2007 at 18:09
by: Sauron
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