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Dean & Stark, improvised
A Dean & Stark apparatus is an extremely useful piece of kit, but, when I started out, none of m ... |
5-3-2009 at 01:50
by: Paddywhacker |
The short questions thread (1)
[quote][i]Originally posted by Sedit[/i]
Will Phosphoric acid reduce with SiO2 and Carbon like calc ... |
2-3-2009 at 20:53
by: Paddywhacker |
What can I do with caesium chloride?
Make caesium carbonate. Google "cesium effect" for its use in organic synthesis. |
2-3-2009 at 20:41
by: Paddywhacker |
Terephthalic acid from PET
This worked like a charm, though I'm still purifying the volumenous terephthalic acid precipitate, s ... |
2-3-2009 at 14:43
by: Paddywhacker |
Home lab Start Kit?
It was three months because that is the time that shipping takes between Manitoba and Auckland.
A ... |
1-3-2009 at 20:56
by: Paddywhacker |
Wanted: prep for Tosyl acid
Toluene sulphonic acid is cheaper to make than to buy, I think, and I could make it by SOP, but does ... |
1-3-2009 at 13:25
by: Paddywhacker |
Calcium carbide alternative use...
hissingnoise, if the poster is going to kill or injure someone, then the first person killed or inju ... |
1-3-2009 at 12:52
by: Paddywhacker |
Yet even more copper chemistry...
[quote][i]Originally posted by woelen[/i]
What is this white material? It looks as if a copper(I) c ... |
1-3-2009 at 11:44
by: Paddywhacker |
More copper
Cupric tartrate is soluble in excess alkaline tartrate to give Fehling's Solution, but is Cupric Tar ... |
1-3-2009 at 05:20
by: Paddywhacker |
Calcium carbide alternative use...
If you want to do your duty by pruning some of the dross out of the human gene pool then combine you ... |
1-3-2009 at 02:21
by: Paddywhacker |
For Sale: LiAlH4 98+% pellets - no dust, easy to handle & store
You sure you have to grind them up?
That really negates the reason for pelleting them in the firs ... |
1-3-2009 at 02:10
by: Paddywhacker |
Names of dicarboxylic acids
Yeah, OMSGAPSAS ... it works for me.
Azelaic acid should be obtainable from the oxidation of olei ... |
1-3-2009 at 01:15
by: Paddywhacker |
Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reaction
Thanks for that, n_i. A great article.
But alkyl borates can only be made by the Dean & Sta ... |
1-3-2009 at 00:16
by: Paddywhacker |
Sigma Aldrich
If you guys are not into the illegal stuff then have you considered registering your own company. M ... |
28-2-2009 at 17:35
by: Paddywhacker |
Home lab Start Kit?
If you want full-sized glassware then these guys are competative:-
http://www.organicglassware.com/ ... |
28-2-2009 at 17:22
by: Paddywhacker |
High vacuum CHEAP and dirty!
[quote][i]Originally posted by sarcosuchus[/i]
Well sir; I'll admit when I'm being educated.
I a ... |
28-2-2009 at 16:58
by: Paddywhacker |
For Sale: LiAlH4 98+% pellets - no dust, easy to handle & store
What's the URL, or has the deal expired?
The pellets would be a lot less pyrophoric than the powd ... |
28-2-2009 at 16:29
by: Paddywhacker |
Glassware from fluorescent lamps - How to get rid of Hg?
I've thought of this for chromatography columns. Decent-sized preparatory columns.
But wondered ... |
28-2-2009 at 16:11
by: Paddywhacker |
Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reaction
I've never done this reaction, but it looks like it could be very useful.
Either reduce an aldehy ... |
28-2-2009 at 05:59
by: Paddywhacker |
toluene --> benzaldehyde
[quote by: neograviton]
Toluene to Benzaldehyde by Manganesepersulfate
Here is a easy way to do ... |
28-2-2009 at 04:46
by: Paddywhacker |
