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@violet sin; is that tyuyamunite I see at the bottom?

Now these are tyuyamunite:
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29-5-2020 at 06:21
by: Boffis
The chemistry of Sorbic acid
Two threads have appeared recently on the esterification of sorbic acid (1,2) and previously I have ...
28-5-2020 at 14:10
by: Boffis
What was the problem ?
I am still having problems accessing certain threads. Is there a bigger problem?
28-5-2020 at 09:44
by: Boffis
The synthesis of methyl sorbate
Hi Syn the Sizer, what sort of yield of crude product did you get.
25-5-2020 at 02:24
by: Boffis
2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid from resorcinol
Hi Fery, nice improvement. Do you think it would help the yield if you could stop the loss of CO2 by ...
25-5-2020 at 02:12
by: Boffis
Glass cola bottles and metal caps
I presume by steel caps you mean Crown caps like you get on beer bottles? These require a ridgid cor ...
23-5-2020 at 01:01
by: Boffis
So called Maple Lactone
I saw a seller on Ebay selling something called Maple Lactone or 3-methyl-1,2-cyclopentadione. Since ...
22-5-2020 at 14:05
by: Boffis
ethyl formate - esterification by reactive distillation
Nice work, I have often wondered whether it was possible to making ethyl formate from 85% formic aci ...
22-5-2020 at 11:04
by: Boffis
Help in synthesis of Benzoic acid from Benzaldehyde
Curiously I am currently doing a write-up for this forum on the Cannizzaro reaction which is the con ...
22-5-2020 at 06:25
by: Boffis
Silver and Copper Cyanide from Potassium Ferrocyanide
Does anyone have a reference to an example of the use of cuprous cyanide to prepare a nitrile by hal ...
20-5-2020 at 06:56
by: Boffis
Silver and Copper Cyanide from Potassium Ferrocyanide
There you go, your question answered!

Is the presence of iron a big issue? I suspect that it is p ...
19-5-2020 at 05:29
by: Boffis
Silver and Copper Cyanide from Potassium Ferrocyanide
Try it and let us know! Its already a one pot process, how much simpler do you want it?

From expe ...
18-5-2020 at 13:07
by: Boffis
Salt cementation reaction
It is a curious and well known phenomina that salt attacks silver, that's why silver dining services ...
17-5-2020 at 04:16
by: Boffis
2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid from resorcinol
Nice work and write-up Fery. Good to see some real chemistry being conducted.

This is a very usef ...
16-5-2020 at 11:06
by: Boffis
Table sugar to Furfural
Why umpteen separate posts?

I have done a few experiments in this line and I have to say thet eve ...
13-5-2020 at 09:38
by: Boffis
Sorbic acid esters
Another method of esterification of sorbic acid is via diazomethane. The latter is developed as a so ...
11-5-2020 at 23:24
by: Boffis
Sorbic acid esters
@Fery, does allyl alcohol act like a dieneophile? Acrolein (=allyl aldehyde) does and therefor under ...
10-5-2020 at 14:32
by: Boffis
Sodium iodate from sodium chlorate
[rquote=635596&tid=155316&author=chemplayer...]One of those reactions where the overall stoi ...
9-5-2020 at 13:41
by: Boffis
Sodium iodate from sodium chlorate
@Chemplayer, thanks for the response. It appears though from your video and response that you did no ...
8-5-2020 at 08:10
by: Boffis
Sorbic acid esters
@ Syn the Sizer; I would be interested in a write-up on the preparation of sorbate esters particular ...
6-5-2020 at 08:33
by: Boffis
Inorganic compounds with most intense colour in water solution
Could it be organic, like gentian violet (methyl violet)?
5-5-2020 at 03:02
by: Boffis
Sorbic acid esters
Yes thats right. Do you have access to the SM references forum? If so I have a bundle of papers I co ...
4-5-2020 at 23:42
by: Boffis
Sorbic acid esters
Methyl and other light sorbate esters undergo Diels Alder condensations with maleic anhydride to the ...
4-5-2020 at 00:18
by: Boffis
Sodium iodate from sodium chlorate
Looking at the older threads it is clear that most nerds on SM are trying to turn iodate salts into ...
3-5-2020 at 12:58
by: Boffis
Potassium Dichromate? and Oxalic Acid
The greyish white colour of your ppt suggests a potassium oxalate ppt. I believe the so called potas ...
1-5-2020 at 02:38
by: Boffis
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