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Cromate
I said that I would do it on a few gram scale as it is an interesting reaction. I would not do it wi ...
21-4-2011 at 02:44
by: ScienceSquirrel
Extraction of platinum metal from Sperrylite (PtAs2)
The best way would be to find an analytical procedure that uses something like aqua regia to dissolv ...
20-4-2011 at 07:07
by: ScienceSquirrel
persulfate being analogous in preparation to perchlorates
Why don't you do some research instead of speculating?
Persulphates are tonnage chemicals with moun ...
20-4-2011 at 04:13
by: ScienceSquirrel
Cromate
I have done this reaction with potassium hydroxide and potassium nitrate and either manganese dioxid ...
20-4-2011 at 03:56
by: ScienceSquirrel
Hexachloroethane as chlorinating agent
I would approach all reactions involving oxidation of highly chlorinated alkanes with caution and a ...
19-4-2011 at 14:14
by: ScienceSquirrel
Cromate
If you need chromium oxide the easiet way is to buy it.
It is widely used as a pigment and an abras ...
19-4-2011 at 03:31
by: ScienceSquirrel
Sodium by electrolysis?
To be honest this sounds incredibly stupid.
Electrolysing a molten salt which is a strong oxidising ...
19-4-2011 at 02:46
by: ScienceSquirrel
Making fire (youtube collaborative video)
[rquote=207241&tid=15370&author=Hades_Foundation]My KMnO4 didn't do diddly with glycerin. C ...
19-4-2011 at 02:43
by: ScienceSquirrel
reduction question
It will not matter if you add the base or the hydrochloride salt. Phosphinic acid is a strong acid ( ...
19-4-2011 at 02:38
by: ScienceSquirrel
Nitroethane from acetonitrile?
Finding a good starting material and a working method is half the battle in organic synthesis.
The ...
18-4-2011 at 07:43
by: ScienceSquirrel
Why does alcohol taste bad?
But people do not generally drink solutions of alcohol in water.
Most alcoholic drinks contain a lo ...
17-4-2011 at 14:51
by: ScienceSquirrel
Nitroethane from acetonitrile?
It would be easier and cheaper to convert ethanol in to ethyl bromide or ethyl hydrogen sulphate an ...
17-4-2011 at 10:42
by: ScienceSquirrel
Why does alcohol taste bad?
It depends on what you describe as a poison.
Sodium chloride or common table salt is very poisonous ...
16-4-2011 at 12:59
by: ScienceSquirrel
Why does alcohol taste bad?
Pure ethanol in deionised water at a concentration of around 10% has a slight sweet flavour to me,
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16-4-2011 at 12:09
by: ScienceSquirrel
Acyl chloride/ MeOH = esterification?
Methanol / acetyl chloride is quoted as a esterification reagent on an analytical and preparative sc ...
15-4-2011 at 19:25
by: ScienceSquirrel
Local Regulations
[rquote=206924&tid=15785&author=GreenD]Regulations only apply if you get caught.[/rquote]

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15-4-2011 at 16:21
by: ScienceSquirrel
Periodic table has actually no more than 98 elements
You left out Technetium Z=43 and Promethium Z=61.
Both of them only exist in trace amounts in the e ...
15-4-2011 at 14:08
by: ScienceSquirrel
Local Regulations
Yee ha!
Easier for a lunatic to buy a semi automatic rifle than a sane man to buy a Vigreux column ...
15-4-2011 at 12:31
by: ScienceSquirrel
Total synthesis for beginner
[rquote=206887&tid=16044&author=cyanureeves]excuse me ,but what exactly is a water bath? the ...
15-4-2011 at 12:18
by: ScienceSquirrel
Total synthesis for beginner
What do you have in the way of glassware and chemicals and more importantly experience?
This is my ...
15-4-2011 at 09:34
by: ScienceSquirrel
Acyl chloride/ MeOH = esterification?
The acetyl chloride is the initiator. On mixing it with the methanol it reacts to form hydrogen chlo ...
15-4-2011 at 05:54
by: ScienceSquirrel
Naphthalene -> Acenaphthene
You would be looking at reacting 1,2 dibroethane in a Friedel Crafts reaction.
Reaction conditions ...
15-4-2011 at 03:09
by: ScienceSquirrel
edible solvents for lanosterol tinctures/beverages
I suspect that glycerol or propylene glycol would make a good solvent either neat or with water.
Th ...
14-4-2011 at 08:08
by: ScienceSquirrel
stannous chloride
Bathing in mineral waters that are rich in sulphide or other minerals is a human cultural activity, ...
13-4-2011 at 13:34
by: ScienceSquirrel
N-acetyl-phenylethylamine
It is quite common for higher melting point amine salts to eliminate water to form the amide on heat ...
13-4-2011 at 03:32
by: ScienceSquirrel
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