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a few questions...
[quote][i]Originally posted by rogue chemist[/i]
second: It looses it optical activity because a SN ...
27-4-2006 at 21:57
by: turd
H3PO4
Of course you can crystallise dry phosphoric acid. A procedure for dry phosphoric acid is given in I ...
27-4-2006 at 10:30
by: turd
a few questions...
[quote]Think SN1.[/quote]

So what? Would it change anything if it was SN2?
26-4-2006 at 21:55
by: turd
Chloromethylation vs. formylation
[quote]3,4-dimethoxy-benzylchloride
(CH3O)2-C6H4CH2Cl
-->
(CH2Br)2-C6H4CHBrCl [/quote]

I'm ...
24-4-2006 at 13:31
by: turd
Chloromethylation vs. formylation
Damn.

I tried the chloromethylation procedure given in Organikum with hydroquinone dimethyl ether ...
23-4-2006 at 02:39
by: turd
Nicotine
[quote][i]Originally posted by =SkyNET=[/i]
Can anyone provide a synthesis of nicotine? Preferably ...
21-4-2006 at 15:07
by: turd
Chloromethylation vs. formylation
Thanks everybody, this thread was most insightful.

Suddenly Gattermann doesn't sound all that bad ...
18-4-2006 at 13:20
by: turd
Chloromethylation vs. formylation
Hi,

unfortunately I only have the ether of a phenol, not an ether [b]and[/b] a phenol. And no POC ...
17-4-2006 at 05:31
by: turd
Chloromethylation vs. formylation
Hello everyone,

which route do you think is better for making a beta-phenethylamine out of a phen ...
17-4-2006 at 02:33
by: turd
GRIM - Grignard Metathesis
SET. If you want to be cool, you have to call it SET. :P
2-4-2006 at 12:58
by: turd
3-phenyl-1,1,1-triflouroacetone
The C-F bond is one of the strongest bonds you will find in organic chemistry. Good luck in breaking ...
1-4-2006 at 12:37
by: turd
GRIM - Grignard Metathesis
Who cares, as long as it works? :P

http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/denmark/presentations/2005/gm-2005-03_ ...
1-4-2006 at 05:30
by: turd
BzMgCl + MeCN, what did I get?
A 1H-NMR of the yellow powder has a multiplet at >7ppm (weight 1.0), a sharp singlet at 2.9ppm (w ...
23-3-2006 at 15:04
by: turd
BzMgCl + MeCN, what did I get?
Thanks, garage chemist!

I hadn't realised that Wurtz-coupling would be an issue with Mg-compounds ...
20-3-2006 at 14:12
by: turd
BzMgCl + MeCN, what did I get?
[quote][i]Originally posted by solo[/i]
Most likely a mixture of Benzyl chloride + Benzyl cyaninde ...
20-3-2006 at 09:18
by: turd
BzMgCl + MeCN, what did I get?
I reacted benzyl magnesium chloride and acetonitrile (molar ratio 1:10) in THF for 24h at reflux (fo ...
19-3-2006 at 08:13
by: turd
"dry" acetone
From "Purification of Laboratory Chemicals":

[b]It can be dried with anhydrous CaSO4, K2CO3 or ty ...
18-3-2006 at 00:18
by: turd
A NMR difficulty
Oh, there's nothing wrong with TMS, it's just that you don't use it anymore (or so I thought). Nowad ...
14-3-2006 at 13:37
by: turd
A NMR difficulty
How do you know it's CW? From the poor resolution?
14-3-2006 at 12:38
by: turd
Al/Hg celite HgCl2 question
[quote]Following a P2P, Al/Hg with MeOH reaction, I want to filter straight out of the flask using d ...
14-3-2006 at 12:28
by: turd
barium hydroxide [Ba(OH)2]
[quote]A solution of Ba(OH)2 becomes turbid in air in a matter of minutes, due to CO2 being absorbed ...
13-3-2006 at 10:46
by: turd
A NMR difficulty
[quote]There is an offset peak by 6ppm, add that to its position and get 9.75ppm, or nigh on exactly ...
13-3-2006 at 10:39
by: turd
A NMR difficulty
[quote]Thanks so much for that link, it appears to be heptanal now...[/quote]

In heptanal you hav ...
12-3-2006 at 12:53
by: turd
A NMR difficulty
Whoa, what kind of stone-age NMR is that? Are you still using TMS as reference? Scary.

Anyway, it ...
12-3-2006 at 00:44
by: turd
Preparation of HgSO4
[quote][i]Originally posted by Flip[/i]
Now here's something interesting...

My CRC Handbook of C ...
5-3-2006 at 10:23
by: turd

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