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Salting out Caffeine
Just want to add my 2 cents. Be very careful when you shake the seperatory funnel while doing the e ...
14-6-2010 at 05:40
by: rrkss
Best Ether for Grignard?
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[rquote=179691&tid=11151&author=DJF90]Nope. The fo ...
11-6-2010 at 15:32
by: rrkss
Best Ether for Grignard?
Iodine is a better leaving group than chlorine so you need a higher boiling point to allow more heat ...
11-6-2010 at 14:20
by: rrkss
Best Ether for Grignard?
Its ethyl ether and I am waiting 4 days before I do the reaction. Don't want to stabilize it becaus ...
10-6-2010 at 20:23
by: rrkss
Best Ether for Grignard?
I made ether and dried it in preparation for a grignard but some other obligation came up that makes ...
10-6-2010 at 10:15
by: rrkss
HDPE as a storage for Sulfuric Acid
HDPE is supposed to be chemically compatable wtih concentrated H2SO4 however, my personal practice i ...
9-6-2010 at 09:50
by: rrkss
A Nail Polish Remover Still...
The erratic boiling is caused by superheating of the organic liquid followed by rapid formation of g ...
9-6-2010 at 08:58
by: rrkss
Sulfuric Acid at Home
I've done concentration of sulfuric acid using boiling. When titrated using a mohr pipet and Fisher ...
9-6-2010 at 07:38
by: rrkss
brominating agents
What do you want to brominate?
8-6-2010 at 11:04
by: rrkss
Cleaning carbon dust from the bottom of a flask
[rquote=179091&tid=13920&author=kmno4]Recently I had similar problem (residue after PS pyrol ...
2-6-2010 at 09:58
by: rrkss
Bad days in the lab or with glassware?
Was busy distilling anhydrous Ethyl Bromide from CaCl2 outside for a grignard when one of those frea ...
1-6-2010 at 12:07
by: rrkss
Bad days in the lab or with glassware?
I've always done my ether distillations with boiling chips and not sand. Have never had a problem w ...
28-5-2010 at 10:26
by: rrkss
Bad days in the lab or with glassware?
Was removing the plastic base from my graduated cylinder in order to dry it with a heat gun and some ...
19-5-2010 at 17:18
by: rrkss
Has one of our members died?
Supposedly he died from a pulmonary edema. Don't know if its chemistry related or not, but RIP to h ...
19-5-2010 at 13:31
by: rrkss
Recrystallizing NaOH
I'd leave it alone, unless you plan on doing the recrystalization under an inert atmosphere, the NaO ...
18-5-2010 at 19:30
by: rrkss
Seperating Ethanol and 3-methyl-3-pentanol
Purchased some Naproxen Sodium Salt at the grocery store for $5 for 50 220 mg tablets. Its very exp ...
18-5-2010 at 18:29
by: rrkss
Seperating Ethanol and 3-methyl-3-pentanol
Thanks nicodem for taking the time to write that, your post is a great help and gives me some new id ...
17-5-2010 at 16:20
by: rrkss
Seperating Ethanol and 3-methyl-3-pentanol
Does not smell at all like ethyl acetate. Right now I am thinking of preparing bromine water to tes ...
16-5-2010 at 17:15
by: rrkss
Seperating Ethanol and 3-methyl-3-pentanol
Any ideas then what it could be? Does not smell like ethanol at all and boils at 77 degrees celsius ...
16-5-2010 at 15:08
by: rrkss
Seperating Ethanol and 3-methyl-3-pentanol
Redid the distillation, and nothing came over at the boiling point of my product. Everything came o ...
16-5-2010 at 14:01
by: rrkss
Seperating Ethanol and 3-methyl-3-pentanol
I'm gonna dry it with cacl2 to remove ethanol and any residual water. Then do the distillation tomm ...
15-5-2010 at 10:21
by: rrkss
Seperating Ethanol and 3-methyl-3-pentanol
I used MgSO4 to do the drying. The emulsion cleared up and I have two distinct layers. I am wonder ...
14-5-2010 at 20:49
by: rrkss
Seperating Ethanol and 3-methyl-3-pentanol
Don't own a short column. Would a 70 mm straight adapter be a good substitute?
14-5-2010 at 11:46
by: rrkss
Seperating Ethanol and 3-methyl-3-pentanol
I've seperated the two layers. The bottom layer has a very acrid almost burning like smell. The ot ...
14-5-2010 at 11:23
by: rrkss
Seperating Ethanol and 3-methyl-3-pentanol
Apparently Ethanol and my product 3-methyl-3-pentanol are not miscible so a large portion of my prod ...
14-5-2010 at 10:26
by: rrkss
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