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Raney Nickel with Pd/C - how clean and re-activate?
What are you doing with the catalyst? You didn't say.

Assuming it is hydrogenation. You could t ...
29-1-2013 at 19:15
by: zed
Issues with reduction of vanillin
As I recall, Sodium Borohydride is fairly soluble in Ethanol. It also dissolves Vanillin.
22-1-2013 at 19:45
by: zed
Colors of hydrogen balloon flames during lectures
The test might be the old oxy-hydrogen welding flame, which is reported as being colorless.

Remin ...
16-1-2013 at 15:11
by: zed
Vacuum controlled spark gap
Once had a buddy who was using two parallel 12volt Car batteries, and a high vacuum in a bell jar... ...
10-1-2013 at 14:51
by: zed
FORMATION OF SODIUM ETHOXIDE : CH3CH2ONa
kristofvagyok,

The process was suggested to me long ago by Halfapint. References exist. I'll ch ...
10-1-2013 at 14:06
by: zed
Buying from Chinese/Indian suppliers
Ali Baba is just an advertising venue. Some of the folks advertising there are major players, some ...
10-1-2013 at 14:00
by: zed
Synthesis of 2-Phenyl-Indole
Phenylhydrazine hydrochloride? Never done it that way. Generally, just Phenylhydrazine and a keton ...
10-1-2013 at 13:51
by: zed
Synthesis of 2-Phenyl-Indole
Never made Phenyl Hydrazine, but I've run the Fischer lots of times. ZnCl2 works nicely.

PPA wor ...
7-1-2013 at 17:49
by: zed
NITROETHANE: 3 Less Common Procedures
Ah. The software is resisting me.


Nitroethane apparently can be easily produced, if you have ...
7-1-2013 at 17:16
by: zed
Notes on the isolation of myristicin from parsley seed oil and failures oxidizing isomyristicin to its corresponding aldehyde
Myristicin Aldehyde.....Hard to come by. I've been wondering what it tastes like.

Would it be a ...
7-1-2013 at 16:28
by: zed
Practicality of making colloidal sulfur?
Could you ball-mill common gardening-type sulfur with or without water, to achieve your desired mesh ...
7-1-2013 at 16:09
by: zed
Cracks disappearing
No longer visible, is not the same as non-existent. You can't see the crack right now.

Unless i ...
3-1-2013 at 18:19
by: zed
Scratch thy nose
Personally, I prefer to telepathically contact one of my mutant flying monkeys, and command it to sc ...
3-1-2013 at 18:10
by: zed
FORMATION OF SODIUM ETHOXIDE : CH3CH2ONa
Some have suggest forming Alkali salts of alcohols, from Alcohols and Alkali Carbonates via distilla ...
3-1-2013 at 17:59
by: zed
Anything besides heat that reliably destroys organic compounds?
Ozone. Yup. Ozone! Seems to me it is used for water purification in parts of Europe. It can conv ...
2-1-2013 at 11:14
by: zed
Check my reaction
Well, it is just a thought, but if you have lots of Thionyl Chloride, someone has probably figured o ...
14-12-2012 at 12:40
by: zed
Check my reaction
I was going to caution you about the use of SOCl2, but since you are still alive, I guess you know w ...
12-12-2012 at 19:16
by: zed
Need an ether replacement
Substitution of solvents. Easy enough. I used to routinely substitute benzene or toluene for ether ...
12-12-2012 at 18:16
by: zed
Methylation of indole?
I would be reluctant to risk valuable indole by refluxing under acetic or harsh conditions. My con ...
12-12-2012 at 17:50
by: zed
My chemical list for sale
Dimethyl sulfate carcinogenic? I've never worried about it. Dying on the spot is more of a problem ...
12-12-2012 at 17:37
by: zed
Methylation of indole?
Yeah, under some circumstances....That 1- position is reactive.

On a different note.... http://wi ...
11-12-2012 at 15:44
by: zed
Nitric acid/silver nitrate stains
Nope! We've all had 'em. The stains will be with you until the skin eventually wears off. You wi ...
7-12-2012 at 14:56
by: zed
Simple Vanillin Extraction
Acquiring Pure crystalline Vanillin is no big deal. Bakers and such, use lots of it. I recently sa ...
7-12-2012 at 14:35
by: zed
Too powerful vacuum pump..
Too powerful a vacuum? You should dispose of such a pump immediately. Very dangerous.

Just le ...
7-12-2012 at 14:24
by: zed
indelible marking of citrus peel
Treat them like cows. With a hot,hot,hot...branding iron. Or, do you have a laser?
6-12-2012 at 15:50
by: zed
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