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Aesthetic Aromatics: Preliminaries
Perhaps you could include 1,3,5-triacetyl-benzene, synthetized from acetone and ethyl-formate. I tri ...
8-7-2020 at 12:44
by: Pumukli
How is acetaldehyde even shipped?
Cannizzaro reaction? It would produce acetic acid. But Cannizzaro needs strongly basic environment.
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19-6-2020 at 10:37
by: Pumukli
Diethylamine as catalyst in henry reaction?
If a primary amine can catalyse it, a strong base (NaOH) can catalyse it, even NaOAc can catalyse it ...
18-6-2020 at 21:31
by: Pumukli
Cyclic diester from 2,2'-oxydibenzoic acid?
Take a melting point.
Try TLC.

We are amateurs but these methods are usable even for us.
16-6-2020 at 23:19
by: Pumukli
Cyclic diester from 2,2'-oxydibenzoic acid?
Have you checked the price of the acid what you've just synthetized? :-)

Sigma wants a pleasant p ...
14-6-2020 at 22:21
by: Pumukli
Simplest "power solvent" synthesis?
Then the OP should check e.g. Limac Science and order solvents from them. They are within EU and car ...
12-6-2020 at 04:14
by: Pumukli
Simplest "power solvent" synthesis?
Guys, the OP is from Sweden. A very "green" country or so they speak... I doubt if he/she was able t ...
11-6-2020 at 05:10
by: Pumukli
Simplest "power solvent" synthesis?
Dioxane comes to mind, but it is unhealthy (carcinogene). There are synth descriptions of the compou ...
7-6-2020 at 04:22
by: Pumukli
Synthesis of diethyl diethylmalonate
I found an old article by Perkin, who prepared methyl-isopropyl-diethylmalonate by the reaction of i ...
6-6-2020 at 13:59
by: Pumukli
Synthesis of diethyl diethylmalonate
I may overlooked something, but have not seen written that there won't be any precipitate! The sodiu ...
6-6-2020 at 11:28
by: Pumukli
Synthesis of diethyl diethylmalonate
Has bromoethane the required reactivity for this reaction? What if you added some dry KI as a cataly ...
6-6-2020 at 11:15
by: Pumukli
Synthesis of diethyl diethylmalonate
Water in the malonate?
6-6-2020 at 09:53
by: Pumukli
Silica gel mystery?
Congrats, Ubiya! Your work (the yellow and green liquid in those vials) is very convincing!
5-6-2020 at 04:15
by: Pumukli
The Cannizzaro Reaction
Yeah, if those hindsights were just non-existent... :-)

I'm also curious about the crossed Canniz ...
4-6-2020 at 21:51
by: Pumukli
mononitrophenols - nitration of phenol
Hi Fery, thanks for the detailed description! I might found your preparation useful. :-)

What is ...
4-6-2020 at 12:00
by: Pumukli
Synthesis of benzonitrile by P2O5 dehydration of benzamide - another perplexing failure
Yeah, I tried mackolol's suggested method.
I used nicotinamide as starting amide and used ammonium- ...
4-6-2020 at 02:00
by: Pumukli
Model reaction uncertainties
Thanks for the ideas.
I'd prefer something more quantitative than TLC and as I have an old but work ...
4-6-2020 at 01:26
by: Pumukli
Synthesis of Hexamethylenetetramine (Hexamine)
Texium, it was great!
Do you know what kind of contaminant can cause the yellow (soothy) flame and ...
2-6-2020 at 10:39
by: Pumukli
Benzoin condensation using hydrogen cyanide?
Potassium-ferrocyanide + Sodium carbonate heated to melting and blackening on open flame for a few m ...
31-5-2020 at 22:16
by: Pumukli
Model reaction uncertainties
I've been thinking about monitoring and following the O-alkylation of phenols in an amateur setting. ...
31-5-2020 at 11:41
by: Pumukli
Hydrobenzofuran ring formation by cyclisation of 2-phenoxy-ethanol
Interesting idea. I could only find the reference what you already found. To say the least I doubt i ...
25-5-2020 at 09:26
by: Pumukli
2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid from resorcinol
Fery,
I think even a decomposition test would be meaningful (=confirmation of the identity and mayb ...
25-5-2020 at 06:20
by: Pumukli
So called Maple Lactone
Good find, Boffis!

Try the ring contraction at first. It would be interesting in itself if worked ...
25-5-2020 at 02:54
by: Pumukli
2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid from resorcinol
Nice synths, Fery!

A melting point determination would be nice too. Doesn't matter, if it decompo ...
25-5-2020 at 02:15
by: Pumukli
Salicylic acid methylation?
Thanks dawt!

So it seems it can be done.
Maybe the ester would be OK too.

24-5-2020 at 22:58
by: Pumukli
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