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pyridine by the light
Well, damn. The glyceraldehyde route seems to have many more problems than it's worth. The foll ...
21-1-2004 at 16:27
by: Geomancer
Understanding detonation alittle better
I'm afraid I can't cite a source, but I'm pretty sure that it has now been establishe ...
21-1-2004 at 16:02
by: Geomancer
Where to Experiment?
Remember to plan for the unexpected. Make sure that your storeroom will not kill everyone in the bui ...
20-1-2004 at 10:42
by: Geomancer
pyridine by the light
I, too, have my doubts, but obtaining glyceraldehyde isn't one of them. Trying to oxidize a who ...
20-1-2004 at 10:24
by: Geomancer
mercury salt
Blip, IMO the content of your post was completely appropriate. Though it seems obvious in retrospect ...
18-1-2004 at 07:59
by: Geomancer
Ortho Nitration
Thanks. I went to the library, but couldn't find the book I had originally looked at. My memory ...
16-1-2004 at 16:00
by: Geomancer
Metal Sulfate Hydrolysis > Sulfuric Acid
Ah yes. I tried to cover my ass by saying "in association with the solvent". I still don&# ...
16-1-2004 at 15:56
by: Geomancer
pyridine by the light
I was thinking today and came up with the following "synthesis":
1. React acetaldehyde wi ...
16-1-2004 at 15:51
by: Geomancer
Metal Sulfate Hydrolysis > Sulfuric Acid
It does--sort of. In water, all the species you're interested in "dissociate", that i ...
13-1-2004 at 17:41
by: Geomancer
mercury salt
You are in the right place, however I'm not sure you provide enough information to for people t ...
11-1-2004 at 21:05
by: Geomancer
KMnO4
Regarding the old permanganate/glycerol trick, I find it fairly reliable if you add a small amount o ...
11-1-2004 at 20:44
by: Geomancer
Creation of nitrates from non-nitrates
Acid Test: Yech! your crystals could have been several things. Acetamide springs to mind. It appears ...
7-1-2004 at 20:10
by: Geomancer
Ortho Nitration
Marvin: I'm looking at making indigo via the Baeyer-Drewson reaction and I was hoping that I co ...
7-1-2004 at 14:17
by: Geomancer
Enzyme theory
You're right, of course, Al Koholic. I had completely ignored product formation. Perhaps I shou ...
7-1-2004 at 14:03
by: Geomancer
Ortho Nitration
I really can't say. It was a while ago that I saw this. Probably not one of the usual suspects- ...
5-1-2004 at 18:08
by: Geomancer
Ortho Nitration
Does anyone know of a highly regioselective (ortho) means of nitrating toluene (or benzaldehyde)? Mo ...
5-1-2004 at 07:56
by: Geomancer
Enzyme theory
This is simply a somewhat unconventional way of describing an equilibrium constant. Remember from ge ...
4-1-2004 at 16:22
by: Geomancer
Acetic acid/ sodium hydroxide
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Bottom line is, why do you care about the environment because you surely aren't going ...
31-12-2003 at 10:04
by: Geomancer
Ethylene oxide and Acetaldehyde
Both of your hypothetical products are quite reactive, but in different ways. You can use this fact ...
31-12-2003 at 09:37
by: Geomancer
perpetual motion
I had hoped you'd wait long enough to give others a chance to solve it on thier own ;). Serious ...
29-12-2003 at 08:10
by: Geomancer
perpetual motion
I'd rather not get involved in discussions of the philosophy of science, but perpetuum mobile d ...
27-12-2003 at 12:08
by: Geomancer
nitration
Interesting. Are you saying that the procedure prefers substitution on the mononitro compound to the ...
27-12-2003 at 11:13
by: Geomancer
My Homemade Lead-Acid Battery Sucks!
I have never done this, and don't wish to (the less lead around me the better), but a quick per ...
23-12-2003 at 20:05
by: Geomancer
High vacuum CHEAP and dirty!
Sci. Am. ran a few columns on vacum techniques just before the amatuer science column went under :ma ...
23-12-2003 at 12:37
by: Geomancer
nitration
In a paper "Nitration of Phenols Under Mild and Heterogeneous Conditions" M. A. Zolfigol e ...
22-12-2003 at 17:09
by: Geomancer
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