Diazo compounds mentioned here.Keras - 15-5-2022 at 23:05
I obtained a beautiful blue compound by steam distilling the tar after a (failed?) phenol nitrosation. While the first thing to steam distill was
yellow, the next batch gave something entirely different. I suspect this can be a diazo compound formed by reacting p-nitrosophenol with excess sodium
nitrite.
[Edited on 16-5-2022 by Keras]
j_sum1 - 16-5-2022 at 16:20
Not the same as chemplayer's essence of smurf. I will add a link to his bitchute vid if I get a chance.
IIRC it was something of a toxic brew and definitely not something to treat carelessly.clearly_not_atara - 16-5-2022 at 18:23
IIRC most nitroso compounds are blue. You could just be looking at something like 3-nitroso-p-benzoquinone monoxime?Keras - 16-5-2022 at 21:38
IIRC most nitroso compounds are blue. You could just be looking at something like 3-nitroso-p-benzoquinone monoxime?
That could well be. If there’s any identification reaction you'd like me to perform on it, please go ahead by all means.
For the time being, I let the compound dry in a cool, ventilated place away from sunlight. Sunlight which tends to discolour the compound into a
blue/green/grey tinge (cf. picture). I suspect very few solid will come out of it, at most a few mg.
wg48temp9 - 17-5-2022 at 00:59
Perhaps its indophenol blue. Try reducing the blue you have to see if it compares to the color of reduced indophenol blue below.
