Hawkguy - 10-6-2015 at 18:26
Alright. So recently I bought a bunch of Recochem MEK. However, my MEKP synthesese have been unsuccessful. My product has been a white powder that is
collected after the the remaining MEK from the two day old Acid/ Peroxide solution is evaporated. What the heck is going wrong? My MEK has worked semi
satisfactorily for most other projects...
Hawkguy - 10-6-2015 at 18:37
ADDITIONAL NOTES: The MEKP synthesese have been done at a range of temperatures so far, from -7 ish Celsius to plus 10...
PHILOU Zrealone - 11-6-2015 at 04:19
If your MEK, H2O2 and acid don't leave white residue appart of each other form evaporation...then the white stuff must be MEKP!
NedsHead - 11-6-2015 at 04:45
You're still having mekp troubles Hawkguy, have you looked up the msds for all your reagents?
You shouldn't be having so much difficulty with Such a simple synthesis, I also wouldn't have thought that recochem mek would be the issue.
Where is your hydrogen peroxide and acid from?
Edit: I found the msds for recochem MEK and at a glance it looks fine
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Hawkguy - 13-6-2015 at 20:05
The msds says that the stuff is 100%. The Hydrogen Peroxide is 7+%, from Oxygen Bleach, I think it was nature clean or 7th gen or something. My acid
was from Muriatic Acid.
NedsHead - 13-6-2015 at 23:55
So your MEK is known, the muriatic acid is fine and can be replaced with sulphuric. The only unknown is the h2o2, I would be going down to the nearest
hydroponic shop and buying a fresh bottle of high% hydrogen peroxide