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Amos
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It seemed to happen just after woelen mentioned he voted for it. Hmm...
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UC235
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Well, I voted for chloroform, because it's my favorite on the list (can't comment if CCl4 is better or not). Ethyl acetate is nice too, but I get very
sick of the smell quickly.
And for anyone who voted for pyridine,
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While I too like chloroform, I voted dichloromethane as I find it less poignant (to me at least) and it's less hazardous. THF and ethers are too
strong smelling, though I find them more bearable than ethyl acetate.
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I love chloroform, if you build an ammunity to it its not dangerous at all. Just ask all the junkies who get high on it.
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"Pyridine,smells 'best'". I can't believe that. I know smell is subjective but it is one of the most unpleasant things I have smelt in the lab.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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Xylene <3.If it wont be toxic I will smell it all day long...
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I voted for DMSO, because i like the sweet smell of it, not the technical grade, with nearly always dimethylsulfide in it... bad stench...
Only smelled this impurity when i did a bromohydrin formation in aqueous DMSO with NBS on styrene, phew, really bad.
But pure it is very sweet smelling.
Second to this I would vote for Hexane, third DCM or TCM.
Ethyl acetate is one of the worst smelling things on the list, Pyridine is not that bad compared to EtOAc´s, bad, glue-like stench.
I dont like Et2O too. Very harsh.
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You are all wrong here  ,
seriously, D-Limonene is absolutely the best smell ever. Used to solve HIPS filaments in 3D printing.
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D-limonene indeed has a good smell, it is like oranges.
When left in contact with air, however, it becomes thick, yellow and rancid, I think it is oxidized and forms polymeric species.
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If Limonene was on the list, i would have chosen this too!
I like the smell of all those terpenes, except citral which is a bit too lemonlike for me, but citronellal and citronellol are along with limonene
among my favourite smelling chemicals
I consider it more as a reagent than solvent, but ive read of its usage in some plant (bark) extractions.
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Quote: Originally posted by woelen  |
When left in contact with air, however, it becomes thick, yellow and rancid, I think it is oxidized and forms polymeric species.
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No it doesn't form any polymers,
It oxidizes easily in moist air to produce carveol, carvone, and limonene oxide acc. Wikipedia.
Limonene at elevated temperatures cracks to form isoprene.
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Awww. Gee Whiz, fellas. It is obvious Toluene must be the best smelling. Hereabouts, ya gotta sign for it to buy it. They keep it locked up in the
back room, on account of it being so popular. Folks pour it right out on rags, and hold the rags over their faces, in order to be able to smell-ify
it better.
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I'm a tetrahydrofuran man through and through! edit - ahhh fresh from the still through the gored septa blasting into your face. Nothing quite like
that.
Where's my THF freaks at?
[Edited on 7-4-2015 by smaerd]
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You people who said Xylene have got to be kidding, it just smells toxic. And I didnt think to put water... am I missing something does the whole world
except me smell it?
[Edited on 11-4-2015 by szuko03]
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Xylene smells like shit its too heavy.
I bet u guys are masochists
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No, it's just better to smell nothing at all than to smell pyridine, etc.
Please remember: "Filtrate" is not a verb.
Write up your lab reports the way your instructor wants them, not the way your ex-instructor wants them.
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Pure bromine isn't on this list...
And that makes me a sad chemist.
Elements Collected:52/87
Latest Acquired: Cl
Next in Line: Nd
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You use bromine as a solvent... ?
there may be bugs in gfind
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Benzene definitely, has something "sci-fi/mysterious" Toluene is missing, can't describe. Too bad one should not sniff it for too long (not for a
"kick", just the smell). The mother of aromatics has the smell it deserves
[Edited on 30-4-2015 by Schleimsäure]
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| Quote: Originally posted by szuko03 | You people who said Xylene have got to be kidding, it just smells toxic. And I didnt think to put water... am I missing something does the whole world
except me smell it?
[Edited on 11-4-2015 by szuko03] |
Water does have a smell to me, but I think it could be more than just sensory, but also associative as well.
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And congratulations... SM has decayed into the equivalent of Chemical Forums
I've only smelled water and ethanol, acetone and isopropanol. I voted water...
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...What do you mean we've decayed?
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