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ChemDraw replacement?
I use ChemSketch. |
11-12-2022 at 13:45
by: DraconicAcid |
Why can't I make soft clay by mixing with oil rather than water?
Clays absorb water because they contain a bunch of ionic silicates. Ions don't attract non-polar oi ... |
11-12-2022 at 12:52
by: DraconicAcid |
Secret Santa and Card Exchange – has begun.
Due to PMs, I know my SS, and am known to my Santee. I opened what I received immediately, and post ... |
7-12-2022 at 13:48
by: DraconicAcid |
Secret Santa and Card Exchange – has begun.
Due to PMs, I know my SS, and am known to my Santee. I opened what I received immediately, and post ... |
7-12-2022 at 13:48
by: DraconicAcid |
Positive Iodine Compounds
Thanks for the link. I see it's got the silver-based synthesis of the [I(py)2]ClO4.
I've made NE ... |
7-12-2022 at 10:08
by: DraconicAcid |
Positive Iodine Compounds
I wouldn't be doing this in water- I don't think the stuff is stable in water. I've found preps for ... |
6-12-2022 at 22:36
by: DraconicAcid |
Positive Iodine Compounds
Way back in my youth, we prepared IBr, then reacted that with pyridine to get [I(py)2]Br (I distinct ... |
6-12-2022 at 13:54
by: DraconicAcid |
Pretty Pictures (2)
Another attempt at getting nice crystals of Ni(bipy)3SO4. The dark blue(?) crystals are presumable ... |
5-12-2022 at 16:05
by: DraconicAcid |
Lead Nitrate to Lead Chloride
It should be listed as a solid. Just make sure your solution is as cold as possible, and remember t ... |
3-12-2022 at 16:23
by: DraconicAcid |
Hydrolysis of alkyl halides
If you want to turn an alkyl halide into an alkane, react it with magnesium to form a grignard and a ... |
2-12-2022 at 14:52
by: DraconicAcid |
New Video - Colors of Vanadium using Vanadium Pentoxide
I know I've mentioned using pottery-grade V2O5 for this reaction on this forum somewhere, as well as ... |
30-11-2022 at 20:46
by: DraconicAcid |
Vacuum vs steam distillation?
From what I can tell, steam distillation will leave behind things that are completely non-volatile, ... |
30-11-2022 at 14:02
by: DraconicAcid |
Latest chemical order?
The erbium I ordered for my own xmas stocking just arrived. Yay! |
28-11-2022 at 21:44
by: DraconicAcid |
Pretty Pictures (2)
tris(bipy)nickel(II) sulphate
surprisingly soluble in organic solvents- these were grown by vap ... |
28-11-2022 at 11:46
by: DraconicAcid |
Preperation of ethyl salicylate
I did manage to make the propyl salicylate once, and it smelled like celery. Never managed butyl, w ... |
28-11-2022 at 11:42
by: DraconicAcid |
Preperation of ethyl salicylate
I was referring to Murexide, who got the smell, but not the product. |
28-11-2022 at 10:00
by: DraconicAcid |
Preperation of ethyl salicylate
Wait- the OP said they added sodium hydroxide? You don't want to try neutralizing the acid mixture ... |
28-11-2022 at 08:57
by: DraconicAcid |
Secret Santa
I just received a set of four element cubes- Ti, Ni, Cu and C. Thank you, Santa! Oh, sorry- Father ... |
24-11-2022 at 18:40
by: DraconicAcid |
Everyday Chemistry
I tried the condensation reaction of anisaldehyde with malonic acid, hoping for p-methoxycinnamic ac ... |
22-11-2022 at 18:42
by: DraconicAcid |
AlCl3 by double displacement?
It might have been small droplets of sulphuric acid. |
21-11-2022 at 08:37
by: DraconicAcid |
AlCl3 by double displacement?
I have no direct experience or citation to back this up, but I suspect you'd be more likely to decom ... |
19-11-2022 at 17:44
by: DraconicAcid |
Everyday Chemistry
Did a very quick-and-dirty version of the benzoin condensation, and it seems to have worked nicely. |
14-11-2022 at 17:07
by: DraconicAcid |
Thiamine catalyzed benzoin condensation failure
I just bought some pills- if I bought online, I'd have to wait for shipping. |
8-11-2022 at 21:11
by: DraconicAcid |
Thiamine catalyzed benzoin condensation failure
I actually want to try this reaction- anyone got tips for better extraction (and possibly isolation) ... |
8-11-2022 at 13:39
by: DraconicAcid |
Fastest way to make Iron (III) chloride without peroxide?
Iron(II) oxidizes easily to iron(III) in basic conditions, because iron(III) hydroxide is far less s ... |
5-11-2022 at 11:25
by: DraconicAcid |
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