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Skatole?
Occurred to me last night: if indole is readily available for you, I'm pretty sure you could add a m ...
17-9-2010 at 07:14
by: madscientist
Isopropylamine and Diisopropylamine from Acetone
The isopropylamine won't separate, it's miscible in water.
17-9-2010 at 06:51
by: madscientist
Isopropylamine and Diisopropylamine from Acetone
I very much doubt it's going to have much of an effect on the solubility or the final yield. =NR is ...
16-9-2010 at 19:31
by: madscientist
Haloalkane synthesis help
[quote]Perhaps you meant PhCH2C(=O)CH2CH3 would result?[/quote]

Nope.

[quote]Or anhydrous NH3 ...
16-9-2010 at 19:22
by: madscientist
Haloalkane synthesis help
The proposed reaction with the given conditions won't yield the product you have in mind. The primar ...
16-9-2010 at 19:07
by: madscientist
Isopropylamine and Diisopropylamine from Acetone
That is not true - I performed a reductive amination on acetone in methanol/water 50/50 with Al/Hg a ...
16-9-2010 at 18:43
by: madscientist
Haloalkane synthesis help
You're thinking of Blanc chloromethylation, which will yield equal proportions of the ortho and para ...
16-9-2010 at 18:27
by: madscientist
Isopropylamine and Diisopropylamine from Acetone
Ah, yes, I was referring to imine reduction specifically. Thanks for sharing that reference though!
16-9-2010 at 12:19
by: madscientist
Skatole?
Decarboxylation of indole-3-acetic acid? It's available as plant rooting hormone, but I don't think ...
16-9-2010 at 11:41
by: madscientist
What nucleophile?
If you could prepare a Grignard from methylacetylene and add that, it should do the trick - the resu ...
16-9-2010 at 11:27
by: madscientist
Hydrochloric acid hydrogen peroxide mix
[quote]FYI, I'm not making AP or MEKP or other energetics, I'm just making Chitosan.[/quote]

Your ...
16-9-2010 at 07:37
by: madscientist
Isopropylamine and Diisopropylamine from Acetone
Do you have any references pertaining to NaOH/Al reduction of imines? To my knowledge it does not wo ...
16-9-2010 at 07:27
by: madscientist
Isopropylamine and Diisopropylamine from Acetone
The *imine* (C=N-H) may not be stable but that's not an issue, as the reduction of imines to amines ...
15-9-2010 at 18:00
by: madscientist
Preparation of Pyridine
[quote]There is another paper on the destructive distillation of the Cu. Nicotinate, which is also s ...
15-9-2010 at 17:09
by: madscientist
Diiodoacetylene
[quote]Also, you must be aware of dichloroacetylene? This can be made by trichloroethylene and NaOH ...
15-9-2010 at 16:28
by: madscientist
Isopropylamine and Diisopropylamine from Acetone
...that's a lot of LiH.

If you're going for Hunig's base the Al/Hg amalgam is your best bet - che ...
15-9-2010 at 16:03
by: madscientist
help mee Xylitol pentanitrate chemicle disposal
It depends on the honesty of the police. If they're dirty (common) and desperate for cash (common), ...
15-9-2010 at 15:57
by: madscientist
Hydrochloric acid hydrogen peroxide mix
Of course HCl fumes will be present - you're using HCl!

As far as "is it better to use each separ ...
15-9-2010 at 14:07
by: madscientist
help mee Xylitol pentanitrate chemicle disposal
[quote]What's the worst that will happen if you DO call the fire department/HAZMAT? They'll question ...
15-9-2010 at 13:11
by: madscientist
help mee Xylitol pentanitrate chemicle disposal
Is a molarity (concentration) given? Anything with a big M?

I personally would do what the hazmat ...
15-9-2010 at 06:23
by: madscientist
Synthesis of Diisopropyl-ether
It is possible to achieve reasonable yields of diisopropyl ether via the acid catalyzed route. Appar ...
14-9-2010 at 12:19
by: madscientist
Isopropylamine and Diisopropylamine from Acetone
You're likely aware of this, but aluminum amalgam does the trick. Dab a bit of HgCl2 on aluminum foi ...
14-9-2010 at 11:58
by: madscientist
para DDNP!
I think step five can be accomplished using a catalyst of some sort, I believe it was CuCl...
3-9-2004 at 14:44
by: madscientist
What should we do for anniversaries at MSDB?
[quote]As to 'growing out of the hobby' - right now I think it's not possible. [/quot ...
22-7-2004 at 05:19
by: madscientist
email from idiot
Something just occurred to me - spam bots are probably going to pick up the email addresses you guys ...
29-6-2004 at 20:27
by: madscientist
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