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Preparation of cyanogen bromide and a polymethine dye
Very nice rite-up Diachrynic. You beat me to it! I have been looking into this reagent for magnesium ...
9-8-2023 at 00:29
by: Boffis
Help with crystallising monopotassium glutamate
Hi Phoebus. The clue is in the name, glutamic acid from glutinous. Glutamic acid and glutamates tend ...
8-8-2023 at 09:40
by: Boffis
Alcohol oxidation via chromic acid
I have very recently used sodium dichromate and dilute sulphuric acid to oxidizes 2-pentanol to 2-pe ...
26-7-2023 at 08:32
by: Boffis
Preparation of Ketones by Calcium salt Pyrolysis
Hi Splendidacylation and c_not_a; I have had to put this project on the back burner for a while as i ...
14-7-2023 at 10:16
by: Boffis
The cyclisation of l-lysine to pipecolic acid
@AvBaeyer, thankyou for the encouragement! I have been sent by my company to the arse end of nowhere ...
10-7-2023 at 21:34
by: Boffis
The cyclisation of l-lysine to pipecolic acid
This idea has cropped up occasionally in several Science Madness threads over the years (1,2) usuall ...
23-6-2023 at 13:51
by: Boffis
Yield of KClO₃ from boiled bleach
You can adjust the pH and to better control the formation of chlorate but its a question of whether ...
22-6-2023 at 12:40
by: Boffis
Yield of KClO₃ from boiled bleach
Hi Keras, I did this a couple of months back and from 1270g (circa 1.03 L) of 14-15% sodium hypochlo ...
19-6-2023 at 10:16
by: Boffis
Glycine anhydride, its preparation and cleavage to a dipeptide
Hi dettoo456, I'm sorry its taken me a while to get back to you, I've been on holiday without my lap ...
1-6-2023 at 02:16
by: Boffis
Michler's Ketone
I have just spotted an interesting compound in relation to the preparation of Michler' ketone, the d ...
11-5-2023 at 09:21
by: Boffis
Help identifying these metal ions
First of all what do you mean by "coal waste"? Some younger low rank coals have accumulated much van ...
5-5-2023 at 03:36
by: Boffis
Ascorbic acid smell when boiled with chlorate
Chloric acid is a weak acid and the free acid an oxidizing agent; ascorbic acid is a reducing agent. ...
3-5-2023 at 12:40
by: Boffis
Preparation of Ketones by Calcium salt Pyrolysis
@ Organikum, is this from personal experience or do you have a reference to the magnetite procedure? ...
3-5-2023 at 11:31
by: Boffis
Preparation of Ketones by Calcium salt Pyrolysis
I have just finished a couple of runs with calcium butanoate and got a little pleasant minty smellin ...
2-5-2023 at 13:25
by: Boffis
Preparation of Ketones by Calcium salt Pyrolysis
Hi Guys, thankyou for the comments. I have been busy making calcium salts of butanoic acid etc (very ...
1-5-2023 at 07:45
by: Boffis
Preparation of Ketones by Calcium salt Pyrolysis
Thanks for the comments guys! I am working on a prepublication write-up at the moment and a second b ...
19-4-2023 at 11:57
by: Boffis
Preparation of Ketones by Calcium salt Pyrolysis
3-Pentanone by the pyrolysis of Calcium Propanoate
18th April 2023 Boffis

Over the years the pre ...
18-4-2023 at 14:17
by: Boffis
Ethyl Pyruvate from Calcium Pyruvate
Hi tyro; what a really interesting write-up. I have been working with calcium pyruvate recently and ...
18-4-2023 at 08:31
by: Boffis
Selective Reduction of a cyclic di-imine species
Hmmm. I thought diazepines were 7 member rings, if you condense benzil with and 1,2-phenylenediamine ...
11-4-2023 at 12:19
by: Boffis
Large scale plastic waste PBT plastic hydrolysis experiment
@ Hexabromobenzene; these were interesting experiments! I have carried out a fair amount of work on ...
23-2-2023 at 02:18
by: Boffis
Mysterious DEET insect-repellent formulation
Hi SplendidAcylation; Were you using a flat bottom flask (conical or otherwise) on a flat hotplate? ...
22-2-2023 at 13:59
by: Boffis
Calcium pyruvate to sodium pyruvate or pyruvic acid
As pointed out above by several posters calcium pyruvate is now a fairly readily available food supp ...
15-2-2023 at 14:22
by: Boffis
Replacement for acetonitrile in oxone oxidation
Does anyone have any idea if this method would work on conjugate dienes like sorbic acid and piperin ...
22-1-2023 at 02:41
by: Boffis
Synthesis of malonic acid
Hi kmno4. I haven’t replied to this thread earlier as when at home over the Christmas period I was ...
19-1-2023 at 13:05
by: Boffis
Can DCM act as a Lewis Acid?
If you have washed the reaction mixture with water then the AlCl3 will have hydrolysed and perform n ...
20-12-2022 at 01:15
by: Boffis
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