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n-butyraldehyde
Good work Magpie! A pleasure to read as always!

I think the bisulfite test is most effective fo ...
1-5-2008 at 06:23
by: Klute
Oxidation of hydroquinone with FeCl3
Indeed, it does have a rather unpleasant smell. It is pretty toxic too..
I keep it in glass bott ...
30-4-2008 at 10:32
by: Klute
Oxidation of hydroquinone with FeCl3
Hum, good point. But there was definatively iodine, from the smell and purple colour. I think i reme ...
30-4-2008 at 07:27
by: Klute
Obituary Notice: Swiss Chemist Albert Hofmann
The world has lost a great man. He will be remembered in history.

From what i've read, he was f ...
30-4-2008 at 07:22
by: Klute
Reaction conditions for amine to R-methyl sulfonyloxy couplings
I'm not sure using DNPH for monitering imine formation would be possible, the formation of the hydra ...
30-4-2008 at 07:18
by: Klute
Oxidation of hydroquinone with FeCl3
Thank you, well i suppose there wouldn't be any reason why it couldn't be used to prepare benzoquino ...
29-4-2008 at 10:45
by: Klute
Oxidation of hydroquinone with FeCl3
In the past, I have used H2O2 in IPA with catalytic amounts of I2 to oxidize hydroquinone to benzoqu ...
29-4-2008 at 07:49
by: Klute
Very old Ethyl Ether
First hand experience:

A 2.5L amber bottle of THF (SDS, stabilized with 0.025% BHT), opened ove ...
28-4-2008 at 11:05
by: Klute
Drying ethers over P2O5
Finally, i have abandoned the idea of using P2O5 to dry ethers, well at least small amounts of THF. ...
28-4-2008 at 07:35
by: Klute
Reaction conditions for amine to R-methyl sulfonyloxy couplings
Reductively aminating 4-oxo-TEMPO is a pretty good idea. There are several articles on this in the l ...
28-4-2008 at 07:17
by: Klute
benzyl alcohol oxidation
I thought i would give a link of the other benzyl alcohol thread here, in which H2O2 and TCCA/bleach ...
25-4-2008 at 07:10
by: Klute
MTBE good substitute for Et2O?
Additional info:

"[b]Stabilizers[/b]

Examples of stabilizers for inhibiting peroxide
formatio ...
24-4-2008 at 12:09
by: Klute
benzyl alcohol oxidation
Very nice! I'm impressed about your resuults!
I tried this reaction several times, but using a C ...
23-4-2008 at 23:37
by: Klute
The CTH Writeup by Barium as Tried Out by Bandil. Sciencemadness Members Clear Things Up!
Yes, that is a good idea. Do you intend on modifying yourself the lid, or do you have one with the g ...
23-4-2008 at 15:17
by: Klute
The CTH Writeup by Barium as Tried Out by Bandil. Sciencemadness Members Clear Things Up!
Unfortunaly, because of a stupid mistake, the other photos were lost... In any case, the reaction me ...
23-4-2008 at 07:23
by: Klute
MTBE good substitute for Et2O?
I think phenols like hydroquinone, p-methoxyphenol, etc can be used as stabilizers for ethers.
22-4-2008 at 09:35
by: Klute
Purifying Denatured absolute EtOH Superheating problem
I only had similar bumping when drying MeOH over CaO/NaOH. I've stopped using this method as it is q ...
22-4-2008 at 04:17
by: Klute
Purifying Denatured absolute EtOH Superheating problem
Yes, it always has a slight smell too it. This could ver well be some ether denaturant present in th ...
21-4-2008 at 15:07
by: Klute
CTH according to Pasad et al.
According to Pasad [i]et al[/i], article kindly posted by StoechiometricSteve in the first page of t ...
21-4-2008 at 15:00
by: Klute
NaBH4/H4BK
Apparently, LiBH4, very soluble in ethers, can easily be made from KBH4 and LiCl by metathesis acco ...
20-4-2008 at 10:48
by: Klute
Sulphur Monochloride, Dichloride, and Thionyl Chloride - Illustrated Practical Guide
BTW Len, is that glass wool your using to insulate your distn head? I've tried using plumbing insula ...
20-4-2008 at 08:12
by: Klute
benzyl alcohol to benzyl cyanide
the -OH is not a good leaving group under SN2 conditions. -OH2+ is a better leaving group, but that ...
20-4-2008 at 07:54
by: Klute
Preparation of sulfur monochloride S2Cl2
Thanks for adding this, but i think the temperature would be too low to distill the product as it is ...
20-4-2008 at 07:44
by: Klute
Purifying Denatured absolute EtOH Superheating problem
I'm surprised only 20g of NaOHgives you some much trouble.

What i do to purify EtOH, is leave the ...
20-4-2008 at 07:36
by: Klute
Preparation of sulfur monochloride S2Cl2
So the sulfur is soluble in hot chloroform? Do you solubilize all the sulfur at the beggining of the ...
19-4-2008 at 16:59
by: Klute
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