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Lime green solution...
How about nickel...? I seem to recall that colour from my school days, [NiCl4]2- IIRC.

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23-11-2010 at 12:32
by: DJF90
rxn alcohols with phosphorus halides
Of course it quotes PCl3, because he's making the phosph*I*te.

The phosphite esters are formed fr ...
23-11-2010 at 10:27
by: DJF90
Teaching my wife Organic Chemistry!
Well considering that many organic reactions produce white powders it might be better to switch to a ...
20-11-2010 at 08:03
by: DJF90
Teaching my wife Organic Chemistry!
Before you start with the organic chemistry she'll need to have a basic understanding of physical an ...
20-11-2010 at 07:26
by: DJF90
NaOH dissolution fumes
I've noticed this with magnesium and zinc, although I began to wonder if it was metal particulates I ...
12-11-2010 at 08:08
by: DJF90
NaOH dissolution fumes
HgCl2 sublimes, as such it was known in the old days as "corrosive sublimate"... probably not a "mod ...
11-11-2010 at 15:44
by: DJF90
An amazing blue fluorescent compound...what is it?
Anthracene fluoresces green under a blacklight IIRC, so that would rule that out. Quite possible for ...
4-11-2010 at 05:32
by: DJF90
Mg instead of Al in amalgamations?
Magnesium amalgam is used sometimes in organic syntesis, the immediate case that comes to mind is in ...
3-11-2010 at 05:40
by: DJF90
Ozonelabs 500 chemical Clearance Sale!
I recall it all had to go by the end of september. I guessing they found a bulk buyer and sold the l ...
27-10-2010 at 08:33
by: DJF90
Distinguishing two compounds
[rquote=191112&tid=14724&author=madscientist]2-chloroethanol reacts with NaOH yielding ethyl ...
25-10-2010 at 04:43
by: DJF90
Distinguishing two compounds
Check with silver nitrate and a nucleophile. Ppt of AgCl will occur when the Silver aids departure o ...
24-10-2010 at 14:20
by: DJF90
Need help with IR spec reading
Haha oops getting confused between Eugenol and Vanillin... my bad!
24-10-2010 at 03:08
by: DJF90
Need help with IR spec reading
For a start, don't worry about the region below 1000 cm^-1 - this is termed the "fingerprint region" ...
23-10-2010 at 12:07
by: DJF90
met with a pharmaceutical chemist, strange...
I greee with entropy. I know several people taking a masters in chemistry with little interest and t ...
23-10-2010 at 11:55
by: DJF90
magnetic field's effect on triplet state transitions
You want to learn Quantum mechanics? Try this book, its great: Quantum Chemistry, Donald McQuarrie, ...
23-10-2010 at 01:03
by: DJF90
Making esters without sulfuric acid
Fe (III) sulfate.xH20 works excellently for catalysing the esterification of aliphatic acids and di- ...
17-10-2010 at 11:36
by: DJF90
Anhydrous AlCl3 attempt
Thanks peach. You're quite smart too...

Anyway my point was, that I'm fairly certain you've cover ...
17-10-2010 at 01:59
by: DJF90
Anhydrous AlCl3 attempt
noone - I'm almost certain it is not as simple as you suggest - drying at high temperature requires ...
16-10-2010 at 12:30
by: DJF90
Anhydrous AlCl3 attempt
You think if it was that easy we would have done it by now right... So what does that infer to you?
16-10-2010 at 04:49
by: DJF90
Small amounts of p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde?
Make it yourself...
15-10-2010 at 09:38
by: DJF90
Catechol preparation
Then the Bouvealt-Blanc is probably the best bet. Catechol should still be accessible to you though, ...
15-10-2010 at 09:34
by: DJF90
Catechol preparation
DIBAL-H and the salts that paper mentions (which work far better than DIBAL-H itself for the Ester=& ...
15-10-2010 at 04:14
by: DJF90
Catechol preparation
Nope - think electrophilicity of the species in question. Its the same reason LAH reduction of ester ...
14-10-2010 at 14:42
by: DJF90
Catechol preparation
Well for a start, bouvealt-blanc reduction will take the ester to the alcohol. All gravy, but then y ...
13-10-2010 at 14:10
by: DJF90
mercury thermometer troubles...fixable?
Yes thats one common method - be careful you don't let go of it otherwise you'll have a real mess on ...
11-10-2010 at 03:55
by: DJF90
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