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The short questions thread (3)
Formic acid is strong enough to catalyse its own esterification; no added catalyst is necessary.
5-8-2010 at 12:46
by: DJF90
The short questions thread (3)
Where the hell did the starch come from?! Purification of Laboratory Chemicals says:

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p-A ...
1-8-2010 at 13:31
by: DJF90
Odd ground glass tapers
Look for stoppers from volumetric flasks. They're commonly found in sizes corresponding to B12/B16 e ...
25-7-2010 at 10:50
by: DJF90
Electrolysis of aqueous acetate salts
Diacetyl peroxide does indeed fragment to give methyl radicals. The process occurs in two steps:

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23-7-2010 at 00:52
by: DJF90
What all lab equipment would I need for my own at home laboratory?
Nice one Zed, I haven't heard anything as funny as that in ages. You can't seriously be accusing me ...
22-7-2010 at 15:33
by: DJF90
What all lab equipment would I need for my own at home laboratory?
Well tell us what syntheses you've read to come up with these steps that you feel are common. Like y ...
22-7-2010 at 14:44
by: DJF90
What all lab equipment would I need for my own at home laboratory?
So tell us all what this "amine" is that you intend to work with...
22-7-2010 at 14:15
by: DJF90
What all lab equipment would I need for my own at home laboratory?
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The list above is literally copy and paste from named techniques I see a lot in chemistry i ...
22-7-2010 at 14:09
by: DJF90
What all lab equipment would I need for my own at home laboratory?
I call bullshit. Theres no way you want those specific steps for anything BUT making drugs. Here's w ...
22-7-2010 at 14:03
by: DJF90
What all lab equipment would I need for my own at home laboratory?
I think someone so clueless as yourself should give up or actually take an interest in chemistry. Yo ...
22-7-2010 at 13:53
by: DJF90
Heating Plastic Chemical Bottles
DMSO in a plastic bottle is not ridiculous or dangerous at all, and its how its sold for equine use, ...
22-7-2010 at 13:49
by: DJF90
Vitamin To Valuable Precursor
Look at the date that post was made... 2 years ago!
22-7-2010 at 13:43
by: DJF90
3 way Claisen Adapters?
Get a three neck flask. You won't regret it. Its common in research as you can attach, for example, ...
22-7-2010 at 04:27
by: DJF90
Cleaning Glassware W/Acid-base Washes
Leave it to soak for a day or so, its not going to be instantaneous cleansing.
21-7-2010 at 15:12
by: DJF90
Cleaning Glassware W/Acid-base Washes
It'll be iron deposits from hard water. Citric acid will do the job nicely.
21-7-2010 at 12:41
by: DJF90
Organic Chemistry experiments with easy available chemicals
Thanks John, I knew I made a mistake somewhere...
21-7-2010 at 10:39
by: DJF90
Organic Chemistry experiments with easy available chemicals
Considering you need to ask for a list of experiments, I think you should leave the benzene alone. I ...
21-7-2010 at 00:31
by: DJF90
Pepper to Piperine problem
Wikipedia (of all places) has a little advice regarding isolation of the crystalline material:
[quo ...
18-7-2010 at 06:23
by: DJF90
Pepper to Piperine problem
Well given that 20g pepper yields about 0.3g of piperine (of the top of my head) then I would not ex ...
18-7-2010 at 06:11
by: DJF90
Pepper to Piperine problem
Hey Picric, now you seem to have a camera how about pictures of the elusive "mini contact plant that ...
17-7-2010 at 06:03
by: DJF90
Help with oxidation of aldehyde
Its all about reactivity, and reversibility.
13-7-2010 at 16:16
by: DJF90
Yellow impurity in nitrobenzene?
It sounds to me from the "milky" discription that your nitrobenzene is wet. It should be a clear (bu ...
13-7-2010 at 16:04
by: DJF90
Easiest way to obtain Lucas Reagent?
Considering that Lucas's reagent is a solution of ZnCl2 in conc. HCl (i.e. there's water present), I ...
11-7-2010 at 14:16
by: DJF90
Help with oxidation of aldehyde
Why is oxidation out? Not all oxidising agents react the same wayto those which you suggest, and by ...
8-7-2010 at 13:43
by: DJF90
desulfuration
Fieser shows a Raney Nickel desulfurisation similar to what is requested. However, a few pages back ...
6-7-2010 at 14:50
by: DJF90
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