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Trouble with synthesizing HClO4
A few years ago I made perchloric acid by vacuum distillation of a mixture of NaClO4 solution and su ... |
22-3-2020 at 07:36
by: Metacelsus |
Formation of S-alkylthiosulfates/Bunte's salts from Alkyl sulfates?
Yes, sulfate should be a good enough leaving group. |
6-3-2020 at 05:14
by: Metacelsus |
Reverse osmosis through shirt fabric?
Shirt fabric can't be used for reverse osmosis, as it's permeable to sodium and chloride ions. (RO m ... |
24-2-2020 at 14:21
by: Metacelsus |
Dean Stark without Dean Stark.... almost quantitative
Hmm, interesting. The benefit of a Dean-Stark trap is being able to continuously remove the water as ... |
22-2-2020 at 04:37
by: Metacelsus |
Trimethyl Phosphate
If you have POCl3, you can react that with methanol. P2O5 might also work. |
16-2-2020 at 09:43
by: Metacelsus |
Two strange rocks I found outside
Yes, pictures would be helpful.
The second rock could be some kind of sulfide mineral (for exampl ... |
9-2-2020 at 05:44
by: Metacelsus |
Extension of the Eschweiler-Clarke alkylation
Hmm, what about something non-enolizable, like benzaldehyde? Formic acid + benzaldehyde + amine migh ... |
5-2-2020 at 09:52
by: Metacelsus |
problem with melting antimony
Are you sure you were heating it up enough? You need to get it to 630 °C
Also are you sure your ... |
24-1-2020 at 17:29
by: Metacelsus |
Effect of microwave heating on Ascorbic acid molecule
[rquote=629807&tid=154754&author=Xrpdguy]Hello there, we all know that Ascorbic acid is ther ... |
22-1-2020 at 04:35
by: Metacelsus |
Sodium Benzoate and KMnO4
[rquote=629356&tid=154715&author=TGWS]
My question is: Is this actually a redox reaction, a ... |
12-1-2020 at 05:59
by: Metacelsus |
bornyl chloride synthesis by addition of HCl gas to alfa pinene
Very cool! Can you try making some borneol or camphor? |
10-1-2020 at 10:06
by: Metacelsus |
methyl eugenol synthesis?
Yes. Similar conditions should work. |
10-1-2020 at 10:02
by: Metacelsus |
Determining completion of Bamberger rearrangement
TLC would probably work. Check for disappearance of your starting material and formation of a new sp ... |
5-1-2020 at 06:07
by: Metacelsus |
Belladonna extract
Yeah, that was really dumb. (And FYI, hyoscine is also an antimuscarinic, just like atropine.)
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5-1-2020 at 06:05
by: Metacelsus |
Legality of Solid Fuels
Legality depends on where you live. In the USA it's fine to make them as long as they're properly st ... |
30-12-2019 at 16:27
by: Metacelsus |
Preparation of weak hydroiodic acid(for making NaI)
You could also just try the Finkelstein reaction with KI. It might not work as well as NaI (since th ... |
29-12-2019 at 19:56
by: Metacelsus |
Cubane instead of benzene with the phenylethylamine backbone
[rquote=628742&tid=153370&author=Abromination][rquote=628676&tid=153370&author=Tsjer ... |
29-12-2019 at 19:53
by: Metacelsus |
Bromination not going as expected??
[rquote=628745&tid=154654&author=DrDevice]
I have tried many different bromination routes, ... |
29-12-2019 at 19:50
by: Metacelsus |
Haloform Reaction With Ca(OCl)2 and EtOH
I would expect the reaction to form a significant amount of chloral hydrate (trichloroacetaldehyde h ... |
15-12-2019 at 20:05
by: Metacelsus |
Autoignition temperature of mixed gases
Again AJOKER is incorrect. Blue light is required to break the Cl-Cl bond and explode H2/Cl2.
Sou ... |
13-12-2019 at 19:44
by: Metacelsus |
Yellowing of Sodium Methoxide
The reference AJOKER posted isn't relevant.
I think the most likely explanation for the color is ... |
13-12-2019 at 19:42
by: Metacelsus |
Making ultramarine
Looks interesting, please keep us updated. Is there any practical way for you to measure to the temp ... |
13-12-2019 at 15:13
by: Metacelsus |
Magpie has died
Noooooo!
Magpie will be dearly missed. |
12-12-2019 at 17:48
by: Metacelsus |
Possible easy thionyl chloride synthesis
Yeah, phosgene is no joke. There was an extra special safety training required by my university when ... |
11-12-2019 at 05:34
by: Metacelsus |
Allyl Bromide Preparation
[rquote=627769&tid=154557&author=Pumukli]
Why is substitution of the OH with Br is preferre ... |
11-12-2019 at 05:26
by: Metacelsus |
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