I bought 600g of very pure citric acid crystals from a local store for a few dollars. What should I do with it? I've tried making some copper salts
but they're rather soluble in water...
I would like to do a conversion into smaller carboxylic acids, like malic, but I am not really sure where to start.
[Edits: I am bad at writing]
[Edited on 19-11-2021 by sauveurdumonde]Boffis - 19-11-2021 at 07:36
There are several threads already on the conversion of citric acid into acetone dicarboxylic acid, itaconic acid, esters, amides, pyridine
derivatives, pentabromoacetone etc. I suggest that you try using the search engine and check out a few of these. Bedlasky - 19-11-2021 at 08:24
If I remember corectlly, you must heat solution to precipitate copper citrate. I never made copper citrate, but calcium citrate can be made that way.
[Edited on 19-11-2021 by Bedlasky]RustyShackleford - 19-11-2021 at 15:03
citrazinic acid is easy to make and has the neat property of fluorescing. Chemplayer made a vid on it.
I think I'll try that, and make some transition metal salts. It would be interesting if they were fluorescent too... Colourful + fluorescent is always
nice
Now, I just need to make some urea (hopefully not from my pee)
