Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Hydroiodic acid and sodium ethoxide/butoxide sources

argox120 - 4-10-2024 at 10:48

would like to get my hands on these reagents"
Hydroiodic acid(250-500ml) and sodium ethoxide or sodium tertbutoxide(100g-250g) for a reduction of teriary alcohol.

Sir_Gawain - 4-10-2024 at 17:58

Are you unable to make them yourself? That’s likely going to be easier than buying.

j_sum1 - 4-10-2024 at 22:48

Duplicate thread. I am closing the other one.

bnull - 5-10-2024 at 05:38

There are other routes available that don't make use of HI or EtONa. What tertiary alcohol is it?

argox120 - 5-10-2024 at 08:42

it is a benzylic tertiary alchol like 1,1 dimethyl benzyl alcohol

bnull - 5-10-2024 at 12:34

2-phenyl‐2-propanol, eh? Trying to make cumene and analogues?

What about generating HI in situ?

I remember seeing something for tertiary alcohols, like a Wolff-Kischner. Are you following a published procedure?

I ask those questions because there're probably other ways that don't need HI or EtONa.

Random - 5-10-2024 at 12:51

Does it need to be Sodium Ethoxide or can Magnesium Ethoxide be used?

thermochromic - 9-11-2024 at 19:06

Just make the HI... your not going to find a legit company willing to sell it to you... either in situ or there is a super easy synth over on Rhodium