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Organic chemistry ... excite me !

Sulaiman - 7-7-2016 at 11:56

I gained an interest in inorganic chemistry as a youth ... flash! ... bang! ... BOOM! etc.
Re-starting chemistry as a hobby has been interesting, still playing mostly with inorganics.
(my 'playing' is slowly getting more 'scientific' ... lab notebook mostly up to date !)
Plant extractions etc. interest me, so far more failures than successes but that is going to change ....
In small ammounts I have precursors to most organic reagents - many so far un-used :(
I can't see anything in organic chemistry that excites me yet ... help please
(flash/bang/boom/wmd - free only)

aga - 7-7-2016 at 12:02

Fischer esterification, certainly.

Make methyl salicylate.

Start with almost no smell, end up with conc Listerine smell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJLP2bcXDqY

Magpie - 7-7-2016 at 15:13

Make some benzene! If you have benzoic acid and NaOH make the sodium benzoate first. Then decarboxylate this using heat. Capture the benzene using a condenser. See the procedure in Brewster, forum library.

clearly_not_atara - 7-7-2016 at 16:06

The synthesis of diaryl oxalates might interest you. They don't explode but they do glow in the presence of H2O2.

I suggested once the transesterification of aryl acetates with oxalic acid, distilling off AcOH. Nobody yet knows if it works (other methods use oxalyl chloride).

j_sum1 - 8-7-2016 at 00:18

chemplayer just completed an interesting series beginning with white pepper. It bears replicating.
If you look up volanschemia's entry to the competition I ran, he begins with a mix of xylenes and ends up with phenolphthalien. There were other possibilities too once phthalic anhydride had been produced.

Volanschemia - 8-7-2016 at 01:19

Here's the link to my competition entry post, if you are wanting to read it. Good luck if you give it a go!!

[Edited on 8-7-2016 by Volanschemia]

PHILOU Zrealone - 8-7-2016 at 06:53

"Organic chemistry ... excite me !"
All tastes are into the human nature :P
Wait until you synthetizes viagra or related molécules...then you will be EXITED69 :D

No just kidding, I perfectly understand your problem...sometimes I'm awaken during the night and can't sleep anymore until I have written down synthesis or drawn molécules I had in mind while sleeping/dreaming ;)