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Phenol From Glow Sticks
In a glow stick chemical reaction, a tiny amount of phenol is produced from the reaction, now carnival time is coming up in a month and i can get 100
glow sticks for 10 dollars + more glow stick inside the show bag, if i do one big reaction (open am all up then combine together all at once) how do i
safely extract the phenol and maybe as well the solvent if it hasn't all reacted
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Isn't this the fourth topic you have started today? Whatever, it doesn't matter.
I was under the impression that it was trichlorophenyl oxalate in most glowsticks (TCPO). So I suppose that you could salvage some
2,4,6-trichlorophenol by what you are suggesting.
Why do you want phenol? Do you have any use for it? You may have more luck running a diazotisation on aniline to phenol. Judging from your posts you
watch Youtube videos a lot. The youtube user "myst32yt" has a pretty good video on the process. You might want to check it out.
[Edited on 25-8-2011 by redox]
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yeah its the 3rd post.... i like posting what i want to know, if i wanna do myst32YT version, i need aniline and i dont have it. i want phenol to make
Phenolphthalein and i dont see any videos on extracting phenol with this method so i wanna try it out
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you can get Phenolphthalein online... dont know if its worth making it....
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i like making things rather then buying, i just like teh science behind it all... it isnt science buying it online
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i completely agree with that but its just an indicator...
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yeah, if i had money and a supplier i would definitely buy it, but here in Australia, there isnt any chemical suppliers i have seen yet :/
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yea i had the same problem untill i found local supplier..
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my local supplier is the local shops that i can buy the chemicals needed for what i do, people on youtube are always asking me wwhere i get all of
them from and my answer is jjust the shops
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Phenolphthalein is (most likely was) used in OTC laxatives,
perhaps you could extract it.....?!
From El Merck Index 14th Edition.
Monograph Number: 0007243
Title: Phenolphthalein
CAS Registry Number: 77-09-8
CAS Name: 3,3-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone
Additional Names: 3,3-bis(p-hydroxyphenyl)phthalide; a-(p
-hydroxyphenyl)-a-(4-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidine)-o-toluic
acid; white phenolphthalein
Molecular Formula: C20H14O4
Molecular Weight: 318.32
Percent Composition: C 75.46%, H 4.43%, O 20.10%
Literature References: Prepn: A. Baeyer, Ber. 4, 658 (1871);
idem, Ann. 202, 36 (1880); M. Hubacher, US 2192485 (1940 to
Ex Lax). Reactions at various pH values: G. Wittke, J. Chem.
Educ. 60, 239 (1983). Polarographic analysis in aqueous soln:
M. M. Ellaithy et al., Farmaco Ed. Prat. 41, 326 (1986).
Subchronic toxicity studies: D. D. Dietz et al., Fundam. Appl.
Toxicol. 18, 48 (1992). Toxicology and carcinogenicity
studies: NTP Technical Report 465 (PB97-3390) 348 pp.
Comprehensive description of properties, clinical and laboratory
uses: F. J. Al-Shammary et al., Anal. Profiles Drug Subs. 20,
627-664 (1991).
Properties: White or yellowish white minute, triclinic crystals,
often twinned. mp 258-262°. d 1.299. Sol in 95% alcohol
and ether, slightly sol in chloroform. One gram dissolves in 12
ml alcohol, in ~100 ml ether. Almost insol in water. Sol in dil
solns of alkali hydroxides and hot solns of alkali carbonates
forming a red soln. pKa (25°C): 9.7. uv max (methanol):
205, 229, 276 nm (e 27261.147, 14692.144, 2006.369). Log P
(octanol/pH 7.4): 2.4. Shows color change from colorless in
acid range to purple at pH 8-9.
Melting point: mp 258-262°
pKa: pKa (25°C): 9.7
Log P: Log P (octanol/pH 7.4): 2.4
Absorption maximum: uv max (methanol): 205, 229, 276 nm
(e 27261.147, 14692.144, 2006.369)
Density: d 1.299
Derivative Type: Yellow Phenolphthalein
CAS Registry Number: 8053-05-2
Literature References: Produced in the mfg process prior to
final purification of white phenolphthalein. Contains yellow
bodies which impart characteristic color. Review of chemistry
and use as a laxative: M. H. Hubacher, S. Doernberg, J. Am.
Pharm. Assoc. Sci. Ed. 37, 261 (1948).
Properties: d420 1.290-1.296. mp 255-260°. One gram
dissolves in 12 ml alcohol, in 102 ml ether.
Almost insol in water. Sol in dil solns of alkali hydroxides and
hot solns of alkali carbonates forming a red soln. pKa (25°C)
: 9.7. uv max (methanol): 205, 229, 276 nm (e 27261.147,
14692.144, 2006.369). Log P (octanol/pH 7.4): 2.4. Shows
color change from colorless in acid range to purple at pH 8-9.
Melting point: mp 258-262°
pKa: pKa (25°C): 9.7
Log P: Log P (octanol/pH 7.4): 2.4
Absorption maximum: uv max (methanol): 205, 229, 276 nm
(e 27261.147, 14692.144, 2006.369)
Density: d 1.299
Derivative Type: Yellow Phenolphthalein
CAS Registry Number: 8053-05-2
Literature References: Produced in the mfg process prior to
final purification of white phenolphthalein. Contains yellow
bodies which impart characteristic color. Review of chemistry
and use as a laxative: M. H. Hubacher, S. Doernberg, J. Am.
Pharm. Assoc. Sci. Ed. 37, 261 (1948).
Properties: d420 1.290-1.296. mp 255-260°. One gram
dissolves in 12 ml alcohol, in 102 ml ether. Solns show a slight greenish fluorescence.
Melting point: mp 255-260°
Density: d420 1.290-1.296
CAUTION: Phenolphthalein is reasonably anticipated to be
a human carcinogen: Report on Carcinogens, Eleventh Edition
(PB2005-104914, 2004) p III-214.
Use: A 1% alcoholic soln as an indicator in titrations of mineral
and organic acids and most alkalies.
Therap-Cat: Cathartic.
Therap-Cat-Vet: Has been used as a laxative.
Keywords: Laxative/Cathartic.
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For another method Try Google:
phenol from salicylic acid site:http://www.sciencemadness.org
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Making it from Aspirin tablets is simplier.
First, extract the acetylsalycilic acid from the tablets: dissolve them in IPA, filter and crystallise adding cold water (about 5 times the IPA).
Then hydrolyse the ASA to salicylic acid with HCl (refluxing for 30 minutes).
Now just decompose the SA by rapidly heating it and it'll give you phenol.
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Quote: Originally posted by ab5000  | Making it from Aspirin tablets is simplier.
First, extract the acetylsalycilic acid from the tablets: dissolve them in IPA, filter and crystallise adding cold water (about 5 times the IPA).
Then hydrolyse the ASA to salicylic acid with HCl (refluxing for 30 minutes).
Now just decompose the SA by rapidly heating it and it'll give you phenol. |
Do you have a reference for the decomposition of salicylic acid? I have been searching, but I can't find anything. It seems like a great way to
phenol.
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| Quote: Originally posted by redox | | Quote: Originally posted by ab5000 | Making it from Aspirin tablets is simplier.
First, extract the acetylsalycilic acid from the tablets: dissolve them in IPA, filter and crystallise adding cold water (about 5 times the IPA).
Then hydrolyse the ASA to salicylic acid with HCl (refluxing for 30 minutes).
Now just decompose the SA by rapidly heating it and it'll give you phenol. |
Do you have a reference for the decomposition of salicylic acid? I have been searching, but I can't find anything. It seems like a great way to
phenol. |
In fact I read about the SA thermal decomposition on the Internet, but I never searched for a reference.
Anyway i found one: Marek Wesołowski, Thermal decomposition of salicylic acid and its salts. Unfortunately i can't access it because the site
that hosts it is down: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0040-6031(79)85001-7
Hopefully it'll be back soon 
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phenol can be made from by heating SA with CaO
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| Quote: Originally posted by Chemistry Alchemist | | In a glow stick chemical reaction, a tiny amount of phenol is produced from the reaction, now carnival time is coming up in a month and i can get 100
glow sticks for 10 dollars + more glow stick inside the show bag, if i do one big reaction (open am all up then combine together all at once) how do i
safely extract the phenol and maybe as well the solvent if it hasn't all reacted |
redox is correct, the only phenol would be 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, and that would only be found in the used glow sticks, which you might be able to
find really cheap after a concert or other event. It is rather toxic and smelly, I believe, as it is one of the compounds that has been found in
small amounts in some medicines after pallets treated with it where used to store the products and the plastic bottles absorbed it.
But there is no useful amount of phenol in glow sticks. There are other ways to make it or find it, so I would look at the threads on that as a
starting point.
Bob
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How would i be able to remove it from the remains of a glow stick? im thinking about doing a large scale reaction from this so i can get good results
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it wouldnt be worth the effort you would next to nothing, unless u extract that little glass tub prior to breaking it, that has concentrated peroxide
but depending on the brand it might be contaminated
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Yeah, im planning on cutting open the tube and mix the chemicals once all out of the tube... is the hydrogen peroxide 30% and is it mixed with
anything?
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i tested some and was around 18%, mines was contaminated but it might differ by brand, honestly the h2o2 is the only thing worth even extracting make
sure u use disposable labware cuz the green goo is a pain in the ass to get off glassware
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the organic solvent that is in the glass tube, is it possible to extract that aswell or is it too hard to get the dye out of the solvent?
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H202 is in da glass tube
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the dyes make a colored solution when dissolved into the solvent... in the glow sticks i get, the glass tube has the colored solution while the
plastic tube is the clear solution
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O ok. Mines was the glass tub had clear solution. Take a bit of the clear solution and mix with mno2 if gas evolution is observed then that's the
h202
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How can i test the concentration of the H2O2?
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