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[*] posted on 22-5-2013 at 12:46
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I am interested in making different resins and after having searched about the procedures to synthesize some, I have decided to use acetophenone (or 1-phenylethanone) and add an aldehyde with a catalyst.
To synthesize the acetophenone, I will use the Friedel-Crafts reaction, adding acetyl chloride to benzene. After this, I will distill the product. Then, I will divide the acetophenone in four or five beakers to make different resins... using different aldehydes, maybe, or substituting groups in freshly preparated resins.

Any ideas? Has anyone done something similar?
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[*] posted on 27-5-2013 at 11:22


some other threads you might find of interest:
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=20311
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=22782

You might also consider that there are some interesting polymerization products when acetone is mixed with a strong base, or strong acid. There have been some investigations attempting to use these polymerization products as precursors for resins.

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[*] posted on 27-5-2013 at 12:40


The first one is quite interesting. I didn't find it with the forum search engine, sorry.
I'll see if I also try that last reaction you mentioned with furfural. I don't know if I'll be able to synthesize it with my current chemicals, I'll investigate a bit.
Thanks!

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[*] posted on 29-5-2013 at 08:01


Since this was going nowhere in the Organic section (for the obvious reason), I moved it here as it fits better. Eddygp, please give the relevant references, as I doubt you will find mind readers on this forum that also have enough knowledge to answer with a relevant idea. What kind of resins do you want to make from acetophenone?



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