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Synthesis of 9,9‘-bianthracene from anthraquinone
Hi Niklas, welcome to the madhouse. Nice preparation and write up for this interesting compound. I w ...
3-12-2023 at 15:29
by: Boffis
What does this abbreviation mean?
@Diachrynic, thank you very much! It is indeed the page (actually there seems to be several pages) t ...
19-10-2023 at 13:34
by: Boffis
What does this abbreviation mean?
Your are right phlogiston but I couldn't find anything really useful under either singular or plura ...
18-10-2023 at 07:39
by: Boffis
Synthesis of disperse red 9
Just a few points that I would like to raise. Why have you included the preparation of boric acid an ...
13-10-2023 at 12:05
by: Boffis
Quaternary pyridine compounds
The route to quaternary pyridinium salts via alkyl halide is well known and there are several exampl ...
11-10-2023 at 14:01
by: Boffis
What does this abbreviation mean?
I am trying to find the following reference:
Greiff, Jahrb., 1863, p. 392

"Jahrb" is simply an a ...
10-10-2023 at 01:36
by: Boffis
MOED synthesis (Brooker's merocyanin)
@vibbzlab, how long did you reflux the initial reaction mixture? The paper by Minch et al says 24hrs ...
24-9-2023 at 04:05
by: Boffis
Preparation of cyanogen bromide and a polymethine dye
Has anyone ever tried the pyridyl-pyridinium salt as a source of glutaconaldehyde? How would you rem ...
22-9-2023 at 04:00
by: Boffis
Dissolving Molybdenum in hypochlorite bleach
[rquote=687168&tid=159839&author=Bedlasky]Oh, I didn't know that it was used as analytical m ...
1-9-2023 at 12:39
by: Boffis
Chemistry of nitrite and ascorbate
@Diachrynic, sorry about that. For some reason I read sorbic acid instead of ascorbic acid.
31-8-2023 at 13:28
by: Boffis
Dissolving Molybdenum in hypochlorite bleach
Hi Bedlasky, I doubt that it is hydrated, at one time calcium molybdate precipitation was an analyti ...
31-8-2023 at 09:58
by: Boffis
Dissolving Molybdenum in hypochlorite bleach
OK guys I think we have done-to-death the incorrect formula; it was just a typo in the equation gene ...
30-8-2023 at 12:48
by: Boffis
Dissolving Molybdenum in hypochlorite bleach
Hi woelen, I originally thought it must be oxygen too but the solution has lost all its oxidizing po ...
29-8-2023 at 13:07
by: Boffis
Dissolving Molybdenum in hypochlorite bleach
I have a piece of molybdenum bar about 0.5 inches square and 3 inches in length and since I had no s ...
28-8-2023 at 12:35
by: Boffis
Chemistry of nitrite and ascorbate
Have you checked out some of the existing threads on sorbic acid?

Try this one: http://www.scienc ...
25-8-2023 at 13:53
by: Boffis
Solvent for realgar?
At one time very high refractive index liquids were prepared by dissolving arsenic tri-iodide and re ...
16-8-2023 at 13:42
by: Boffis
Strange behaviour in the reaction of calcium carbonate with propionic acid
Hi unionised, you are right. I have just looked back at my notes from the work I did recently with t ...
13-8-2023 at 14:33
by: Boffis
Strange behaviour in the reaction of calcium carbonate with propionic acid
When I prepared calcium propanoate and calcium butanoate recently I used calcium hydroxide rather th ...
13-8-2023 at 04:03
by: Boffis
Preparation of cyanogen bromide and a polymethine dye
Very nice rite-up Diachrynic. You beat me to it! I have been looking into this reagent for magnesium ...
9-8-2023 at 00:29
by: Boffis
Help with crystallising monopotassium glutamate
Hi Phoebus. The clue is in the name, glutamic acid from glutinous. Glutamic acid and glutamates tend ...
8-8-2023 at 09:40
by: Boffis
Alcohol oxidation via chromic acid
I have very recently used sodium dichromate and dilute sulphuric acid to oxidizes 2-pentanol to 2-pe ...
26-7-2023 at 08:32
by: Boffis
Preparation of Ketones by Calcium salt Pyrolysis
Hi Splendidacylation and c_not_a; I have had to put this project on the back burner for a while as i ...
14-7-2023 at 10:16
by: Boffis
The cyclisation of l-lysine to pipecolic acid
@AvBaeyer, thankyou for the encouragement! I have been sent by my company to the arse end of nowhere ...
10-7-2023 at 21:34
by: Boffis
The cyclisation of l-lysine to pipecolic acid
This idea has cropped up occasionally in several Science Madness threads over the years (1,2) usuall ...
23-6-2023 at 13:51
by: Boffis
Yield of KClO₃ from boiled bleach
You can adjust the pH and to better control the formation of chlorate but its a question of whether ...
22-6-2023 at 12:40
by: Boffis
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