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Benzoic acid to benzaldehyde or benzyl alcohol
You can make benzoate esters. Look up the fischer esterification reaction.
5-9-2010 at 22:57
by: rrkss
Making own Nitric Acid
If you do the chemistry outdoors or in a fume hood, and don't stick your face in the beakers, you ar ...
4-9-2010 at 11:11
by: rrkss
Help with Water Aspirator Design
My main problem with the recirculating aspirator pumps is that the pump heats up the water very quic ...
4-9-2010 at 11:07
by: rrkss
Making own Nitric Acid
[rquote=186731&tid=1851&author=Random]Nurdrage made nitric acid with reaction of nitrate sal ...
3-9-2010 at 21:48
by: rrkss
Synthesis of Arecoline - 3 Steps from Nicotinic Acid
Awesome writeup. I'm jealous that you have an NMR in your house. Would love to have one of those.
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29-8-2010 at 08:08
by: rrkss
A Chemopolic Question
Maybe if you rephrase your question into one paragraph or two at the most, I'll bother to read it an ...
21-8-2010 at 13:09
by: rrkss
Distilling Acetone Quick Question
the cap on the laboy glass thermometer adapter is nylon and the o ring is viton. Don't worry, you a ...
21-8-2010 at 12:48
by: rrkss
10 liter flask frozen joint
Damn, the largest flask I've worked with in my home lab is 1 Liter and that is for bulk solvent dist ...
21-8-2010 at 11:08
by: rrkss
drying ether
[rquote=184150&tid=14246&author=Ozone]Distill from continuous reflux over Na-ketyl (benzophe ...
2-8-2010 at 08:36
by: rrkss
drying ether
I've dried ether to grignard grade by first treating it with acidified FeSO4 to destroy peroxides an ...
2-8-2010 at 03:57
by: rrkss
Smoking heating mantles?
It took one of my mantles two full distillations of nitric acid azeotrope before the smoking stopped ...
2-8-2010 at 03:54
by: rrkss
Glassware: what this is for?
Looks like something used to measure the density of an irregular object. Fill the beaker with water ...
31-7-2010 at 10:07
by: rrkss
Preparation of anhydrous AlCl3 in DCM - photos
What you are referring to as liquid HCl is HCl gas dissolved in water. The preparation of AlCl3 nee ...
30-7-2010 at 03:43
by: rrkss
Best Drying Agent for MeOH
[rquote=183766&tid=13983&author=SWilkin676]<<I'd like some of them thar molecular siev ...
29-7-2010 at 07:57
by: rrkss
Smoking heating mantles?
The residue should come off with just soap and water. Run the mantle for an hour or so and the smok ...
26-7-2010 at 23:04
by: rrkss
Microscale Prep of Anhydrous AlCl3
Thought this might be useful as it makes a difficult reagent easy to get.

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26-7-2010 at 03:26
by: rrkss
Smoking heating mantles?
[rquote=183397&tid=14215&author=aonomus]I think tomorrow I will set it up again in the backy ...
25-7-2010 at 21:53
by: rrkss
Smoking heating mantles?
Most new mantles smoke and discolour the first time you use them. My new mantle required me to boil ...
25-7-2010 at 20:36
by: rrkss
What all lab equipment would I need for my own at home laboratory?
[rquote=183091&tid=14192&author=Sedit]So whatever the case I would suggest the opener of thi ...
23-7-2010 at 05:22
by: rrkss
Acetaldehyde synthesis
[rquote=183080&tid=55&author=Hoveland]What is the reaction with acetaldehyde when the pH goe ...
23-7-2010 at 02:07
by: rrkss
What all lab equipment would I need for my own at home laboratory?
I'd reccommend that you take a chemistry class at your local college and learn some lab technique. ...
22-7-2010 at 20:45
by: rrkss
Extractive Distillation
[rquote=182924&tid=14179&author=kclo4]Adding H2SO4 sounds like a horrible idea.
Acetone po ...
22-7-2010 at 03:46
by: rrkss
Extractive Distillation
Its a strong dehydrating agent.

Edit: Seemed to work, I shook my product with H2SO4, and distill ...
21-7-2010 at 09:08
by: rrkss
Extractive Distillation
I'm wondering if I can shake the chloroform/acetone with concentrated H2SO4. That should destroy th ...
21-7-2010 at 08:44
by: rrkss
Extractive Distillation
Supposedly adding water forms a saddle azeotrope. How would I seperate acetone from chloroform?
21-7-2010 at 01:37
by: rrkss
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