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Isolating Methyl Salicylate
While brine is often useful for assisting separations, I think that in this case it is causing probl ...
26-12-2013 at 14:52
by: Paddywhacker
problem with rotovap
Use recirculated antifreeze from a nearby freezer as your condenser cooling liquid. Keep your disti ...
24-12-2013 at 14:26
by: Paddywhacker
Why wont it fly?
It cannot fly because it is missing something. An apostrophe.

> Yeah, I sound like a pedant, ...
20-12-2013 at 02:48
by: Paddywhacker
a solubility question
You are not much of a chemist, dubai. Nor do you seem competent with using Google. Don't get into ...
19-12-2013 at 13:05
by: Paddywhacker
Is this mold in my 2,4-DNP?
Fungi are eukaryotes, the same as us. They have mitochondria that use proton gradients across membra ...
19-12-2013 at 12:59
by: Paddywhacker
Is this mold in my 2,4-DNP?
2,4-dinitrophenol? I've never seen it that pale, however I doubt very much that anything could grow ...
18-12-2013 at 14:24
by: Paddywhacker
Diaphragm cell (pictures)
> P.S: Sorry if the writing seams botched, as been 4 time I write for 20 min the posts and when I ...
18-12-2013 at 14:07
by: Paddywhacker
Reduction Of Salicylic Acid To Benzene
What you propose is plausible enough for you to make the attempt, assuming you have the reagents to ...
14-12-2013 at 01:52
by: Paddywhacker
Methylenation of Toluene
> Perhaps I've oversimplifying the chemistry here, ...

No, you are raving.

You can see, if ...
14-12-2013 at 01:42
by: Paddywhacker
Forming the sodium bisulfite adduct of Benzaldehyde.
Of course the aldehyde is neutral, but the bisulfite is not. However that is irrelevent. The bisul ...
14-12-2013 at 01:33
by: Paddywhacker
Allyl alcohol in 70% yield
Glyceryl oxalate is something that I have been meaning to try making by Fischer–Speier esterificat ...
11-12-2013 at 18:45
by: Paddywhacker
Phenyl isonitrile: the worst stench ever.
All of the isonitriles have a bad smell, but they are pussycats compared with some other compounds. ...
8-12-2013 at 22:10
by: Paddywhacker
Aspirin to...
Thanks for pointing that out, Nicodem. Although you have probably done that before, I hadn't apprec ...
8-12-2013 at 03:12
by: Paddywhacker
Aspirin to...
Nitrate in mild conditions and then separate the 3-nitro and 5-nitro salicylic acids. Good substrat ...
7-12-2013 at 18:49
by: Paddywhacker
Forming the sodium bisulfite adduct of Benzaldehyde.
Metabisulphite has a low pH, but if the reaction mixture is too low a pH then you may have difficult ...
24-11-2013 at 23:28
by: Paddywhacker
Need help with this problem!
Cheddite is correct. Molarity is by volume, not by weight, so the density has to be used to calcula ...
21-11-2013 at 16:24
by: Paddywhacker
Preparation of methyl tosylate, safe methylating agent
Won't TsCl be hydrolysed in your quench conditions, hot water?

Maybe if you quenched the opposite ...
21-11-2013 at 16:15
by: Paddywhacker
Synthesis of phosphoric acid from monoammonium phosphate
This topic has come up before with excellent discussion of the method:
http://www.sciencemadness.or ...
31-10-2013 at 17:43
by: Paddywhacker
How do I make cinnamic acid from cinnamon?
[rquote=305356&tid=26983&author=Jmap science]i used a reflux and now I have pure cinnamon ex ...
29-10-2013 at 16:58
by: Paddywhacker
Unexpected problems with p-TsOH synthesis
Try seeding it with the tiniest amount of the original gunk, but YMMV.
13-9-2013 at 15:53
by: Paddywhacker
What to do with this compound?
Looks like a good hydrogen donor for homogenous hydrogenations.
28-8-2013 at 19:16
by: Paddywhacker
How high is high
High is when you become confused about whether you are inhaling or exhaling and hod your breath unti ...
16-8-2013 at 23:16
by: Paddywhacker
Solvent for Auxins
10% ethanol in dimethyl sufoxide (DMSO) and store it in a fridge.

The ethanol is there to stop th ...
16-8-2013 at 23:11
by: Paddywhacker
lots of reagents for sale
I'd be able to make your 5k starting bid for the lot, but you'd have to get it to Auckland for free.
2-8-2013 at 03:33
by: Paddywhacker
Glycogen anyone?
What do you want for it?

Gycogen is used as a co-precipitant in preparing small quantities of DNA ...
31-7-2013 at 16:13
by: Paddywhacker
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