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Chemicals/labware to avoid?
This is a letter from a lecturer who I did a project for at university. Notice what his comments are ...
5-12-2006 at 15:04
by: Drunkguy
niobium pentachloride -- interesting reagent?
I have also seen Zirconyl chloride available for cheap. Anybody know what this can be used for?

H ...
5-12-2006 at 05:05
by: Drunkguy
Chemicals/labware to avoid?
I was performing a procedure in my backyard and a neighbour looked over the fence and called the pol ...
4-12-2006 at 14:12
by: Drunkguy
Nitroalkane syntheses ?
Im interested to see if anybody can get a workable nitroethane synth. I have been searching online a ...
3-12-2006 at 07:01
by: Drunkguy
Building a rotatory evaporator
It might be an idea to learn how to spell before you try and undertake this project.
1-12-2006 at 09:57
by: Drunkguy
chemicals and elements available
The only thing other than chemicals which are clearly listed, is that sending hazardous material by ...
1-12-2006 at 09:30
by: Drunkguy
Thallium poisoning
Oh they do, and its only a metter of time before the nuclear bomb explodes :o
30-11-2006 at 14:57
by: Drunkguy
Acetic anhydride preparation
On wiki though this reaction is possible where they use thionyl chloride although the by-products ar ...
30-11-2006 at 14:40
by: Drunkguy
Acetic anhydride preparation
Anybody know if this reaction is feasible:

S2Cl2 + 2RCO2H -> 2RCOCl + SO2 + H2S

If one has ...
30-11-2006 at 09:56
by: Drunkguy
making sodium carbonate
Btw 'Soda Crystals' at the supermarket are very cheap but its full of junk. Dont use these.
21-11-2006 at 05:48
by: Drunkguy
making sodium carbonate
My advice is to weigh the amount you put in the oven and then calculate how much weight has been los ...
21-11-2006 at 05:46
by: Drunkguy
Decarboxylation of amino acids
Why dont you make sum [url=http://www.selegiline.com/synthesis/index.html]Deprenyl[/url] instead?

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19-11-2006 at 18:37
by: Drunkguy
theoretical amphetamine variants
When I was working on epibatidine type molecules at university, naturally I used to search engine to ...
19-11-2006 at 08:15
by: Drunkguy
Aniline
Aniline can be used to make azodyes. p-DiMe-phenyl-azobenzene gives brightly yellow colored crystals ...
17-11-2006 at 00:58
by: Drunkguy
Acetic anhydride preparation
The article in the quotation is for the Dreyfus procedure. I too liked the look of this but I would ...
15-11-2006 at 03:54
by: Drunkguy
1H NMR predictor
I think programs such as chemdraw and hyperchem have this facility, although I have never used them.
15-11-2006 at 03:25
by: Drunkguy
Vacuum Distillation of H2O2
What do you mean shields? I know acetone peroxide etc are explosive but I hadent realised that H2O2 ...
14-11-2006 at 10:52
by: Drunkguy
toluene --> benzaldehyde
My only concern is that the reaction calls on CO(g), that and I dont know what the storage of AlCl3 ...
14-11-2006 at 10:45
by: Drunkguy
organic chemistry homework help
2-b since only a single chiral carbon in product

5. This is carbene chemistry and is related to t ...
13-11-2006 at 10:46
by: Drunkguy
toluene --> benzaldehyde
I understand that the cassia oil method works because of a retro-aldol. I was just wondering if this ...
13-11-2006 at 09:34
by: Drunkguy
LiAlH4 vs NaBH4
You dont have to use special drying agents, just the best that you have at your disposal.

Sure i ...
12-11-2006 at 16:19
by: Drunkguy
Separation of diastereomers.
15cm diameter for 'such a large batch' as 2g? WTF

Well if the TLC spots of the two diasteromers a ...
11-11-2006 at 12:32
by: Drunkguy
addition to alkenes
1. Hydroboration - anti Markovnikov (opposite from oxymercuration)

2. (b) Tertiary carbocation in ...
5-11-2006 at 15:47
by: Drunkguy
Good news from Dr. Nichols: 1-Aminomethylbenzocycloalkanes
Uh, a 20% yield is got in that reaction although they dont comment on how the aryne was generated. H ...
5-11-2006 at 07:15
by: Drunkguy
Good news from Dr. Nichols: 1-Aminomethylbenzocycloalkanes
I also uploaded a new book today.

The aryne mechanism is certainly valid with acylonitrile.

T ...
5-11-2006 at 06:40
by: Drunkguy
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