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Preparation of p-dibromobenzene from bromobenzene and bromine
Well, carbon disulphide is totally apolar of course, so is carbon tetrachloride but there are both v ...
14-4-2026 at 00:38
by: Keras
Preparation of p-dibromobenzene from bromobenzene and bromine
Apparently you can use DCM for Friedels-Craft reactions. Chloroform can be acted upon by aluminium c ...
13-4-2026 at 22:42
by: Keras
The Impossible search for sulfuric acid in the uk
MSA (MethaneSulphonicAcid) is a good (and ‘greener’) alternative to sulphuric acid, is not subje ...
13-4-2026 at 04:49
by: Keras
Silver plating mixtures
[rquote=706022&tid=161566&author=Sulaiman]because silver is a slightly better conductor than ...
23-3-2026 at 04:55
by: Keras
Nitrotoluene / Toluidine
Ok thanks! Apparently the red colour that appears during the nitration reaction and persists, especi ...
23-3-2026 at 03:10
by: Keras
Silver plating mixtures
Folks,

I've been trying recently to find out how one can silver plate copper things without using ...
23-3-2026 at 01:27
by: Keras
Nitrotoluene / Toluidine
Folks,

While I've (temporarily) turned my attention to silver plating (another thread), I’m sti ...
23-3-2026 at 00:52
by: Keras
Methanesulfonic acid for nitration mixtures
[rquote=705700&tid=161497&author=clearly_not_atara]In order to protonate nitric acid (-> ...
23-3-2026 at 00:28
by: Keras
Na in NaOH? Viable way?
You can make K from KOH using Mg and tert-butanol in a way that NurdRage demonstrated in one of his ...
10-2-2026 at 02:54
by: Keras
Methanesulfonic acid for nitration mixtures
[rquote=705526&tid=161497&author=Metacelsus]Green is from N2O3.[/rquote]

I thought this w ...
1-2-2026 at 01:25
by: Keras
Methanesulfonic acid for nitration mixtures
So I did mix methanesulphonic acid with potassium nitrate, heated and distilled the resulting produc ...
30-1-2026 at 13:01
by: Keras
Methanesulfonic acid for nitration mixtures
Thanks to both of you for your input.

I suspect you’re both right: the pKa difference is not bi ...
22-1-2026 at 01:26
by: Keras
Methanesulfonic acid for nitration mixtures
[rquote=705390&tid=161497&author=bnull]Did you use an excess of potassium nitrate?[/rquote]
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19-1-2026 at 22:37
by: Keras
Methanesulfonic acid for nitration mixtures
I redissolved potassium nitrate into methanesulphonic acid and let the mix heat up to 50/60 °C and ...
19-1-2026 at 06:41
by: Keras
Methanesulfonic acid for nitration mixtures
Folks,
I’m attempting to nitrate toluene using a mixture of 70% methanesulphonic acid and potassi ...
18-1-2026 at 08:39
by: Keras
Glassware For Sale from previous Organic Chemistry/Biotechnology laboratory (!) Updates progressively
Some 14/23 items might interest me. Especially the 50 mL RBF and some other stuff.
11-1-2026 at 05:43
by: Keras
Binaphthyl and perylene
Thanks a lot of all this material. I’ll try and make good use of it.
I might end up buying some s ...
9-1-2026 at 00:42
by: Keras
Binaphthyl and perylene
Thanks a lot! I’m pretty limited when it comes to book searching.
Of course, I could also simply ...
6-1-2026 at 23:09
by: Keras
Binaphthyl and perylene
Well, I also found this article but it is uses a lot of weird reactants: LiAH, diazomethane, benzyl ...
5-1-2026 at 08:06
by: Keras
Binaphthyl and perylene
That’s a good idea, yes. I tend (probably like others) to take Wikipedia™ as gospel.

In any ...
5-1-2026 at 03:07
by: Keras
Binaphthyl and perylene
Thanks for the pointer! As usual, you’re such a reliable adviser! :)

The Wikipedia™ page for ...
4-1-2026 at 23:14
by: Keras
Binaphthyl and perylene
Folks,

I know several (old) threads have been dedicated to the synthesis of perylene, but none of ...
4-1-2026 at 00:05
by: Keras
Issues Loading the SM Website
It seems to be better since a couple of days. Might be the server which ran out of VM?
22-11-2025 at 11:33
by: Keras
Sensitizing Nitrogen Triiodide
[rquote=704183&tid=161394&author=Radiums Lab]So are we getting NaNO2? That's intresting for ...
22-11-2025 at 02:35
by: Keras
nitration of xylene using HNO3/DCM mixture
Wow this is old, but thinking back about it I wonder.

Nitration under mild conditions (~20 °C) o ...
7-11-2025 at 23:42
by: Keras
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