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Nitroethane synthesis trouble
Electro-oxidation of alanine should produce 2-nitropropionic acid, not 3-nitropropionic acid. The 2- ...
7-3-2026 at 16:53
by: clearly_not_atara
OTC liquid product with high % THF
That distillation is going to be a real pain in the ass, though. Maybe you can exploit the reactivit ...
21-2-2026 at 19:44
by: clearly_not_atara
'Trace gas [N2:H2 - 95:5]' - a readily available, non-flammable hydrogen source for catalytic hydrogenation
If you don't mind waiting
19-2-2026 at 20:20
by: clearly_not_atara
Methanesulfonic acid for nitration mixtures
In order to protonate nitric acid (-> NO2+ ion), you need the moles per liter of acid to be great ...
12-2-2026 at 15:31
by: clearly_not_atara
I'm in a bit of a pickle. I could use some advise please
Yeah, no idea about the ramrod. Maybe there's tar involved? You could try heating the whole thing up ...
29-1-2026 at 18:27
by: clearly_not_atara
I'm in a bit of a pickle. I could use some advise please
[rquote=705484&tid=161509&author=Sulaiman]first job is to make the black powder safe
eg f ...
29-1-2026 at 14:55
by: clearly_not_atara
Methanesulfonic acid for nitration mixtures
The problem is you are using the aqueous pKas, but you actually have methanesulfonic acid as the pri ...
21-1-2026 at 16:59
by: clearly_not_atara
Alternative method preparing FeCl3 ?
No. Conditions are all wrong. Even if the reaction Cl2 + Fe2O3 >> FeCl3 + O2 occurs under some ...
17-1-2026 at 18:48
by: clearly_not_atara
Sodium nitrate from CAN
[rquote=705274&tid=161484&author=Nemo_Tenetur]Google AI say it´s possible. I´ve never trie ...
12-1-2026 at 10:22
by: clearly_not_atara
Anhydrous MnCl2 is easy to make?
I think it just comes down to temperature control. If you overheat it you may get some Mn3O4 contami ...
23-12-2025 at 09:16
by: clearly_not_atara
Acetonitrile form Ammonium acetate
I think the hydrolysis theory makes sense, ammonium phosphate is stable to 300 C ish. Bronsted acids ...
6-12-2025 at 18:25
by: clearly_not_atara
What'd be some lucrative uses of cheap electricity?
How are you going to move the product? You can't just become a chemical vendor without even a permit ...
1-12-2025 at 14:09
by: clearly_not_atara
Cheap, non-toxic and low-waste plant extractions?
A pretty common technique I've seen used in the literature is to perform an alcohol extract, dry to ...
25-11-2025 at 15:27
by: clearly_not_atara
Easy sulfite ion in a pinch...
[rquote=704382&tid=161412&author=bnull]Liquid sulfur dioxide dissolves quite a few salts, es ...
25-11-2025 at 15:24
by: clearly_not_atara
Catalysts to help NaBH4 reduce amides
You are right, it is a little more complicated than that :D

https://academic.oup.com/bcsj/article ...
19-11-2025 at 18:10
by: clearly_not_atara
Aluminium powder creation
Lol I'm glad nobody set their blender on fire. Aluminum is very malleable and aluminum oxide is very ...
18-11-2025 at 08:14
by: clearly_not_atara
Acetonitrile form Ammonium acetate
I'm impressed and of course mildly surprised that you seem to be the first amateur to even attempt t ...
17-11-2025 at 15:48
by: clearly_not_atara
Acetic anhydride preparation
I think there are other ways to separate them, like by crystallization. You could chill and mix with ...
6-11-2025 at 19:06
by: clearly_not_atara
Catalysts to help NaBH4 reduce amides
Zinc borohydride is a preferred reductant for amides IIRC. ZnCl2 must be anhydrous.
5-11-2025 at 06:40
by: clearly_not_atara
Comparison of (relatively) inert atmospheres for preventing oxidation?
Nitrogen (dry) definitely beats argon (humid), except under very weird circumstances. Argon is more ...
2-11-2025 at 19:01
by: clearly_not_atara
NaClO4 / NaTi2(PO4)3 / Na4Fe3(PO4)2P2O7 aqueous dual-ion battery
The battery in chapter 2 of the PhD thesis is much more approachable than the one in chapter 3. The ...
27-10-2025 at 18:59
by: clearly_not_atara
Sodium Borohydride synthesis at room temp
[rquote=703821&tid=158235&author=bnull]What about aluminum boride, AlB[sub]2[/sub], in place ...
20-10-2025 at 08:13
by: clearly_not_atara
Acetanilide nitrosation
I have heard of the generation of AcN(NO)Ph this way, yes. However, IIRC I looked into this specific ...
7-10-2025 at 07:08
by: clearly_not_atara
Acetanilide nitrosation
IIRC nitrosation of this substrate goes to the N-nitrosoamide using N2O3 or similarly powerful nitro ...
6-10-2025 at 06:09
by: clearly_not_atara
The simplest preparation of sulfuric acid?!
https://patents.google.com/patent/US3364202A/en

[quote]1000 k-g./ hour of ammonium bisulfate and ...
5-10-2025 at 15:38
by: clearly_not_atara
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