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Recrystallization and stirring
Ummm. Back when we rode around on dinosaurs, I once crystalized a nitro-olefin via rapid stirring.
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20-3-2024 at 17:31
by: zed
Stainless Steel Reaction Vessels
Umm. Decarboxylation of Sodium Benzoate? Guys often use "tin" cans for this type reaction. Cheap ...
20-3-2024 at 17:15
by: zed
Nitroethane synthesis trouble
Nitroethane is tough to make. Unfortunately, here in the USA, its sale is restricted.

Some of th ...
5-1-2024 at 16:22
by: zed
Is LiH a strong enough base to deprotonate indole
Acetic Anhydride might not be a good choice to protect Indolic Nitrogen. In general, it is not wild ...
6-9-2023 at 17:31
by: zed
Alcohol burner usefulness? Also, some glassware heating questions.
I don't generally use 'em, but they have their uses. The spirit lamp, used in conjunction with a bl ...
15-7-2022 at 23:23
by: zed
Benzene to benzaldehyde conversion
Lots of better ways to make Benzaldehyde. Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol or Chlorination of Toluene, ...
15-7-2022 at 02:36
by: zed
Drying an impossibly deliquescent iminium salt (how stable are iminium salts?)
Ummm. I like to use 100% Ethanol as a desiccant. Just add it to your soupy-salt, and distill off s ...
15-7-2022 at 02:15
by: zed
Homemade and Repurposed Lab Gear
Ummm. My Ringstands finally got built.

Ten pound, Cast iron, weight plates, strongly resisted be ...
14-7-2022 at 21:06
by: zed
Value of gold
Easy enough to make those fancy heavy elements. Just bang a couple of Neutron Stars together, and c ...
16-6-2022 at 07:35
by: zed
Clandestine Chemistry Series
This is a chemistry site, not a drug site.

Various drug synthesis questions are discussed here, b ...
16-6-2022 at 06:12
by: zed
2,5-dimethoxybenzaldehyde question
Easy enough to find out. Try it.
16-6-2022 at 05:53
by: zed
Trinitrotriamminecobalt - Co(NH3)3(NO2)3
Ummm. Should this be posted in "Energetic Materials"?

Seems to me, that a similar material, seve ...
3-6-2022 at 00:31
by: zed
LAH Reduction
Now, chemrox! You know perfectly well, that mailing LiALH4... is against postal regulations!
8-5-2022 at 00:20
by: zed
Some practical questions about Grignard reactions
To my recollection, this type synthesis calls for an addition of the Grignard Reagent to the Nitrile ...
7-5-2022 at 05:24
by: zed
LAH Reduction
Ummm. Blew an addition funnel out of. a flask?

I had a buddy that blew apart a building perfor ...
26-4-2022 at 22:08
by: zed
Can Platinum be used as a hydrogenation catalyst?
In my youth, Platinum was about $300/ Oz.. Palladium was $30-$40/ per Oz..

Gold could be purchas ...
22-4-2022 at 05:31
by: zed
Make Phosphorus from Ca phosphate and Mg powder ?
This is unlikely to produce elemental Phosphorus.

But, if it actually does.... Please post in th ...
15-4-2022 at 02:07
by: zed
How do noble metals rank and compare in terms of inertness for practical laboratory purposes?
As I recall, some of the Nobel Metals resist even Aqua Regia.

Chemical resistance is case by case ...
14-4-2022 at 20:56
by: zed
Attempt to make mercury iodide in hydrochloric acid
I didn't know that. Thank you.
14-4-2022 at 20:28
by: zed
What's the easiest reaction to perform the produces elemental iron?
Easiest reaction? Filing or grinding iron, off of an iron bar.

Buying steel wool at the hardware ...
14-4-2022 at 06:57
by: zed
Attempt to make mercury iodide in hydrochloric acid
Hmmm. On occasion, Mercuric Chloride is useful.

I had been under the impression, that it could o ...
14-4-2022 at 06:45
by: zed
Problems with nitroglycerin synthesis
I would use a published procedure, and follow it carefully.

Moreover, it is very important to pur ...
14-4-2022 at 03:55
by: zed
Conversion of APAAN(α-phenylacetoacetonitrile) into BMK
This process is well known.

Highly illegal in the jurisdictions where most of us live.

Such Ni ...
14-4-2022 at 03:08
by: zed
Determine H2O2 % by density
Hydrometer.
10-4-2022 at 23:05
by: zed
Grignard reaction products ?
You could try it. Be aware, there is a possibility of elimination. The product alcohol, could be d ...
22-3-2022 at 17:07
by: zed
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