Getting a trip phasic liquid in my receiver. Water, "dirty toluene"?, Clean top later?
Top picture my makeshift setup. Clausen just in their to give me more reach.
[Edited on 12-19-2020 by arkoma]j_sum1 - 18-12-2020 at 17:27
That's one hell of a way to use a Claisen adapter.arkoma - 18-12-2020 at 18:14
it works!! I've gotten pretty creative with my kit over the years. karlos³ - 18-12-2020 at 21:57
Agreed, thats pretty creative and looks really adventurous.
But hey as long as it works?
Did you write "its not a meth lab" on the whiteboard in the background? arkoma - 18-12-2020 at 23:39
Very astute observation! It's not a meth lab. Any "meth cooks" I ever knew were working with coffeepots, duct tape, garden hose and kitty litter.
They certainly don't have a Corning PC-351!
This Dean-Stark all of a sudden makes sense to me now of how its yanks the water, after sitting here and watching it. Running Dougs Lab procedure for
p-toluenesulphonic acid. another 45 minutes of reflux.....hopefully. Still getting some water coming over.RustyShackleford - 19-12-2020 at 11:10
I used the setup here on the right for the same reaction. It worked and quite well, but it was some hassle getting the temperature right so it was
nicely flowing through the side arm and not bubbling and stuff.
arkoma - 19-12-2020 at 12:07
Well, I've got a yield. Working up now.SuperOxide - 25-12-2020 at 11:53
Damn, that's genius! lol. I was tempted to buy a DS apparatus, but I think your setup may suffice for my setup, haha.
