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Ethyl acetoacetate with Mg(OEt)2 catalyst
j_sum1: I tested the pH, found to be between 8 and 9. When a few drops were shaken with water, it be ...
8-4-2017 at 04:51
by: Geocachmaster
Ethyl acetoacetate with Mg(OEt)2 catalyst
I set out to make some ethyl acetoacetate, typically made by a claisen condensation of ethyl acetate ...
7-4-2017 at 18:43
by: Geocachmaster
Acetyl chloride?

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I've read on the SM wiki and on the acetic anhydride thread that sulfuryl c ...
24-3-2017 at 15:59
by: Geocachmaster
concentrating under vacuum
[rquote=478676&tid=72949&author=LD5050]A vacuum cleaner for a lab pump?! has anyone really d ...
23-3-2017 at 11:44
by: Geocachmaster
How to make 30% hydrogen peroxide?
You should not attempt to distill hydrogen peroxide under normal conditions because it decomposes at ...
22-3-2017 at 12:12
by: Geocachmaster
CaCl2 and ethyl acetate?
About an hour ago I added a few scoops of CaCl2 to ~50ml of ethyl acetate thinking that I would leav ...
21-3-2017 at 17:42
by: Geocachmaster
latest glassware purchase
Large scale chemistry much JJay? :o

I bought a 250ml Soxhlet last month for about $30. I had some ...
20-3-2017 at 14:45
by: Geocachmaster
latest glassware purchase
I just got six 10ml serological pipettes, they were gifts actually. :)



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11-3-2017 at 11:43
by: Geocachmaster
Wonders Of Sodium Carbonate or How to kill an orangutan
Plutonium404 my whole post just got deleted so I'll make it short this time.

Neither of your sour ...
5-3-2017 at 05:42
by: Geocachmaster
sugar dehydration to carbon with alternatives....
If you wanted to try and make + purify carbon "just because," then dehydration is certainly an optio ...
3-3-2017 at 20:22
by: Geocachmaster
Homemade and Repurposed Lab Gear
My first attempts as making glass pipettes. The top two are made from glass droppers (right) and the ...
3-3-2017 at 12:44
by: Geocachmaster
Confused about distillation
I'm adapting a synth of ethyl acetoacetate from [url=http://www.prepchem.com/synthesis-of-acetoaceti ...
3-3-2017 at 08:36
by: Geocachmaster
LAH storage
If you are concerned about fire, sorting the container in a paint can full of sand or kitty litter i ...
3-3-2017 at 03:57
by: Geocachmaster
What is the advantage of short path distillation over normal?
I use short path distillation when:

The boiling point is pretty high (160+)
There is a small amo ...
1-3-2017 at 05:04
by: Geocachmaster
Latest chemical order?
@JJay Hmm, I was going off of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_salicylate]this wiki page[/u ...
28-2-2017 at 14:02
by: Geocachmaster
Latest chemical order?
I bought four bottles of asprin, 560 pills in all, and containing 182g of ASA. Total cost $4.22.

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28-2-2017 at 07:28
by: Geocachmaster
Heptane and Toluene
My first few fractional distillations we complete failures. Like you the temp slowly rose instead of ...
13-2-2017 at 20:36
by: Geocachmaster
Latest chemical order?
@Db33 I thought that Klean Strip M.E.K. substitute wasn't sold anymore. In fact, Klean Strip's websi ...
13-2-2017 at 16:30
by: Geocachmaster
Feedback for First Sulfur Chloride(s) Synth (Failure)

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Above it, an addition funnel of about 10 ml. of 11.82 M HCl solution (calculated out to b ...
12-2-2017 at 14:28
by: Geocachmaster
The Short Questions Thread (4)
5.5cm looks like the best for the adapter I have. 5 and 6cm would work but would be under and over i ...
11-2-2017 at 19:53
by: Geocachmaster
When Chemistry Goes Wrong
I just wanted to use my shiny new Soxhlet extractor. I though maybe esterification with drying agent ...
11-2-2017 at 14:44
by: Geocachmaster
Citric acid to Isopropanol. Possible method?
Despite GreenD saying this would not work, I decided to try it anyway. After all, aga is always comp ...
9-2-2017 at 09:47
by: Geocachmaster
Lab scale contact process for H2SO4 (report)
The most OTC source of sodium metabisulfite is likely from stump remover. Bonide sells a stump out w ...
8-2-2017 at 13:40
by: Geocachmaster
Capacity of soxhlet
I was thinking of buying [url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/162137024802]this[/url] Soxhlet extractor, but ...
7-2-2017 at 12:20
by: Geocachmaster
Homemade and Repurposed Lab Gear
These hotplates are definitely horrible for temperature control with the included thermostat. I find ...
7-2-2017 at 11:34
by: Geocachmaster
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