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We should start a petition to remove iodine as a List I drug precursor in the US
Iodine is definitely one of the most interesting, useful, and versatile chemicals any amateur experi ... |
21-10-2017 at 05:22
by: chemplayer... |
CuSO4, Bromides, Neurotoxic Gas (LONG POST)
Very likely to be a combination of an acute reaction to bromoacetone, a shock-type reaction in respo ... |
13-10-2017 at 01:37
by: chemplayer... |
phenyl acetic acid from phenylalanine
Just as a note, and Magpie mentioned this in another thread, but we've not been able to repeat the r ... |
21-9-2017 at 19:34
by: chemplayer... |
Encrypted Lab Notebook
External HD encrypted disc + independently encrypted file containing lab notes (in excel using salte ... |
7-8-2017 at 01:38
by: chemplayer... |
OTC Oxalyl Chloride Challenge
Interesting challenge! We tried directly chlorinating anhydrous oxalic acid with PCl3 and this didn' ... |
25-6-2017 at 22:44
by: chemplayer... |
Preparation of Copper (I) oxide from copper?
Have a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVD4fjs8Umk
You're almost certainly going to have to ... |
18-5-2017 at 21:47
by: chemplayer... |
Schmidt reaction - advice on solvents
In the end we couldn't get it to work using toluene and we never dared to try with DCM. We were prob ... |
16-5-2017 at 01:39
by: chemplayer... |
pvc distillation apparatus
Great! Watch out for plasticisers though - these compounds are commonly in PVC plastic products and ... |
12-5-2017 at 16:45
by: chemplayer... |
Preserving Chemistry Channels
We wouldn't have a problem posting historical videos to an 'official' SM back-up location (not sure ... |
10-5-2017 at 09:39
by: chemplayer... |
sodium metal extraction - Nurdrage did it!
Back! But no more videos as yet. For that you will have to wait. |
5-5-2017 at 01:29
by: chemplayer... |
synthesis of p-nitro-benzaldehyde
My experience is that benzyl alcohol + nitric acid at any reasonable concentration generates benzald ... |
5-5-2017 at 01:27
by: chemplayer... |
Anhydrous HNO3 from DCM and dry ice
Be careful - the reports we read were that the DCM and nitric acid mixture above a certain (fairly l ... |
4-5-2017 at 06:18
by: chemplayer... |
Vanillin to Piperonal
No unfortunately not - all attempts failed but we think that nickel boride may be a workable path to ... |
3-5-2017 at 08:22
by: chemplayer... |
Bisulfite adduct issues
Try to find a reference for the bisulfite adduct being insoluble... lots of them we've found are act ... |
3-5-2017 at 08:20
by: chemplayer... |
Need pointers on seperating benzaldehyde from benzyl alcohol
Something like that... Be careful with using alcohol as it might just be the sort of thing that coul ... |
3-3-2017 at 22:03
by: chemplayer... |
Need pointers on seperating benzaldehyde from benzyl alcohol
Reduced pressure distillation or the bisulfite addition-product method are really your two options. ... |
2-3-2017 at 06:37
by: chemplayer... |
Prussian Blue from Laundry Bluing
Those needle crystals do indeed look like an oxalate salt.
HCN is famous for having a variety of ... |
10-2-2017 at 19:09
by: chemplayer... |
Reaction byproducts of H2SO4 and NaCl?
On the equation, simplifying a little bit (forgetting ions), think of a salt as a combination of an ... |
10-2-2017 at 17:24
by: chemplayer... |
Decided on a goal - chloramphenicol.
Good luck! This certainly looks like a tough but very interesting challenge!
Lots of awesome pote ... |
10-2-2017 at 16:50
by: chemplayer... |
Purifying anthranilic acid
It is actually quite hard to purify anthranilic acid to the point that it's a nice pale pure powder. ... |
8-2-2017 at 06:13
by: chemplayer... |
How do you get started?
Challenge yourself to find OTC sodium hydroxide (drain un-blocker crystals), DCCA/TCCA (bleach table ... |
8-2-2017 at 02:59
by: chemplayer... |
Benzaldehyde synthesis using aqueous nitric acid
Well done and great write-up.
It would be good to follow-up if possible and let us know how much ... |
5-2-2017 at 05:23
by: chemplayer... |
Texium: Now in Blog Form
Thanks for posting. Neat website, and a great idea.
We wondered whether or not to run a parallel ... |
27-12-2016 at 19:19
by: chemplayer... |
Need ideas!
1. Attempt to demonstrate that linseed oil oxidation can cause spontaneous combustion.
2. The 'benz ... |
25-12-2016 at 05:59
by: chemplayer... |
Synthesis of Sodium Perborate
You need to watch our Christmas special for sodium perborate. The other video was indeed on sodium p ... |
25-12-2016 at 05:51
by: chemplayer... |
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