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Oxalyl Chloride Challenge
My guess is that it would not be unwise to use an inexpensive, disposable reactor when heating anhyd ...
7-7-2021 at 19:02
by: S.C. Wack
New chemical restrictions in Canada?
[rquote=662524&tid=157676&author=Fyndium]Acetone was to be restricted when bought in bigger ...
6-7-2021 at 15:12
by: S.C. Wack
Making alcohol solutions of hydrazine.
Where has hydrazine sulfate been used in this way in the past 130 years?

If something is insolubl ...
2-7-2021 at 17:35
by: S.C. Wack
Extraction of gallic acid
...a fluid ounce doesn't weigh an ounce in the US, like a gallon of water here doesn't weigh 10 poun ...
2-7-2021 at 16:58
by: S.C. Wack
Making alcohol solutions of hydrazine.
Weird how no one else seems to have heard the news.
2-7-2021 at 14:37
by: S.C. Wack
Extraction of gallic acid
FWIW I've been reading some old books on tanning...they say galls without a bug still in them are wo ...
2-7-2021 at 14:15
by: S.C. Wack
Making alcohol solutions of hydrazine.
It seems more likely to be less convenient than that. IIRC the original preparation of anhydrous hyd ...
2-7-2021 at 13:35
by: S.C. Wack
Preparation of NaH from sodium metal.
It's a sign that beta-hydride elimination is a deep organometallic rabbit hole.
29-6-2021 at 14:16
by: S.C. Wack
recovery of iodine from residues
[rquote=662250&tid=157638&author=draculic acid69]Perhaps the alcohol is causing the problem. ...
28-6-2021 at 19:22
by: S.C. Wack
foaming Borax!
Carbonic acid. Perhaps dry CO2 would have no effect. What about borax from the mine, one might ask. ...
28-6-2021 at 14:25
by: S.C. Wack
Is there anything interesting I can do with Urea?
Vogel's is from OS, who in CV2 pg 60 mention other methods, all from urea.

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28-6-2021 at 14:07
by: S.C. Wack
Preparation of NaH from sodium metal.
[rquote=662260&tid=157640&author=draculic acid69]I think that Li reacts with the H2 around 6 ...
28-6-2021 at 13:46
by: S.C. Wack
foaming Borax!
It runs away from fire. If one heats it at the bottom of a crucible, the bottom will soon have no bo ...
27-6-2021 at 12:48
by: S.C. Wack
Preparation of NaH from sodium metal.
Read the literature, room temp in this case US3617218 and the JACS article from the same authors...
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26-6-2021 at 12:48
by: S.C. Wack
What are most dangerous toxic chemicals you are comfortable handling in your home lab?
[rquote=652342&tid=156632&author=roXefeller]It looks like he probably unpacked some chemical ...
26-6-2021 at 12:11
by: S.C. Wack
Chloroform woes
Having done this reaction (and many others) every which way, I suggest sticking to the script writte ...
22-6-2021 at 15:39
by: S.C. Wack
Chemical Resistant Vacuum Tubing?
Glass. Perhaps the inside of other tube can be coated with something.

The best plan would be trap ...
21-6-2021 at 14:40
by: S.C. Wack
Chloroform woes
[rquote=661936&tid=157619&author=Keras]I was thinking about adding solid table salt, or a sa ...
21-6-2021 at 14:29
by: S.C. Wack
Reaction between Potassium Bromate and sulfuric acid?
There is no visible reaction of any kind without heating between the practical grade Na salt and tec ...
21-6-2021 at 14:00
by: S.C. Wack
Chloroform woes
One could shake with a saturated solution of bisulfite and see what happens. The solubility of chlor ...
20-6-2021 at 11:21
by: S.C. Wack
Is there anything interesting I can do with Urea?
"It is said that" would have been the better choice for my wording.
https://www.sciencemadness.org/ ...
20-6-2021 at 11:04
by: S.C. Wack
How to get Hydrobromic acid (HBr) from Br2
HBr can be made with sulfuric acid if the acid is not concentrated and the addition to KBr does not ...
19-6-2021 at 19:11
by: S.C. Wack
What does "drying over" some desiccant mean?
It's always obvious, thus no explanations.
19-6-2021 at 19:04
by: S.C. Wack
Derivatising p-dichlorobenzene through its nitro compound
[rquote=661890&tid=156633&author=Boffis]Another thing that worries me about sodium dithionit ...
19-6-2021 at 15:22
by: S.C. Wack
Is there anything interesting I can do with Urea?
AFAIK the usual directions (Vogel 3rd) either do not scale well or need improvement, and the method ...
17-6-2021 at 18:00
by: S.C. Wack
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