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Nickel Boride Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde
Are you sure you got the hydrocinnamaldehyde, and not cinnamyl alcohol? I wouldn't expect the two a ...
16-5-2025 at 08:00
by: DraconicAcid
Copper (I) Chloride + Bleach → Copper (II) oxide?
With sulphite, you can get Chevreul's salt. You need more HCl to turn that into CuCl.
15-5-2025 at 12:13
by: DraconicAcid
Copper (I) Chloride + Bleach → Copper (II) oxide?
Agreed. You can wash it with de-aerated ethanol.

I seem to recall reading that you can also use ...
13-5-2025 at 14:00
by: DraconicAcid
Aryl halides to phenols
I was always taught that Grignards will react with dry oxygen to give oxides that hydrolyze to alcoh ...
13-5-2025 at 13:53
by: DraconicAcid
Illumina-Chemie-Forum-Meeting 2025
Dang. I'm going to miss it.
6-5-2025 at 07:49
by: DraconicAcid
Tryptophan copper chelate formation
You get two amino acid anions coordinating to each copper.
30-4-2025 at 15:17
by: DraconicAcid
Separating a mixture containing solvents and a dissolved solid that sublimes
Eugenol can be removed with liquid-liquid extraction with sodium hydroxide.

You might have better ...
29-4-2025 at 22:56
by: DraconicAcid
Friedel-Crafts using Alkene or Alkyne Halides
The FC mechanism involves the formation of a carbocation. Allyl chloride should work fine, as it fo ...
29-4-2025 at 06:42
by: DraconicAcid
Chinese glassware and current events
Have it shipped to a friend in Canada or Mexico, and smuggle it home after visiting them?

Actuall ...
24-4-2025 at 18:49
by: DraconicAcid
Crucible for NaOH fusion
I got nickel crucibles off of AliExpress that worked fine for me.
22-4-2025 at 16:32
by: DraconicAcid
Osmium ring is beautiful, but is it toxic ?
[rquote=700416&tid=161029&author=bnull]
Unless you're sweating halogens or phosphorus (I do ...
18-4-2025 at 11:51
by: DraconicAcid
Osmium ring is beautiful, but is it toxic ?
I used to work with someone who made osmium carbonyl compounds in his research. Any time he made a ...
18-4-2025 at 10:42
by: DraconicAcid
Osmium ring is beautiful, but is it toxic ?
I still have nightmares about the stench of osmium compounds.
18-4-2025 at 08:54
by: DraconicAcid
Hexachlorocyclopropane
I'm not an expert on the Reimer-Tiemann rxn, but I suspect DCM wouldn't be acidic enough to form the ...
12-4-2025 at 11:26
by: DraconicAcid
Ligroin-where'd that name come from?
I'd guess that it's "white naphtha" simply because it was colourless (rather than the dingy yellow o ...
11-4-2025 at 15:55
by: DraconicAcid
Anything interesting worth doing with styrofoam peanuts?
I've wanted to try t-butylating it, then oxidizing it to t-butylbenzoic acid. Haven't gotten around ...
23-3-2025 at 16:16
by: DraconicAcid
Elemental sulfur from CS2
I thought I posted this once already, but xanthates and thiocarbonates are definitely cool.
18-3-2025 at 13:07
by: DraconicAcid
Furfurylidene acetone
[rquote=699815&tid=160945&author=clearly_not_atara][quote]Has anyone any experience of the r ...
17-3-2025 at 20:00
by: DraconicAcid
Synthesis of Modafinil
I'm a bit surprised that basic zinc will reduce the ketone to an alcohol. Every organic class I've ...
17-3-2025 at 17:12
by: DraconicAcid
Synthesis of Modafinil
I think I was prescribed some of that once- it didn't work for me. But I wonder if it would make co ...
16-3-2025 at 15:09
by: DraconicAcid
Furfurylidene acetone
I haven't tried that exact reaction, but keeping the reaction mixture cold is recommended for all th ...
16-3-2025 at 12:13
by: DraconicAcid
phenoxyacetone
When KMnO4 quoted Illegal Parkinson, his words got changed into something resembling Polish. Weird.
16-3-2025 at 09:06
by: DraconicAcid
Mixed cobalt oxide
For the last couple of years, we've used V2O5 in one of our undergraduate labs- dissolve it in base, ...
13-3-2025 at 09:32
by: DraconicAcid
Mixed cobalt oxide
Cobalt(III) isn't stable without the right ligands. Aqueous cobalt(III) will readily decompose to g ...
12-3-2025 at 09:31
by: DraconicAcid
Elemental sulfur from CS2
[rquote=699584&tid=160925&author=teodor]Why not use it to prepare thiocarbonates and purify ...
6-3-2025 at 14:42
by: DraconicAcid
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