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Synthesis of tris(tert-butyl) alcohol
Triphenylmethanol is definitely something I'd like to try but I don't have bromobenzene or benzene, ...
17-9-2016 at 03:19
by: Romain
The Diaphragm Chronicles
Very interested in this topic, I'm looking to make a chlor-alkali cell too. Regarding flower pots:
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17-9-2016 at 03:14
by: Romain
Synthesis of tris(tert-butyl) alcohol
Ah I didn't know grignard reagents could reduce sterically hindered ketones! So there's a definite n ...
16-9-2016 at 09:19
by: Romain
Synthesis of tris(tert-butyl) alcohol
Thanks I found it!

As you said the yield is low unfortunately.

The authors state that the alky ...
16-9-2016 at 07:07
by: Romain
Synthesis of tris(tert-butyl) alcohol
Wow didn't even know there was a database like Reaxys! Apparently my uni has access to it so that wi ...
16-9-2016 at 05:41
by: Romain
Synthesis of tris(tert-butyl) alcohol
Hello everyone,

I've been wanting to make the compound mentioned in the title for some time now ( ...
15-9-2016 at 08:02
by: Romain
KMnO4 from manganese metal electrodes: A paper and my results.
While looking for a method to prepare permanganates, I came across a paper from 1921 titled "The Ele ...
1-9-2016 at 07:50
by: Romain
Copper Acetate from Copper Sulfate
If you have access to sodium hydroxide, you might want to make copper oxide by adding a slight exces ...
27-8-2016 at 05:05
by: Romain
Table salt heating bath?
Ok, I tried the salt bath and it doesn't work very well.

I tried distilling water from a 250 ml R ...
14-1-2016 at 12:27
by: Romain
Table salt heating bath?
Aluminium is a good idea! I couldn't find the cut wire pieces you were talking about on eBay, do you ...
2-1-2016 at 12:35
by: Romain
Table salt heating bath?
I've thought about copper powder bath too but I don't have any copper powder. I do have about 1.5kg ...
31-12-2015 at 04:03
by: Romain
Table salt heating bath?
Ok thanks for your replies! I'll be sure to test it when I can.
30-12-2015 at 09:53
by: Romain
Table salt heating bath?
Thanks for your input.

Did you heat enough to melt the sodium chloride (ca. 800°C IIRC)? Why do ...
29-12-2015 at 10:34
by: Romain
Table salt heating bath?
Hi,

I want a way to heat a medium sized round bottom flask (100-500 ml) for a future dry distilla ...
29-12-2015 at 06:54
by: Romain
Druken Aga Challenge (DAC) #3 - Closed (but open to discussion)
A youtube user (Cody'sLab) has had success with making nitric acid via a Birkeland-Eyde reactor: htt ...
29-8-2015 at 07:15
by: Romain
Separation of Caffeine from Fatty Acids
I looked up stearic acid on Wikipedia because it was the first solid saturated fatty acid I could th ...
10-3-2015 at 11:47
by: Romain
Separation of Caffeine from Fatty Acids
Unfortunately I don't have access to a vacuum pump so I can't use sublimation to extract the caffein ...
10-3-2015 at 09:16
by: Romain
Separation of Caffeine from Fatty Acids
Hi everybody,

I recently extracted, using dichloromethane, 820 mg of what looks like reasonably p ...
10-3-2015 at 08:32
by: Romain
Druken Aga Challenge (DAC) #3 - Closed (but open to discussion)
Hey, I just recently found out where to acquire 55 gallons/210 litres polyethylene drums and I thoug ...
14-2-2015 at 12:38
by: Romain
first acid burn?
My only chemical burn was at school, while making soap with NaOH and coconut oil. We were molding th ...
20-12-2014 at 06:00
by: Romain
The Short Questions Thread (4)
Hi, is CaCl2 soluble in dichloromethane? I couldn't find any data on that online.

I want to remov ...
12-12-2014 at 15:33
by: Romain
Nitric acid legality
That's why I'm glad Switzerland is not part of the EU... Though it may still be illegal in Switzerla ...
9-12-2014 at 07:32
by: Romain
Bad days in the lab or with glassware?
I broke my 2 250 ml beakers... Now I'm stuck with 100 ml and 600 ml beakers, nothing in between...
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4-12-2014 at 23:50
by: Romain
List some BAD chemistry YouTube videos
That's the worst video ever in terms of security... Not even in my worst nightmare do I handle aceto ...
24-11-2014 at 13:55
by: Romain
Benzoyl peroxide extraction - polymerization of the solvent?
I put some of the black liquid in a test tube and heated it to it's boiling point. It didn't seem to ...
24-11-2014 at 13:33
by: Romain
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