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my crackpot theory of brominations in acetic acid
Hmm, yes it appears as though I spoke without reading the attached links carefully enough. Such as t ...
20-10-2023 at 12:37
by: SyntheticFunk
my crackpot theory of brominations in acetic acid
Hi clearly_not_atara . I’ve often come across your name on these forums over the years of lurking. ...
16-10-2023 at 18:51
by: SyntheticFunk
Enolate arylation without palladium?
Just wanted to add I've had success with the diazonium based method using n-butyl nitrite instead of ...
11-8-2023 at 23:50
by: SyntheticFunk
Nitromethane production
[rquote=686542&tid=159790&author=unionised]
And the problem there is that the reaction goes ...
10-8-2023 at 12:01
by: SyntheticFunk
Nitromethane production
What unionised is likely alluding to is difficulty of working with chloromethane due to its low boil ...
10-8-2023 at 06:37
by: SyntheticFunk
Do I retain stereochemistry, alcohol>tosylate>halide?
Good point Texium, I had overlooked the fact that **the carbon of** primary alcohols can’t be chir ...
7-8-2023 at 11:41
by: SyntheticFunk
Do I retain stereochemistry, alcohol>tosylate>halide?
It’s an inversion.

When substituting a functional group, it will either racemize due to a carbo ...
6-8-2023 at 21:42
by: SyntheticFunk
Enolate arylation without palladium?
As was pointed out above, copper can be used for alpha arylation of enolates without the need of exo ...
6-8-2023 at 10:43
by: SyntheticFunk
Synthesis of Propylene Oxide (2-methyloxirane, 2-epoxypropane, etc.) via Chlorohydrin Intermediate
Hello my fellow chemists.

My ultimate goal here is to produce propylene oxide. I’ve read some p ...
2-8-2023 at 11:54
by: SyntheticFunk
*Anhydrous* Zinc Chloride in Concentrated HCl?
One method I came across and tried was the bubbling of dry HCl gas into a flask containing DCM and z ...
23-5-2023 at 23:38
by: SyntheticFunk
Bromide salt prices
Yes it is unfortunately similarly expensive where I live as well in Canada. It's also recently been ...
20-5-2023 at 22:47
by: SyntheticFunk
Synthesis of (Prop-2-en-1-yl)benzene: A Catalyst Free Suzuki-Like Coupling
Thanks for contributing this! Wasn't aware. I've read that the preparation of organic boronic acids ...
19-5-2023 at 19:00
by: SyntheticFunk
Synthesis of (Prop-2-en-1-yl)benzene: A Catalyst Free Suzuki-Like Coupling
Pardon the IUPAC name, the intent is to make it slightly more difficult for cooks to come across. No ...
16-5-2023 at 05:37
by: SyntheticFunk
Synthesis of Nitrotoluene
[rquote=680654&tid=159254&author=Keras]I didn't know sulphuric acid was need for mono-nitrat ...
15-5-2023 at 01:10
by: SyntheticFunk
Acetaldehyde synthesis
[rquote=681056&tid=55&author=Parakeet]I recently synthesized acetaldehyde by the oxidation o ...
1-2-2023 at 10:42
by: SyntheticFunk
Synthesis of Nitrotoluene
Thank you for the warm welcome CouchHatter and Fery! I've been a long time lurker and thought it was ...
25-1-2023 at 01:12
by: SyntheticFunk
Replacement for acetonitrile in oxone oxidation
[rquote=680667&tid=159251&author=clearly_not_atara]I've been aware of the ruthenium methodol ...
23-1-2023 at 10:46
by: SyntheticFunk
Replacement for acetonitrile in oxone oxidation
Not necessarily! There are some protocols that form the diol with permanganate first or osmium tetro ...
23-1-2023 at 07:30
by: SyntheticFunk
Replacement for acetonitrile in oxone oxidation
Keras to my knowledge it is not a major explosion hazard, at least no more explosive than most other ...
23-1-2023 at 06:55
by: SyntheticFunk
Replacement for acetonitrile in oxone oxidation
Not only can Oxone and KMnO4 do it, but there is a NaIO4/RuCl3 system that is also capable of cleavi ...
22-1-2023 at 11:20
by: SyntheticFunk
Synthesis of Nitrotoluene
Hi all. This is my first post on Sciencemadness so I apologize if I commit any errors of etiquette o ...
22-1-2023 at 10:46
by: SyntheticFunk

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