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Allyl alcohol in 70% yield
[rquote=313305&tid=27838&author=Heuteufel]I am very impressed by the yields you obtained, ho ...
31-12-2013 at 01:12
by: bleckster
88% yield of allyl alcohol from 95% formic acid
So I tried using oxalic acid for this reaction, however I got the same results as doing it in air--b ...
29-12-2013 at 21:23
by: bleckster
Desiccant that absorbs acetone?
Final report: apparently boric acid was "slightly soluble" enough to absorb the acetone fumes overni ...
20-12-2013 at 18:29
by: bleckster
Desiccant that absorbs acetone?
Sorry, yes it's a vacuum desiccating chamber, however even if it wasn't, a desiccant should eventual ...
19-12-2013 at 17:48
by: bleckster
Desiccant that absorbs acetone?
WGTR: I think you missed where I said that I was drying my salt in a desiccating chamber. ;-)

I a ...
19-12-2013 at 15:48
by: bleckster
Desiccant that absorbs acetone?
Seems like acetone will dissolve just about any liquid, but when it comes to solids I am drawing a b ...
18-12-2013 at 23:05
by: bleckster
Allyl alcohol in 70% yield
Excellent Nicodem, thank you for that--very helpful as I wouldn't have known where to get propylene ...
12-12-2013 at 11:18
by: bleckster
Allyl alcohol in 70% yield
Thank you very much. Yes, I did make the bromide using the procedure in Vogel's. Question though, ...
11-12-2013 at 08:55
by: bleckster
Allyl alcohol in 70% yield
The published methods for allyl alcohol are well known as poorly yielding, with oxalic acid and glyc ...
10-12-2013 at 22:34
by: bleckster
Workbench surface
Thanks for the replies everyone. I forgot that HDPE couldn't take high heat--that's definitely out. ...
26-11-2013 at 22:52
by: bleckster
Workbench surface
I'm building myself a new workbench because I've outgrown the old one and, as I take a look at the v ...
23-11-2013 at 19:41
by: bleckster
Help with base-catalyzed claisen rearrangement of catechol monoallyl ether
Thank you very much in taking the time to respond.

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22-11-2013 at 13:34
by: bleckster
Help on a Williamson Ether Synthesis / Finkelstein
I posted part of this in another thread but I think I went into far too much detail, so I'll try to ...
22-11-2013 at 07:04
by: bleckster
Help with base-catalyzed claisen rearrangement of catechol monoallyl ether
I'm attempting to synthesize vanitrope (3-hydroxy-4-ethoxy-1-propenylbenzene) by producing the monoa ...
20-11-2013 at 15:22
by: bleckster
Dehydrating sodium carbonate
Also, I believe I mentioned that I made a saturated solution when doing the pH test. 2 grams dissol ...
16-11-2013 at 00:14
by: bleckster
Dehydrating sodium carbonate
Duh, you know what, I should have looked for its decomposition temperature (400°C) and that would h ...
15-11-2013 at 23:51
by: bleckster
Dehydrating sodium carbonate
Hi there,

I bought some anhydrous sodium carbonate from someone on eBay and I suspect it might no ...
13-11-2013 at 21:27
by: bleckster

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