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Problem when trying to vacuum distil a compound.
Is it definitely offgassing or just violently boiling under the vacuum.
I have done fractional vacu ...
12-12-2025 at 03:55
by: greenlight
Tackling TNAZ with pics
Light tinge of yellow yes.

Ive just seen a video of someone getting the same orange colour with a ...
7-12-2025 at 09:50
by: greenlight
Step 2: 2-Tert-butylaminomethyl-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol hydrochloride
An aqueous acidic solution of 10.40 ml of 32% hydrochloric acid in 62.20 ml of distilled water was m ...
7-12-2025 at 08:38
by: greenlight
Issues Loading the SM Website
Are the downtimes going to get increasingly longer until one day it never comes back?

Was quite w ...
5-12-2025 at 20:08
by: greenlight
Tackling TNAZ with pics
Final dried yield from step one is 111.84 grams. This corresponds to ~80%.
I believe the loss of ...
26-11-2025 at 07:23
by: greenlight
Tackling TNAZ with pics
Thanks, so far so good but its early days, there are still four steps.

Product is currently dryin ...
21-11-2025 at 19:11
by: greenlight
Step 1: 3-Tert-butyl-5-hydrpxymethyl-5-nitrotetrahydro-1,3-oxazine
Thankyou Radium's lab, i feel some luck will be needed.

The first reaction is a Mannich condensat ...
21-11-2025 at 08:41
by: greenlight
Tackling TNAZ with pics
Yes, Axt is correct, it seems the first and second step are high yielding then it becomes a challeng ...
21-11-2025 at 05:59
by: greenlight
Tackling TNAZ with pics
This particular energetic compound has been on my to-do list for a long time now.

TNAZ or 1,3,3 ...
20-11-2025 at 09:08
by: greenlight
Magnesium powder from magnesium ingots
I have heard venting times ranging from every two hours to once a day when milling magnesium.

May ...
14-11-2025 at 09:08
by: greenlight
Easy SMX
Really impressive work!


Would be very interested to see how it goes in a melting point apparatu ...
6-11-2025 at 10:15
by: greenlight
Which chemicals do you NOT want to have at home ?
[rquote=703507&tid=161323&author=MrDoctor]For me, its toluene and DCM, which i do have, and ...
4-10-2025 at 02:42
by: greenlight
I ordered chemicals from TEMU so you don’t have to…
That is more than unsatisfactory.
They could have at least made it a DIY kit and included sufuric ...
24-9-2025 at 09:22
by: greenlight
Trinitrotoluene preparation
Glad I could help. The hobby of the chemistry of energetics is challenging, especially with sourci ...
16-9-2025 at 07:53
by: greenlight
Trinitrotoluene preparation
Yes you definitely never leave a reaction unattended, especially one of this sort.

The flask bein ...
15-9-2025 at 09:34
by: greenlight
Trinitrotoluene preparation
Yes, bubbling dry air over a period of time results in completely colourless fuming nitric acid. I ...
14-9-2025 at 08:58
by: greenlight
Trinitrotoluene preparation
Due to the melting point you observed, it is definitely nitrated to a higher degree than mononitroto ...
13-9-2025 at 07:29
by: greenlight
Trinitrotoluene preparation
I had a similar issue to you years ago. Tried a three step process and did not use fuming nitric or ...
12-9-2025 at 09:51
by: greenlight
Looking for heating Mantles Australia
I think you would be fairly safe with domestic shipping. I just looked at the prices and I see what ...
2-9-2025 at 08:19
by: greenlight
Acetic anhydride preparation
I just completed a second attempt at the follwing:

1. Benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde via oxidatio ...
9-8-2025 at 07:17
by: greenlight
Acetic anhydride preparation
Hello Fery,

Interesting, so your saying that if acetic anhydride is produced, it will undergo fur ...
20-6-2025 at 09:29
by: greenlight
Phosphorus pentoxide dehydration final attempt
I decided to attempt dehydration of glacial acetic acid with phosphorus pentoxide one more time befo ...
18-6-2025 at 03:15
by: greenlight
How to make white fuming nitric acid from red fuming for rdx synthesis
[rquote=701015&tid=161091&author=nitropyrotech][rquote=700982&tid=161091&author=gree ...
30-5-2025 at 19:25
by: greenlight
How to make white fuming nitric acid from red fuming for rdx synthesis
Second that, much better to go hexamine dinitrate first and then to RDX.

As for the dry air metho ...
28-5-2025 at 09:05
by: greenlight
Acetic anhydride preparation
[rquote=698923&tid=9&author=hedgeberg]@greenlight try seeing if the distillate solidifies if ...
8-2-2025 at 08:50
by: greenlight
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