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Distillation with rubber stoppers

Regular Chemistry Glassware? Great stuff, and it used to be as cheap as dirt. Very, very useful. ...
11-4-2026 at 16:27
by: zed
Where to have lab if not apartment? RV?
In the USA, explosives laws, and chemical laws, can be pretty permissive. Perhaps on account of ave ...
8-4-2026 at 18:14
by: zed
I'm in a bit of a pickle. I could use some advise please
Oh, mount a (2-footlong?) upright wooden rod onto your floor. Use it as a guide rail. Place the ...
8-4-2026 at 17:31
by: zed
Crossed-aldol formation of dehydrozingerone and an experimental attempt at a novel hydrogenation
Ah, a misunderstanding. The bottom illustration in your introduction showed a ketone being reduced ...
31-3-2026 at 16:07
by: zed
Aroma chemistry: Cinnamaldehyde via glycidic acid to phenylacetaldehyde utilising Oxone
Umm. If'n you're lookin' to produce Phenylacetaldehyde from Cinnamaldehyde is might be possible to ...
28-3-2026 at 14:30
by: zed
Crossed-aldol formation of dehydrozingerone and an experimental attempt at a novel hydrogenation
Ummm. Generally speaking, Ketones are resistant to Hydrogenation. Though they might prove reduceab ...
28-3-2026 at 13:55
by: zed
Nitroethane synthesis trouble
Oh, perhaps it is peppermint oil in turpentine. Meaning Menthone is present. High boiling solvent ...
27-3-2026 at 14:50
by: zed
Nitroethane synthesis trouble
Ummm. On my advice, my buddy Dr. Crazy Fingers, once attempted a similar method method of decarbox ...
26-3-2026 at 16:33
by: zed
Nitroethane synthesis trouble
The oxidization of Ethylamine via Sodium Perborate, in glacial acetic acid, might produce Nitroethan ...
25-3-2026 at 18:05
by: zed
Acetaldehyde synthesis
Times change. Usta be you could buy a liter of acetaldehyde (mail order) fer maybe 20 bucks (delive ...
10-3-2026 at 17:22
by: zed
Nitroethane synthesis trouble
Well, the diazotization of Alanine and the subsequent production of the A-Chloro-propionic ester, et ...
9-3-2026 at 15:24
by: zed
Nitroethane synthesis trouble
An Alanine oxidation process producing 3-Nitropropionic Acid? That seems very unlikely. Unless, of ...
7-3-2026 at 16:39
by: zed
Nitroethane synthesis trouble
And now, for something completely different!

A feller on-line claims he consulted an AI program, ...
6-3-2026 at 15:08
by: zed
(R-OH →) R-Cl → RH (one pot? amine presence?)
Seems to me I've seen such a procedure, but it involves replacing that -OH group with Iodine, and re ...
3-3-2026 at 19:10
by: zed
Aroma chemistry: Cinnamaldehyde via glycidic acid to phenylacetaldehyde utilising Oxone
Have you actually succeeded with this oxidation?

A similar experiment of oxidizing Cinnamaldehyde ...
3-3-2026 at 18:31
by: zed
Piperonal from Ethylvanillin
Hnuh?

How did you produce 5-Hydroxyeugenol?
6-2-2026 at 17:28
by: zed
H2O2 oxidations with molybdate catalyst
Ummm. Touchy subject.

Generally speaking, oxidations can be hard to control. If the agent has a ...
1-12-2025 at 17:07
by: zed
Any Organic Synth. in the UK
Geeze, we used to have lots of guys from the UK.

There may have been some attrition though.

At ...
17-11-2025 at 16:31
by: zed
Catalysts to help NaBH4 reduce amides
Niklas, what are you trying to make? Be more specific.

Also, I haven't worked with Nickel Boride ...
17-11-2025 at 16:23
by: zed
77.5% formic acid
Ummm. Personally, I have concerns about concentrating Formic Acid beyond normal concentrations. I ...
4-11-2025 at 18:01
by: zed
Catalysts to help NaBH4 reduce amides
Well, it isn't done often, but NaBH4 and Aluminum Chloride, form a complex that will reduce Amides. ...
4-11-2025 at 17:46
by: zed
REQUIRED - Red Phosphorus [acquisition and safe use]
I appreciate that many members are hesitant to confess their country of origin, but it makes a huge ...
12-8-2025 at 18:44
by: zed
Osmium ring is beautiful, but is it toxic ?
Ummm. Atara, I don't know where you are, but clearly you are not in the USA. Here, I can buy aceti ...
12-8-2025 at 18:23
by: zed
Help With LAH Reduction Yields
Umm. This reduction is well documented. But, it is usually performed in Diethyl Ether. So why wou ...
6-8-2025 at 18:43
by: zed
DRY HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS
Ummm. Dripping Hydrochloric Acid into Concentrated Sulfuric Acid is a traditional method to produce ...
22-7-2025 at 17:18
by: zed
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