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mental block need ideas

ThatchemistKid - 7-1-2011 at 00:17

Today I was very excited to have some free time to run some reactions, I have a great selection of things to choose from , from the Claisen condensation, to the Wolff-Kishner reduction, to the Eschweiler-Clarke reaction, to Wohl-Aue reaction. but For some reason today I just had a complete mental block and Could not for the life of me figure out what I wanted to do or what to do.
So Here I will post a list of the chemicals I have on hand and see if anyone has any interesting ideas for reactions, any ideas will be appreciated thanks.

Organic Chemicals:
1,1,1-trichloro-2-methyl-2-propanol
1,3-Di(tetradecanoyloxy)propan-2-yl tetradecanoate (Trimystrin) 15 grams
1,4-Benzoquinone 40 grams
1-[5-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-1-oxo-2,4-pentadienyl]piperidine .2 grams
2,2'-Bis(2,3-dihydro-3-oxoindolyliden) in solution (indigo) ~ 4 mls
2-propane thiol / 2-propanol 15 mls
2-propane thiol 20 mls
2-propyl acetate\ 10 mls
2-propyl bromide 50 mls
4-(6-methoxy-2-naphtyl)-3-buten-2-one 8 grams
4',6Diamidino-2phenylindole dihydrochloride (~1mg or less)
4-hydroxy-3-methoxy benzaldhyde 65 grams
Acetanilide ~ .8 grams
acetometophine 5 grams
acetyl salcylic acid 50 grams
acetylaldehyde very small amount
acrolein 10 mls
ally-isothio cyanate (mustard extract)
analine 5 mls
B-Naphthol ~ 3 grams
Bromoform ~ 4 mls
bromothylblue 15 mls
Caffine ~ .1 grams
calcium oxalate ~ .3 grams
catnip extract ~ 1ml
cinnamaldehyde ~ 5 mls
Dichloro para benzene ~ 1.2 pounds
Diethyl amine ( needs to be redistilled) 15 mls
Diethyl oxalate ~ 4 mls
Ethyl salcylate in ethanol ~ 80 mls
ethylformate 20 mls
formaldehyde 200 mls
Glycerine 50 mls
Hexamine ~ 33grams
Iodoform .8 grams
Meta-toluic acid ~ 4 grams
Methyl benzoate in methanol ~ 25 mls
Methyl Cyclohexadiene 5 mls
naphthalene 1 pound
Nitro benzoic acid ortho and para isomers ~ 2 grams
Nitro-benzaldhyde para and ortho isomers ~ 5 grams
nitrobenzene 10 mls
O-toluic acid .75 grams
para-amino phenol HCL 10 grams
phenol/camphor solution ~ 45mls
Piperdine in water: 125 mls
Poly acrylamide 6/8 of an oz
poly Urethane B 1.75 oz
Potassium Oxalate ~ 80 grams
potassium poly acrylate 15 grams
Salcylic acid 15 grams
sodium benzoate 50 grams
Terphthalic acid ~ 15 grams
trichloronitromethane (chloropicrin) 15 mls
Trimethyl borate in methanol solution 25 hmls
urea 3/4 pound
urea hydrogen chloride ~ 80 grams


Inorganic Chemicals and Elements:
[Co(Triethylenetetramine)Cl2]+ 1 gram
[Co(Tris(2-aminoethyl)amine)Cl2]+
1 M magnesium chloride 100 mls
activated carbon 5 grams
AlIII(8-hydroxyquinolinolato)3 5 grams
aluminum 3 micron 420 grams
aluminum acetate 1 gram
aluminum dust de-dusted 1.5 pounds
aluminum hydroxide 4 grams
Aluminum Sulfate (7/8 oz)
aluminum trichloride (hydrated) 70 grams
ammonium chloride solution 20 mls
ammonium Hydrogen carbonate ( sample )
ammonium sulfide in alcohol 10 mls
amorphous boron .3 grams
antimony metal 49 grams
bismuth metal .5 pound
Boron trioxide 1.5 grams
Bromine in toluene ( 5 mls)
Calcium chloride 7/8 oz
calcium fluoride 5 grams
calcium sulfate 4 grams
cerium sulfate 5 grams
chromium metal 20 grams
chromium Trioxide 1 gram
Chromyl chloride 5 mls
cis-dichlorobis(ethylenediamine)cobalt (III) chloride 1 gram
cobalt tetrachloride anion solution 40 mls
Copper nitrate pyrazine bridged polymers (three different isomers) 5 grams total
copper(II) bromide hydrated 8 grams
copper(II) hydroxide 1 gram
copper(II) sulfate hydrated 14/8 oz
Cuprous Chloride 1 gram
nickle chloride powder (hydrate) 5 grams
EuIII(thenoyltrifluoroacetonato)3 (1,10-phenanthroline) 3 grams
gold metal < 1 gram
hydrated aluminum sulfate 20 grams
hydrated copper (II) chloride 10 grams
Hydrated manganese chloride 5 grams
hydrazine sulfate 70 grams
indium metal 1 gram
iodine 30 grams
Iron (II) chloride hydrated 20 grams
Iron acetate .2 grams
iron fillings 5 grams
iron metal 1 gram
Lead metal ~3 pounds
lithcharge ( lead (II) oxide) yellow .3 grams
Lithium carbonate .1 grams
lithium chloride solution 40 mls
lithium metal 6 grams
lithium sulfide .5 grams
magnesium bar 20 grams
magnesium chloride 10 grams
magnesium chloride 2 grams
Magnesium hydroxide 2 grams
Magnesium ribbon 20 grams
magnesium shavings 80 grams
manganese dioxide 10 grams
Nickel 1 gram
Nickle (II) hydroxide hydrated .5 gram
nickle amine complex 20 mls
nickle(II) chloride 20 mls
niobium metal 2 grams
palladium black < 1 gram
potassium bisulfate 15 grams
potassium chloride > 40 pounds
potassium iodide .7 grams
red phosphorus .5 grams
silicon dioxide 3 grams
silver metal 1 gram
silver oxide .5 grams
sodium acetate 40 grams
sodium bisuflate 2.5 kilograms
sodium bromide 17 grams
sodium cuprate solution 200 mls
sodium hexafluorotitanate 5 grams
sodium phosphate 5 grams
sodium sulfate 5 grams
sodium tetra sulfide (poly-sulfides) solution 75 mls
stannous oxide black 10 grams
stanous chloride 15 grams
tantalum metal 1 gram
tin 1 gram
titanium 50 grams
trans-dichlorobis(ethylenediamine)cobalt (III) chloride 15 grams
white phosphorus .1 grams
Yittrium metal 1 gram
yittrium trichloride 1.5 grams
zinc acetate solution 15 mls
zinc chloride solution 1 ml
zinc chloride solution 40 mls
zinc dust 350 grams
zinc hydrogen carbonate 1 gram
zinc hydroxide 3 grams
zinc sulfide 1 gram


Solvents:
1 liter 91% 2-propanol
100mls benzene
1100 mls ethanol (95%)
100mls ethanol (100%)
1liter DMSO
2 liter methanol
2L acetone
500 mls heptane
70 mls heptane/ether
700 mls methyl benzene
700mls dichloromethane
75 mls dry distilled 2-propanol
900 mls 2-butanone
anhydrous ethylene glycol 100 mls
chloroform 40 mls
ethanol Toluene azetrope 100 mls
ethyl acetate 50 mls
nitromethane/methanol azetrope 150 mls

Oxidizers and Pyrotechnics:
52 % calcium hypochlorite > 1 pound
acetone peroxide < .5 gram
ammonium nitrate ( kept slightly wet) 40 grams
antimony tri nitrate 2 grams
bismuth subnitrate 2 grams
carbon activated 50 grams
cellulous trinitrate 1 gramish
Cerric ammonium sulfate hydrated solution 200 mls
copper nitrate hydrated 5 grams
dextrin 150 grams
diliquesent calcium nitrate was solid now 10 mls concentrated solution
ferric nitrate 4 grams
ferric oxide 5 grams
lead nitrate 1 gram
magnesium nitrate 4 grams
magnesium nitrate diliquesnt solid 1 gram/solution
manganese dioxide 300 grams
methyl nitrate desensatized 10 mls
nitro methane 100 mls
picric acid under lots of water 1 gram
potassium chromate 10 mls
potassium dichromate 250 grams
potassium nitrate 5 pounds
potassium permanganate 180 grams
potassium persulfate 80 grams
potassium/sodium chromate 30 grams
siliver nitrate 1M solution 15 mls
Sodium chlorate 30 grams
sodium nitrate 5 grams
sodium nitrite 400 grams
sulfur multiple bottles 2000 grams
thorium nitrate (sample)
Urea nitrate ~ 9 grams
yittrium nitrate 5 grams

Acids:
68% nitric acid 50 mls ( need to make alot more)
HBR azetropic 300 mls
.125 M Fluroboric acid 50 mls
formic acid 700 mls
benzoic acid 20 grams
boric acid 200 grams
glacial acetic acid 150 mls
hydrochloric acid 32% 2 gallons
phosphoric acid concentrated 50 mls
phosphoric acid ~ 30% 100 mls
hydrofluoric acid 3% 280 mls
sulfuric acid 400mls 93 %
chromic acid ~300mls 10% by weight solution

Bulk chemicals:

900 grams glutamic acid
ammonia 10% solution 500 mls
hydrogen peroxide 3% 1 L
nitromethane methanol azetrope 1 gallon
potassium chloride 40 pounds
potassium hydroxide 400 mls
potassium hypochlorite solution 300 mls
sodium bicarbonate 300 grams
sodium bisulfate 2.5 kilograms
sodium chloride 1 pound
sodium cyanide solution 300 mls
sodium hydrogen carbonate 10% solution 900 mls
Sodium Hydroxide 1 pound
sodium hypochlorite 10% 300 mls
sodium percarbonate 2 pounds
sodium phospate 100 grams

turd - 7-1-2011 at 01:58

Seriously?
If you really don't know what to do grab crampons and ice axe and go up the next mountain. Or go scuba diving. Or fishing. Or whatever - just go out and don't waste your time mixing random chemicals. This will give you new ideas.

Tiberius_C - 7-1-2011 at 03:11

When you're back from fishing, might be worthwhile to make some more HNO3. It's a wonderfully useful reagent, & watching it distill into the receiver might prompt your Muse :)

Magic Muzzlet - 7-1-2011 at 08:28

You should find out beforehand however long it takes you which reactions you would like to do, then see if you have the chemicals, and if not, make them from your existing chemicals. I don't know about you, but I almost always have a list of reactions I want to do, and if I don't, then there is probably some reagent I don't have that i could possibly synthesize. It is kind of funny though you listed your whole stockroom and have no idea of anything to do. :D

ThatchemistKid - 7-1-2011 at 08:59

I have a whole list of things I have thought about doing, I need to make more nitric acid, I want do some reductive aminations, make some lactones, make some organometallics via transmetalation of grignard reagents and I also want to play around with some dye chemistry. I am not completely out of ideas, the true point of the post is to kind of see if there are some reactions that I could do that I have missed, is there any set of reactions using my reagents or some of my reagents and some others that I would need to make or buy that would be interesting. I am only looking for suggestions.

As for the climbing a mountain suggestion, truly that sounds beautiful, I really do need to clear my head I feel.

Magic Muzzlet - 7-1-2011 at 09:13

Then why don't you do exactly what you are wanting to do? Syntheses take time, during that time you can further explore for yourself what you are interested in doing. It seems you are asking for ideas when you already have some. There are possibly thousands of things can do with your selection of chemicals, so it's sort of hard to even start giving ideas. You said you want to do organometallics, grignards dyes and stuff, well research their syntheses and get to it! In my opinion trying to build or get ideas for a synth from a massive list of chems is useless, personally i think just choose a target or something, like you have, then look at the literature and find routes to your compound. :)