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biggrin.gif posted on 1-5-2011 at 14:05
Acetone from calcium acetate


btw i know i can just buy acetone from the hardware store.
i have dissolved some seashells in vinegar. which is the strangest things first time seeing seashells dissolve in an acid. Don't worry no crustations weren't in them
and it should form calcium acetate. any ideas how the best way to make the acetone from there. Im guessing just heat it to decomposition to form acetone then condense it with salt ice water bath. Also whats it decompose to acetone and what else is the calcium compound left over calcium oxide?
not sure what the decomposition reaction is for this.
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[*] posted on 1-5-2011 at 14:59


Vinegar is less than 6% acetic acid and not all of it will have reacted.
But do the calculations on the basis of how much vinegar you used and work out your theoretical yield of calcium acetate.
The next step is to boil down the solution and dry your calcium acetate. Work out how much energy this requires!
Put this in to a suitable container and heat until pyrolysis takes place, yields are crap. Ten grams of calcium acetate will yield a few ml of impure acetone under best conditions.
Redistil your acetone and work out how much it has cost you per ml.
Realise that you could have bought a litre of acetone for the cost of your vinegar, electricity, etc and still had change for a pint and a pizza :(
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[*] posted on 1-5-2011 at 15:30


Man he said he already knows he can get acetone for cheap out of the hardware store so that implies he is just doing it for fun or academical pourposes...
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[*] posted on 1-5-2011 at 17:40


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what else is the calcium compound left over calcium oxide?


Calcium carbonate. The idealized reaction is
Ca(CH3COO)2 -> CaCO3 + C3H6O
You need a fair bit of heat to drive the reaction; 350C at least and 450-500C would be better unless you have a lot of time to waste. I tried this same reaction at around 250C and got nothing.
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[*] posted on 1-5-2011 at 18:50


that's interesting you end up with Calcium Carbonate again? calcium carbonate and acetic acid actually mine is more like 5% or more but more like 5.01% the way they short change it as vinegar has to be a certain %
i was interested on the old fashion way they made it.

[Edited on 2-5-2011 by symboom]
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[*] posted on 13-1-2012 at 01:28


I like to try this reaction but i think:
-This is impossible to use glass rbf for this purpose(500C)(i should use stainless steel flask)
-Flask should be free of any oxygen otherwise acetone will fire and flask will explode.(i should use inert gas or i should use vacuum)
-Common burner cant provide 500C and i should use special electrical heater
-Produced Acetone should cool rapidly otherwise Self-condensation will occur(i should use inert gas for speedup acetone exit and cooling)
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[*] posted on 13-1-2012 at 05:00


I suggest the use of pyrex test tubes if you have them. They allow much greater temperatures to be reached than RBF's. Calcium carbonate will go to red hot if heated in one of those.
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[*] posted on 13-1-2012 at 05:24


in spite of ScienceSquirrel saying it was not worth it, he did provide the instruction. 1 ml?you're better off selling pickled seashell by the seashore . if i was ever stranded on a distant island and had three picks of company, i'd pick symboom for his raw ideas and ScienceSquirrel for know how and a RBF.:D
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[*] posted on 13-1-2012 at 11:21


Quote: Originally posted by cyanureeves  
in spite of ScienceSquirrel saying it was not worth it, he did provide the instruction. 1 ml?you're better off selling pickled seashell by the seashore . if i was ever stranded on a distant island and had three picks of company, i'd pick symboom for his raw ideas and ScienceSquirrel for know how and a RBF.:D


I don't know if your going to get very far without a burner, I'd say drop the RBF and get the burner, You could make all sorts of glassware with sand and the burner--might be a bit opaque though..hahaha ;)

Further more, I don't think the synthesis is for any purpose than just to do it. Of course he/she could go out and buy a liter of Acetone for pocket change, but that's not the point--Its for the science...and fun!

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[*] posted on 13-1-2012 at 14:50


There are lots of things that are more fun, colourful and easier to synthesise.
Make some alums, double or complex salts.
Cheaper and more interesting than making a readily available organic solvent in low yield at high cost.
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[*] posted on 13-1-2012 at 15:14


Agreed, it shouldn't be used if you have the intention of large-volume production but might just be nice for a prove-the-point experiment. You could use some permangante and test for no discoloration with your acetone, as it is a ketone and won't be oxidised by the KMnO4 any further, resulting in no oxidation or reduction of the KMnO4 and consequently no colour change.



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[*] posted on 13-1-2012 at 15:19


If he has KMnO4 at his disposal..I certainly don't, although I should. Maybe NaCO3.1.5H2O2? But that might create a peroxide group slowly



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[*] posted on 27-1-2012 at 10:45


I have tried this myself and uploaded a video to youtube but they blocked my video with a warning. I'm not sure why.

Yes, you do have to dry you calcium acetate. You can either leave it out in air or dry it with a heater. One way cost a lot of time and the other costs an energy source.

You should heat at around 300 C. I used pyrex distillation setup.
White fumes form in the condenser but they conglomerate into drops.

The smell is weird. It smells like some kind of heavy hydrocarbon.

Once you finish, you end up with CaCO3 again.
You can drop more acid and see it fizz again.
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[*] posted on 27-1-2012 at 22:27


Quote: Originally posted by vmelkon  
I have tried this myself and uploaded a video to youtube but they blocked my video with a warning. I'm not sure why.

Yes, you do have to dry you calcium acetate. You can either leave it out in air or dry it with a heater. One way cost a lot of time and the other costs an energy source.

You should heat at around 300 C. I used pyrex distillation setup.
White fumes form in the condenser but they conglomerate into drops.

The smell is weird. It smells like some kind of heavy hydrocarbon.

Once you finish, you end up with CaCO3 again.
You can drop more acid and see it fizz again.


I Dont think at 300c thermal decompose occur.Can you explain your try( Ratio and your Yield)?
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[*] posted on 29-1-2012 at 04:30


For heating, the first few times I used coal.
For the next few runs, I used 2 halogen bulbs in parallel (500 W and a 300 W). To my surprise, the halogen is does the job just as well.

I didn't take measurements since I didn't consider this experiment important :(
I'm going to try again sometime.
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[*] posted on 2-2-2012 at 09:19


I think barium acetate Pyrolysis should be more interesting(it decompose on 150C)


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When barium acetate is pyrolyzed it decomposes, forming acetone and barium oxide as pyrolysis products. Often, during the
heating, the acetone vapors catch fire and/or explode, and the further production of acetone is catalyzed by the barium oxide.
Melting point (decomposes): 150 °C

Jay A. Young
Chemical Consultant, Silver Spring, MD 20904-3105
J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83 (3), p 380
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p380
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2006

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed083p380

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[*] posted on 2-2-2012 at 11:28


Would need to evacuate the dist app though, but I suppose you would probably want to do that for Ca(AcO)<sub>2</sub>

According to Wiki Ca(AcO)<sub>2</sub> decomposes at 160 C

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[*] posted on 2-2-2012 at 12:16


Ca(AcO)2 decompose at 400-500C(i tried it.wiki is wrong)



The thermal decomposition of calcium, sodium, silver and copper(II) acetates
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
M. D. Judd, B. A. Plunkett and M. I. Pope
Volume 6, Number 5, 555-563,
DOI: 10.1007/BF01911560
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p637804801j11425/


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[*] posted on 2-2-2012 at 13:41


I frequently find wiki wrong on melting/boiling points, decomps, and solubility--but everything else seems to be in-order. Why the fuck would this be, are assholes just pulling numbers out of their asshole? Not to long ago I caught wiki saying NaCl has a solubility of something along the lines of 500 g / 100 ml



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[*] posted on 3-2-2012 at 20:58




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Kinetics of thermal decomposition of metal acetates

M. Afzal, P. K Butt and H. Ahmad
http://www.springerlink.com/content/m13n803140pm50p4/


Interesting result by pyrolysis of Nickel Acetate(Diacetyl produced)
I like to know effect of vacuum in Nickel acetate Pyrolysis :D



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[*] posted on 27-3-2012 at 01:12


The thermal decomposition of sodium acetate forms acetone.
Adding sodium hydroxide to sodium acetate, then thermally decomposing, forms methane instead.
In both instances, sodium carbonate forms as a byproduct.
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[*] posted on 6-6-2012 at 12:20


What about using magnesium acetate? Seems simple enough, and according to Waffles SS's chart, it decomposes between 275 and 340 C. Still pretty high, but better than calcium.
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[*] posted on 6-6-2012 at 22:18


Quote: Originally posted by Aperturescience27  
What about using magnesium acetate? Seems simple enough, and according to Waffles SS's chart, it decomposes between 275 and 340 C. Still pretty high, but better than calcium.

The hydrate of magnesium acetate loses water to become fully anhydrous above 150 °C. The anhydrous magnesium acetate then decomposes into MgO, acetone, and CO2 at 275 to 340 °C.
"Kinetics of thermal decomposition of metal acetates", M. Afzal (Pakistan)

(note that the hydrate of magnesium nitrate decomposes into nitrogen oxides rather than giving up water)

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[*] posted on 5-9-2012 at 01:43


Quote: Originally posted by AndersHoveland  
Quote: Originally posted by Aperturescience27  
What about using magnesium acetate? Seems simple enough, and according to Waffles SS's chart, it decomposes between 275 and 340 C. Still pretty high, but better than calcium.

The hydrate of magnesium acetate loses water to become fully anhydrous above 150 °C. The anhydrous magnesium acetate then decomposes into MgO, acetone, and CO2 at 275 to 340 °C.
"Kinetics of thermal decomposition of metal acetates", M. Afzal (Pakistan)

(note that the hydrate of magnesium nitrate decomposes into nitrogen oxides rather than giving up water)

[Edited on 7-6-2012 by AndersHoveland]


Are you agreeing with me? I don't see anything there that would be a problem. I think I might try this, actually.




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[*] posted on 5-9-2012 at 05:48


In 'The pyrolysis of carbon compounds' Hurd gives a temperature range of 330-360C for magnesium acetate. He also (on p482) lists the following yields of acetone for pyrolysis of various acetate salts, which are from Krönig (Z. angew. Chem. 1924):

Lithium acetate: 100% (contradicted elsewhere in the text where he gives a 93% figure)
Barium 89%
Calcium 83% (but elsewhere 90-100% is claimed if inert gas sweeping is used)
Magnesium 76% (elsewhere 57% is claimed)
Manganese(II) 66%
Sodium 37% (elsewhere 50%)
Potassium 12%
Lead 87%

Hurd gives no complete list of temperature ranges for decomposition of all these salts, but it may be that Krönig's original paper has some such information.




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