Sunday, 17 April 2022

energetic tetraamminecopper(ii) salts

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The complex ion of ammonia and Copper(II) forms a number of energetic salts with strongly oxidizing anions.  Tetraamminecopper(ii) sulpha...
Saturday, 26 January 2019

4-Aminophenol via hydrolysis of paracetamol

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4-Aminophenol is essentially a benzene ring substituted with a hydroxyl and amino group on opposite sides. Pretty simple huh. It forms colou...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018

5-Bromovanillin

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3-Bromo-4-hydroxy-5-methoxybenzaldehyde, or 5-bromovanillin, is a relatively obscure trisubstituted benzaldehyde used an intermediate in the...
Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Sulphur monochloride, revisited

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Sulphur monochloride is a reactive chemical used as a precursor to organosulphur compounds. Under standard conditions, it exists as the dime...
Friday, 10 February 2017

Ethyl benzyl ether via Williamson ether synthesis

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Ethyl benzyl ether, or a-ethoxytoluene is an ether used in perfumes and as a flavoring. It also finds limited use in organic synthesis. At r...
Saturday, 4 February 2017

Benzyl chloride via nucleophilic substitution

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Some time ago, I made some benzyl chloride by the halogenation of toluene ( link ). The process was on the whole quite unpleasant, very lon...
Friday, 27 January 2017

Tin(ii) oxide preparation from pewter, failed attempt

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Tin(ii) oxide, or stannous oxide, is a amphoteric oxide use in the maufacture of cranberry glass. It also finds some use as a catalyst for e...