Gluon's lab

Sodium cyanate (NaOCN) is a reagent used to prepare ureas and organic isocyanates. Despite the name, it's not very toxic. It is possible...

Sodium bromate is an interesting oxidizer used in industrial batch dyeing. Weirdly enough, solutions of it can dissolve gold so it's som...

1,3,5-Trichlorohexahydrotriazine (C3H6N3Cl3) is a mildly energetic compound prepared from hexamine. It's a yellow-white solid which gene...

Tribromomethane or bromoform is a toxic brominated hydrocarbon. It's analogous to chloroform but with the three chlorine atoms replaced ...

Chromium(iii) chlorate is a slightly soluble inorganic salt with the formula Cr(ClO3)3. I chose to make some chromium chlorate because I cou...

2-Benzoxazolinone or 2-(3H)-benzoxazolone is an organic compound used as a precursor to several insecticides. It has quite an interesting st...

Copper carbonate is a nicely colored copper salt used as a pigment. Its formula is often stated to be CuCO3 but Cu3(OH)2(CO3)2 and (Cu2(OH)2...