Ether attacks by HI and HBr with "vigorous" conditions are not easy and everything will reduce before the ether, so I guess that with careful distillation methyl benzoate can be distilled off before p2p, then after amination the freebase product of benzyl acetate and methylamine, 1-(benzyloxy)-N-methylethanamine, can be left in the pot after distilling off the MA freebase.

Anyone got a clue how to limit their production in the first place?

It appears none of the c(r)ooks give a shit.

I need a high boiling point oil, that wont smoke, or smoke very little at around 220c. In the past Ive used mixtures of what Ive had a t hand, be it paraffin wax and a vaccuum oil for a comprssor, but these usually smoke to much. Ive been advised silicon oil, but I cant find it. Probably this is a retarded question, but does anyone know of a suitable OTc oil in the land down under(AUS)

Im rushed, and needing to dry MeOH, whats the best for this. Next time Ill utfse, but this time would appreciate the answer quick. I was thinking MgSO4, but I added to a small amount, and ti went cloudy and didn't setle. with only small amount of salt on bottom, Help appreciated.

It looks like CaSO4 is a good contender, re tfse. but still want to know the high bp oil. Was thinking brake fluid, as that would get pretty hot. anyways, im rushed and help would be app'ted.

Good, I have just never seen it so cloudy, and wastn' sure WTF was up. so thanks, The cloudiness didn't settle, but Ill add more, but im also calcifying some CaSO4, just incase.

Yeah I ended up finding some glaubers salt, that did the job, but  I will, do that overnight, so I have it dry, for next time. btw Sedit, what do you recommend for a high bp oil that wont smoke like fuck w temp around 200C.

I used to get this hydrolic oil, called DD3- some other number, and it was elcheapo, but the bussiness has moved, and I cant find it. Any brake fluid should be fine, perhaps go for something heavy duty, ie for trucks, Just thought to ask, just in case you knew of something good and CHEAP..

What happens if you put a magnet on an induction stove? Does it just get hot, or does it move/vibrate at all?

A new one:

We all know that when Chloroform  gets in contact with sodium hydroxyde in water (with PTC or not), the dichlorocarbene radical is formed:

CHCL3 + NaOH ----> :CCl2 + NaCl

For example, in a Reimer-Thieman rxn when you add slowly chloroform to a hot aqueous NaOH soln of phenol, dichlorocarbene is formed and reacts with the phenol to make salycialdehyde.

What We didn't know is that dichlorocarbene adds to alcohols forming the corresponding alkyl chloride. For example if we added chloroform to sodium hydroxyde in ethanol we would obtain ethyl chloride, I THINK but I dont know for sure it goes like this:

2 EtOH + :CCl2 ---> 2 EtCl + HCOOH

You can check this journal that assures that you can chlorinate alcohol with dichlorocarbene:

ht*p://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00736a063 (No need to pay, it's just one page and you have it there for free, there is a missing t on the http so put it yourself)

My question is: If one added Chloroform a little by little to a stirred soln of sodium lactate and sodium hydroxide in water, is it feasible that she would obtain 2-chloropropionic acid aka alpha-chloropropionic acid???

With the nasty esthers of this nasty chemical, one can have yields arround the 80-95% of P2Ps from their corresponding benzaldehydes! Check the Hive arcHive.

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Check the mechanism of the Friedel Crafts rxn....

Alright. So what would be wrong if I did a Friedel Crafts with benzene and isopropyl alcohol to give me cumene and then methylaminated that to phenpromethamine?
C₉H₁₂+CH₅N--->C₁₀H₁₅N+H₂

Check the refs. Organic_reactions_v3.pdf It was attached to my last post. Benzene and Isopropyl alcohol in 80% sulfuric acid at 65 degrees Celsius for 3-4 hours yields cumene at a yield of 65%.  Why that is in a book of Friedel Crafts Method I don't know. Thought it had to be halogenated. Anyways, page 27-28. This is what its telling me.

If something needs to reflux for a relatively long time, like 20 hours, can this be done cumulatively (ie. 10 hours one day and 10 the next) so it doesn't have to be left running overnight?