Hi jackhole,
Congrats on your large rxn.
I wonder at your need to respond to my jive???
Please do not feel that I was knocking,nor was I advising.
Simply commenting for the sake of it.
What harm is there in dropping your temp a notch, in the name of purity?I am sure your product realy kicks some ass
as Im sure many a bee`s does likewise,but why try to be scientific in writeup,yet leave it at that?Again my comment was not directed at you,as you already seem to have your shit together nicely.
JH-Because it is easier for me not to. It saves me time and I get a great product at a very respectable yield.
-What is so inconvenient of heating the contents of the flask to a relatively low 100 C and allowing it to reduce? You don't even have to monitor its progression.
Come now...You have time to reflux for 40hrs and perform a semi-thorough work-up,yet you cant spare an hour or two and
change the order in which you introduce reactants to a flask? What harm is there in giving it a go?
Or shall I just crown you as meth-god now,seeing as your system is so simple,flawless,and high-yielding?
-I was not aware that one could produce MURIATIC acid! 28 degrees Baume, is it?
How is it I seem to miss all the funny parts?
What are you telling me here?
Seriously,I am no chemist,so please tell me what happens when you take the water from HIacid and react it with dry HCl gas?I know it sounds stupid but I kinda had the idea that those hydroniums might be more comfortable around chlorid rather than iodide ions.
Have I totally misunderstood the definition of de-hydration?
Tell me,tell me I want to know how this works.
No offence meant,nor taken.
Peace.
B.O.S.