thanks for the advise
i am using a 1000ml beaker(borosil glass), i add a few broken pieces of glass to it. I will try it in a water bath next time. I have a vacume pump which i use for filtering but no idea how to use it for decreasing the boiling temp and for evapping the solution..
another point for the rxn, it had a very strange smell, nothing like to ususal sweet smell which i am used to from the rp and hypo synths..the smell was really foul.and i wasnt sure what and why this happened.
I havent had the time to do the workup, i usually do 5-6 rxns then do all the workups at the same time, of course in different containers though.
also, when i go for cleaning the post rxn fluid with toulene, i get a lot of yellow, even after washing 2,3 and sometimes4 times. and at the bottom of the rxn fluid there is a buildup of red liquid, any idea why this could be?(i figured to much iodine being used)
most of swims hive education was tought to him by Shorty and Geez and for hypo, most of my knowledge is from Shorty, if not for these 2 bees i woulds still be the dumb chemically uneducated bee i wqs 7 months ago.
you are correct my chemical sources are over the moon.
the reason i dont go for an increase in size is due to the safety factor, and i dont think the balloon could handle it as with this ratio the balloon sometimes get huge
thanks again for the input