I am interested in conducting a synthesis of Phenylacetoacetonitrile under phase transfer conditions using aliquat 336(15grams per mol of phenylacetonitrile) and 50% sodium hydroxide solution(as water or (methanol 60grams in 200ml)/ polar phase) with toluene as non polar phase, ethyl acetate as...
Cam somebody in great detail describe to me the exact moment I should pour off the mercuric solution from the aluminum when preparing an aluminum amalgam? It is unclear if there needs to be a heavy gray thick precipitate or not.
There are two methods by which I can reduce nitrostyrene to amine, 1 is a procedure authored by sunlight here; https://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/nitrostyrene.reduction.alhg.html,
the second method is detailed here and used to the synthesis of amphetamine...
This is *****ish, time is most valuable, you need to start as close as possible to finished product, or produce something with chemicals that are easier to get, reducing nitrate is a waste of time.
G patton can you provide a source for the procedure wherein sulfur monochloride is produced in situ, if sulfur dioxide is emitted so as to complete the reaction I don't see how sulfur can be catalytic, unless acetyl chloride is being generated.
Can you be more specific? What should the concentration of the solution be?, how much volume of solution should I use for say 30 grams of adduct , does it matter?