OnFridayoneaccidenttookplaceinmyworkduetomystupidmistake.Thereactionwasaboutepoxideringopeningbyusing3-pentanolasnucleophilicreagentcatalyzedbyborontrifluoride.Whenthereactionwascompleted,IstartedtoquenchingthereactionbyaddingaqueoussaturatedsodiumbicarbonatesolutiontothereactionRBF.Becausethesodiumbicarbonatesolutionwasaddedtoofast,lotsoffoamwasgeneratedduetotheformationofcarbondioxidefromsodiumb...[
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Reactionincludingmetalreagentusuallygenerateheatandgas!Becareful!LastFridayIhadrunonereactionwhichisaboutthe1,4-Additionof1,3-DiesterstoConjugatedEnonesbyIn/TMSCl.WhenindiumwasaddedtoTHF,nothingtooksplacebutjustleadingtoonesuspension.Whendiethylbromomalonatewasadded,stillnothinghappened.However,whenTMSClwasaddedtotheabovemixture,hugeamountofheatandgaseswereproduced.Sothereactionmixturejustoverflow...[
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TodayIhadrunonereaction:nitrosationofdiphenylamine.TlCshowsthereactionworksprettywellandnostartingmaterialsexists.Becausetheproductisoneprecipitate.SoItrytogettheproductbyfiltration.BecausethereisstillproductintheRBFafterthedumping,ItrytowashthereactionRBFusingthefiltratetogetahighyield.HoweverIforgetatthistimethetemperatureofthefiltrateishigherthatthereactiontemperatureof5degree.Becauseofthis,som...[
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ThereisonereactionbetweenAandB.TheratioofA/Bintheliteratureis1:1.2,thatis,theoreticallyAisexcess.Butafterthereaction,itwasfoundthattheexcessedAisveryhardtoseparatefromtheproductC.SothereactionratiowasmodifiedtoA/B=0.9:1.Bythis,eventhoughtheyieldwaskindofless,pureproductwasobtainedmuchmoreeasily.[
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Becarefultousethecorrectamountofreactionreagent.TodayIuseRed-Altoconvertalkynetoalkene.Theconcentrationofitwas65%byweightintoluene.HoweverIuseitaspureonemistakely.Asaresult,theamountofRed-AlIaddedtomyreactionwasnotenoughandthereactiondidnotworkwell.Fortunately,thereactionisjustinsmallscale.Otherwise,thelostwillbeterriblyhuge.[
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Diamagneticanisotropyiscommonlyusedtorationalizetheunusualchemicalshiftsofprotonsinacetyleneandinaromaticandantiaromaticcompounds.[
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Becarefultousethecorrectamountofreactionreagent.TodayIuseRed-Altoconvertalkynetoalkene.Theconcentrationofitwas65%byweightintoluene.HoweverIuseitaspureonemistakely.Asaresult,theamountofRed-AlIaddedtomyreactionwasnotenoughandthereactiondidnotworkwell.Fortunately,thereactionisjustinsmallscale.Otherwise,thelostwillbeterriblyhuge.[
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Incarbohydratechemistry,ananomerisaspecialtypeofepimer.Itisoneoftwostereoisomersofacyclicsaccharidethatdiffersonlyinitsconfigurationatthehemiacetalorhemiketalcarbon,alsocalledtheanomericcarbon.[1]Putsimply,theanomericcarbonisthecarbonylcarbon,forexampleaketoneoraldehydefunctionalgroup,inacarbohydratemolecule.Anomerizationistheprocessofconversionofoneanomertotheother.Anomerizationistheanomericanalo...[
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Inchemistryepimersarestereoisomersthatdifferinconfigurationofonlyonestereogeniccenter.Allotherstereocentersinthemolecules,ifany,arethesameineach.Thusepimericmoleculescanbeeitherenantiomersordiastereomersofeachotherdependingonwhethertherearestereocentersinadditiontotheepimericone.
Inchemicalnomenclature,oneoftheepimericpairsisgiventheprefixepi-forexampleinquinineandepi-quinine.Whenthepairsareena...[
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任何一个实验,做前要仔细把过程读三遍。比如有个四氢铝锂的还原实验,尽管反应温度是室温一小时回流四小时,可加料却在负78度。而我却在室温加料把负78度忽略了。尽管实验还是成功,可还是不应该啊。[
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