Organic Chemistry

First, I would like to state that I am not well educated in chemistry, so please forgive any mistakes on my part. I have a spray botte with half water and half bleach inside, and it sits near a window that has the blinds down, but it still let's sunlight through. I was looking at the bottle this evening when I found a cluster of hard white "stuff" on the side and a ring of comparable white stuff atop the plastic sheet it sits on. I scratched it away and it came off very easily. The cluster was as wide as a penny and the height of a penny and a half. Any ideas of what it could be? It smells like bleach and whatever happened left an embroidered patch sitting next to the…

Hello, everyone As the title says, I want to know something about Fatty Acid Methyl Ester. Such as its application, preparation, reaction... I Googled this substance but almost no information I could find. Hope you can give more information or give me an site to search this product.

I am synthesizing a phenyl ether from an alkyl resorcinol and primary alcohol, however my mentor has suggested a 2-step method that I don't fully understand. I was hoping someone could help me understand the purpose of all the reactants so that I can establish a mechanism before actually trying the reaction. I understand the first step of the reaction. It involves activating a primary alcohol by reacting it with sulfonyl chloride. I already have the mechanism, method, and isolation confidently written out. For the second step, my mentor has suggested taking the alkyl resorcinol and treating it with sodium hydride in a polar aprotic solvent before adding the tosy…

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Can someonw lead me on how to produce amids or polyamids in an aqueous media

I'm trying to synthesize peracetic acid (via hydrogen perxoide + acetic acid), but want know more knowledge of its boiling point for safety reasons. Two different, reliable sources tell me two very different results of its boiling point. One source says it's 25 degrees celsius, while the other says its 119 degrees celsius +/- 23 degrees. my question is: Which boiling point is the correct one, and is it sill safe to synthesize it, and would you still synthesize if you were unsure? thx, ~ee here are the sites: claims bp = 25 degrees C: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/047084289X.rp034.pub3/abstract claims bp = 119 degrres C +/- 23 de…

Hello, a friend and I were having a discussion on reductions and oxidation of compounds and came upon the question of what would be the outcome of the reduction and oxidation of β-Phenyl-γ-aminobutyric acid respectively. Neither of us have extensive knowledge of organic chemistry, only a basic understanding. After searching forums and articles and not finding an answer, I decided to seek out an experts opinion. Any insight or speculation would be helpful, thanks.

Hi, there's a reaction of 1-pyrrolidinocyclohexene with Ethyl vinyl ketone. I've already found out that the reaction of 1-pyrrolidinocyclohexene with Ethyl vinyl ketone is a Michael Reaction. But I don't get on which C-Atom the ethyl vinyl keton is added!? I hope someone can help me.

as i know adding of halogen will increase lipophilicity of the molecule because halogen have high polarizability then high london dispersion force but im wondering if iodine will increase lipophilicity of the compound more than fluorine as iodine is bigger and processes higher polarizablity thx

eg : 2-Amino-5-guanidinopentanoic acid (arginine) , in this case prefix amino is put rather than the suffix amine . Why does this happen ? Am I missing something ?

I am trying hard to decode a structure of my compound. After a lot of efforts, reading and going through various spectras I got some picture of this compound that it could be a hydroxy fatty acid or ester. It would be grateful if someone tells me how the peak value at 2.29 ppm in the H-NMR spectrum either can be assigned to that of CH2COOH or CH2COO. The integration values are not conclusive. The peak is triplet. Thank you in advance.

Whether a hard acid is a stronger acid? I mean if we take soft acid, is it weak?

I know the reaction below is E2 as I looked up the answer, but my question is why can it not be Sn1. (1-bromocyclohexyl)benzene + CH3CH2O- ---EtOH-----> E2 rxn. I realize Ethoxide Anion is a decent base, but as I was instructed Ethoxide has slightly higher nucelophlicity than basicity. I understand that the nucleophile is not part of the Sn1 rate law, but why would it not perform the reaction that involves ethoxide to be a nucelophile just because it can "act better as one" (so to speak). Additionally, its tertiary, with a decent leaving group, and in a polar protic solvent---All suitable for Sn1. I just don't unders…

Maleic anhydride is a common important basic organic chemical raw materials, is second only to acetic anhydride and phthalic anhydride in the world's third-largest anhydride raw material. Maleic anhydride is mainly used in the production of unsaturated polyester resin (UPR), alkyd resin. In addition, using maleic anhydride as raw materials can produce 1, 4 - butanediol (BOD), gamma butyrolactone (GBL), tetrahydrofuran (THF), maleic acid, fumaric acid, and four hydrogen anhydride and a series of fine chemical products, it is widely used in pesticide, medicine, paint, printing ink, lubricating oil additives, paper chemicals, textile finishing agent, food additives and s…

Hello, everyone, As we all know PAM, APAM, CPAM are flocculants, these substance maybe often used in industry. I want to know if these chemicals can be used in family to purify the waster-water?

Why would a carboxylate anion be more soluble in water than a carboxylic acid? Wouldn't the hydrogen bonding of a carboxylic acid be stronger than the polar effect of the anion?

I am trying to remember something I learned in my structural spectroscopy class but the details are fuzzy. I seem to remember that if water is present in a sample of an alcohol or carboxylic acid, the integration of any OH peak does not actually reflect the number of hydrogens present. Something about, the OH peak of the compound of interest is closer to the water OH peak than it should be, and the integration of the peak is greater than the actual number of protons. Does this ring a bell to anyone? I ask because I have a spectra of an alcohol and the OH peak is integrating at almost double what it should be. Maybe I am just desperate for my product. Haha! Any…

I am looking for a way to change the amine functional group on a lysine to either an epoxide, thiol or a benzamide functional group. I am specific reactions to amine group on lysine and does not interact with guanidine functional group on arginine. I have been looking through the literature and cannot find anything. If you can find anything sources would be nice but any help would be much appreciated.

Years ago to obtain a certain green wavelength a few grains of salt was placed on a lens then an eye dropper of some chemical and I'm hoping that it is household or close to it cuz I dont want to order it from a chemical supply company. The solvent broke down the salt into a green puddle then left to evaporate. I need to know what was the chemical he used I just gotta have that wavelength again. Or if not a method of doing the same by using a 9 volt battery with water and salt running a current through it to get the same green wavelength?

When will the Acetylene decompose explosively? I meant to say on what conditions Acetylene explosively decompose?

Hey All, I have quite a few questions about drawing molecular orbitals. How does one know what endergy differences to draw? Are they given? I'm in organic chemistry 1, and I'm having a really bad time. Any insight would be appreciated!

I would like to know the best book to learn advanced Organic Chem for the graduate level ( or post graduate, same thing ). I'm using March's OChem book. It seems good, but does it cover all the topics necessary ? Any suggestions.

Hi everyone I've been stuck with this problem for hours now, can't seem to understand and find out the mechanism and why ... the reaction is 1) 2-methoxycyclohexene with ethanol and H+ catalyse --> ? and how/which reactionmechanism (I can't seem to figure out if the ether is unreactive or the alkene ) 2) the product from the 1) reaction now heated with water and acid to boiling point ---> what is the reaction mechanism and products ?

Obiviously, triethyl orthoformate is more acidic than ethnol. Because Triethyl orthoformate is an orthoester of formic acid and ethanol. So generally it's more acidic than ethanol. But I don't have some sort of reference. I can't it by googling,too. But when both of them deprononated, the negative charge is on oxygen of triethyl orthoformate, while on carbon of ethnol. 1.According to rules learned from organic chemistry, the negative charge on a more electronegative atom(eg. O) is more stable than on less electronegative atom(eg. C). 2.According to rules that when the conjugate base is more stable, then the conjugate acid is more acidic. So,we can conclude tha…

like in ch3c6h5OH where ch3 is attached in para position with respect to OH in benzene how does this make it more stable alcohol than CH3 on ortho position?