Mom, Dad, stop fighting!
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Iāve addressed all my past situations here. Seems like you may have some work to do still though. Thanks for your input Iāll take it. 
You clearly canāt see quotation marks.
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Why stoichometrics?
Since the catalyst isnāt being consumed by the reaction, does it really matter all that much?
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@DUMPSTERFIREOG āUsing hexane seems to produce the best results but leads to red oilā. This is true in this case.
totally unexpected and thatās exactly why this whole ordeal here will fail
NOT TLC THO BECAUSE THATāS FOR POOR CHEMISTS RIGHT!!
this coming from you of all people is hilarious
that is incorrect on multiple counts. it eliminates neither colour nor exothermic issues, the latter because it doesnāt begin to transfer heat to an actual heat sink (the condenser) by phase change until it reaches a much higher temperature (=much more kinetic energy present in reaction mix) , so in that regard lower boiling solvents are more preferable.
how does a beginner develop a method which is not for beginners
then youāre doing it wrong. the isomerization is noticeably exothermic, but certainly not āextremelyā so.
Thatās bullshit. Obviously.
Itās not, youāre just doing it wrong. Heating a solvent way past its boiling point always causes this. Which effectively means that you have absolutely no grip on what youāre doing there.
Again this implicates that you have no idea what youāre doing. Toluene is very simple to evaporate in a rotavap (given you have a pump that does below 100mbar),actually itās by far my favourite solvent due to its immiscibility and self-drying properties.
only when pouring it while itās still very hot, which nobody with half a brain would do without a fume hood.
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Although itās not causal.
The colour depends on the presence of oxygen and/or already oxidized compounds (charge transfer complex of resorcinols with quinones).
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Oh shit @roiplek is back.
We needed ya last week when this place was on fire.
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Iām only posting pics to show what these runs will look like if* running a typical sop without anything fancy such as gas or excess media filtration for those who are new to cannabinoid distillation and or conversions.
forgive me if Iām not as knowledgeable. At least Iām enjoying the ride.
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Lmao my results speak for themselves, youāre a fucking asshole with no results and no proof he knows what heās talking about at all. Since my methods work and produce a product that is in fact superior to yours then I think Iāll just keep on trucking and not listen to any of your bullshit today. Let me know when you got a coa better than mine chief.
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I think reflux temp is what we need to control to prevent olivetol from being produced
Iām compiling data on different solvents and amounts of olivetol produced using ptsa with different hydro carbons, ill be sharing this data openly with the community once I get it compiled
From what Iāve seen so far, the higher temp when the ring closure happens the more olivetol that is produced
I havent been able to get the ring closure to happen with ptsa and heptane at room temp, Iāve noticed you need around 45-50c to get the reaction to start and I think this is when the olivetol is being made (i dont think itās happening once the ring is closed as I havenāt seen olivetol in my d8 from d9 I tested)
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Thatās exactly the temp I saw directly before the rxn exo took place. Climbed to over 60C then as temps stabilized and started to decline I quenched. Hope this was correct?
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Youre using ptsa and heptane?
If you quenches that quickly you might have made more d9 then d8, I always let my reaction reflux for a little after to get the d9 down
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Iām not sure why you want to go that route, but, okay.
TLC isnāt going to be sufficient for the goals outlined here, Iām sorry if youāre still bitter about something else.
Did your TLC (which I have said multiple times, was very nicely done) help sell that 250k SOP you were touting a while back?
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Iām enjoying it with you. Looking great!
Would love to hear āimprovements for next timeā type things as youāre going through and experimenting
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Hexane
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Whatās the theoretical basis behind that?
Usually heat increases rate of reaction so if the side reaction is occurring regardless it would happen faster and more Olivetol would form.
Edit: I misread what you were saying. I totally agree.
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What was your stirring speed at room temp rxn with heptane
I do get full conversion with 4% unknowns at RT but my stirring speed is really fast as is the design of the rotor
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