Patreon Preview 2 - Make p-Toluenesulfonic acid
Added 2019-08-20 02:17:35 +0000 UTCApologies for the late preview. i added on the explanation of why the sulfonation favors the para position over the ortho and meta positions.
Let me know if it's satisfactory or could use some tune-up.
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Your explaination was very well laid out. I remember that mechanism being one of my favorite parts of basic organic chem, so hearing it explained in your voice was cool xD Also fits nice as an "additional note" at the end of the video.
2019-08-20 19:37:43 +0000 UTCnah, sulfonate esters require MUCH stronger conditions than this. I don't think you can even make them via simple condensation reactions.
NurdRage
2019-08-20 13:59:24 +0000 UTCDo you think that a major source of yield decrease may be the formation of an ester during the recrystallization from ethanol (which may be soluble in the ethanol and thus pass in the filtrate)?
Silviu T
2019-08-20 12:49:18 +0000 UTC
