Patreon Preview - Eucalyptol Testing (fail)
Added 2018-12-22 23:33:59 +0000 UTCA preview for your consideration.
Apologies for the slow rollout, this video was actually filmed two weeks ago. But i've been so busy with the holidays and visiting family that i couldn't get to editing until recently.
anyway, let me know if its good to post or if there any changes, more explanations or clarifications you'd like to see.
This is likely going to be my only video for this month due to time crunch.
Comments
Have you thought about trying ethylene or propylene carbonate? they are both aprotic polar solvents that are resilient to alkali metal attack.
2019-01-11 20:26:52 +0000 UTCSo you're going to make it into a proper paper? Great! ^^
Gabriel J.
2018-12-23 15:47:51 +0000 UTCpolyethylene glycol catches fire. but i might try something similar like diglyme just for academic inclusion into a peer-reviewed journal. if it works then that would be a very interesting piece of info indeed.
NurdRage
2018-12-23 15:43:12 +0000 UTCI strongly suspect dioxane works so well because metallic sodium may be ever-so-slightly soluble in it, dissociating to Na+ and Na-. I've seen it happen with potassium or NaK in dimethoxyethane, which has those two ether groups in a very similar position, only with more freedom. Potassium and NaK are so soluble in this, it turns dark blue from the Na- or K- ions! I've actually posted photos of it here : <a href="https://lelombrik.net/108569?id=108569" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://lelombrik.net/108569?id=108569</a> (yeah, it's in french, sorry...) Anyway, in your case, why not try polyethylene glycol? It has those same ether linking groups in the same positions, and should be able to withstand quite high reaction temperatures. It's not perfectly inert, since it's hydroxyl-terminated, but with a high enough molecular weight, this shouldn't be a problem. Should also be fairly easy to get your hands on, since it's so ubiquitous. Merry Christmas!
Gabriel J.
2018-12-23 15:08:27 +0000 UTC
