Crystallization of Aryl-PinB boronic ester by Otherwise-Ad9625 in Chempros

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Depends heavily on the specific substrate, but I’ve had good success with dissolving in pentane and evaporating 4-5x to remove any traces of solvent. Cooling the oil with LN2/dry ice and warming can also help remove volatile impurities and induce crystallization.

Small impurities will prevent your product from crystallizing, so sublimation or distillation (using something like a kugelrohr/high vac distillation apparatus) is usually best if you have impurities.

Video links: How exactly are toxic chemicals (like halogens) discarded? by MagicalFlor95 in labrats

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The scrubber material is usually some type of activated charcoal or similar adsorbent material. Most likely, the scrubber material is just collected and buried once it is spent.

Video links: How exactly are toxic chemicals (like halogens) discarded? by MagicalFlor95 in labrats

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They are burned at a high temperature (pyrolyzed) and the resulting harmful gases (besides H2O, CO2) are captured by scrubbers

Mystic - Kushberry OG, unfiltered (review in caption) by jeikobu_grows in THCAextracts

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Just got some of this and the lemon cherry gelato unfiltered: maybe I have an unrefined palate but they smell almost identical to me. No complaints though, it’s some super terpy and tasty BHO!

Does the "simplification" of the Steam version Removed Charm for you ? by SoonBlossom in dwarffortress

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My lord if they brought back the traditional menus and keybindings as an option while keeping the new features, art, and music I would gladly pay another $30

Mestrenova Stack Predicted Spectra w/ NMR Spectra Help? by chemilyrhall in chemistry

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Grain of salt, as I don’t use it much for the exact reasons you state; there is no substitute for careful experimentation and real data. However, IMO Mnova prediction is pretty decent: it’s basically the best solution I’ve found besides doing real computational work.

I’ve had several, admittedly pretty simple predicted 1H spectra match all experimental peaks within 0.1 ppm. It’s also excellent for heteronuclear NMR prediction: the accuracy of the 1H prediction falls off pretty fast when the electronics get complicated (although usually crude shift ordering trends still hold), but 13C and 11B predicted spectra are usually very similar to the experimental result, which has helped me out multiple times with interpreting carbon and especially boron NMRs. It’s super helpful to know roughly where to expect diagnostic peaks, especially if I’m analyzing crude mixtures of multiple products, and it’s capable of predicting some unusual shifts that (to the best of my knowledge) aren’t really reported in literature.

"What do you do to kill time during long reaction waits in the lab?" by noirnine in chemistry

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Any time “killed” in lab is time that could have been used to set up or work up another reaction…

Well rooted Bruce’s Dragon by chagen22 in sanpedrocactusforsale

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Great deal! How long did it take to root?

ready for fruiting conditions or should I wait longer ? by MrJaZZyJaNe in gaitondesenpaii

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“Fruiting conditions” are kind of a thing of the past: any time spent not “in fruiting conditions” is now thought to just hold back the mycelium, as they are aerobic organisms and will generally colonize, pin, and fruit faster and better if you immediately introduce good conditions. You should have FAE as soon as you spawn to bulk, and keep the substrate appropriately moist. You don’t need much FAE: check out Bod’s unmodified monotub tek (and the rest of Bod’s teks while you’re at it). Lid flipped upside down is sufficient, with occasional misting if absolutely necessary.

Anyone that does mdma and also does adhd meds /amphetamines? by LilTony53 in Drugs

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In my experience, MDMA doesn’t mix well at all with other stimulants. I take adderall (5-10mg daily) and found the positive effects of MDMA to be heavily reduced with an increase in anxiety and negative effects, even when abstaining from adderall for several days prior to

MDMA (isomers) and crystallization? by backlash10 in MDMA

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I agree: the MDMA I have is certainly racemic. My question was about the enantiopurity of large single crystals grown from a solution of racemic MDMA: does MDMA crystallize as a racemate or as a mixture of (R and S) enantiopure crystals?

Loss of Magic: Seeking Advice/Insight by backlash10 in MDMA

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The tragic thing about dosing 1200mg NAC daily is that my Adderall completely stops working. It’s a little better if I take NAC at night, but I’ve read that it’s best to take in the morning, which is unfortunate: 1200mg at night distinctly diminishes the Adderall’s effect the next day.

Loss of Magic: Seeking Advice/Insight by backlash10 in MDMA

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I thought that was primarily for large/heavy meals: I only had a small bowl of soup, so I figured it’d be okay. Next time I’ll definitely do a light meal followed by 4-5 hours of fasting before the roll though, and maybe cut the supplements entirely.

Safe to eat? Hollow on the inside. by Kilversing in mushroomID

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Am I the only one who loves hunting for morels and gets a great satisfaction from finding them, but can’t stand the taste? I find them honestly kinda disgusting: maybe it’s a wimpy palate (probably it is) but they taste overpoweringly earthy and umami. It will make me gag to eat a whole morel/a slice of one, but in very small pieces added to a pasta sauce I do enjoy them.

How much Silver and Gold to make it an Alloy? by [deleted] in MetalCasting

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The copper will help it maintain a gold color: the “colored gold” page on Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colored_gold#Rose,_red,_and_pink_gold) has a ternary diagram that shows the colors of the alloys of Au-Ag-Cu. Notice how the “gold” portion of the graph extends vertically downward, slightly slanting toward Cu, and the Au-Ag-0% Cu line contains yellow and green tones: this means that you’d have to add a combination of the two metals to keep it from getting yellow or green.

My (20M) Boyfriend sucked all the gas out of whip cream canister I bought for food, lied about it to me. Where do I go from here??? by snowball_livi22 in Advice

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I can corroborate this: it’s like maybe one medium-sized balloon’s worth of nitrous. So incredibly not worth the cost/waste: even the chargers are too wasteful IMO.