Once more I have soiled the lab. I was doing my Barton decarboxylation once again and this time decided to show someone from another group how bad t-BuSH smells. I opened up my small plastic cylinder that I use for smelly syringes and the whole lab cleared out within 30secs. Thiols are so totally awesome.
Anyway, as promised, here are the pics of the setup. Its very simple. Large RBF, condenser, hot plate, oil bath, 240W lamp and retort stand. Argon feed in the top (i usually replace this line after the experiment as there is always some thiol stench in it, plus I vac the argon line to purge the system.) as well as the syringe with the acid chloride in it.
Voila, decarboxylating in progress.
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I hate t-butyl thiol. Period.
ReplyDeleteI think I kinda like it now. Just give it some time and you will also come to love the sweet heady aroma.
ReplyDeleteLast time I used tBu thiol for a reaction, I swear I became hyper-sensitive to sulfur. I was smelling it everywhere for days, accusing labmates of stinking up the lab, smelling it out of car exhaust, etc. etc.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA Anon, you sound like MSG. I personally just get a really runny nose.
ReplyDeleteNot only does it smell it's bad for your health. Should try to eliminate all exposures of the thiol to lab atmosphere, especially deliberate exposures
ReplyDeletegood to see my 500W photographic lamps are still in use. And my hard drive magnets lol.
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