lastchance (Stranger)
09-09-04 21:53
No 530587
      nitroethane     

In Rhodiums method #2 for making nitroethane with diethyl sulfate and sodium nitrite.  WHy does it have to be shaken 20 hours and periodically have the pressure relieved.  Does it need to be reacted in an inert atmosphere or can it just be magnetically stirred..worse case flush with some nitrogen???
 
 
 
 
    hest
(Hive Adickt)
09-10-04 01:06
No 530611
      you end up with ans hot solid chunk     

you end up with ans hot solid chunk
 
 
 
 
    lastchance
(Stranger)
09-10-04 07:21
No 530642
      You can come up with a better answer than that     

Why do you come up with a solid chunk.  NItroethane is a liquid.  What is the preferred method then.  I was excited about reading the article about making ethyl bromide from alcohol and KBr.   But sodiumm nitrite is so cheap and diethyl sulfate is so easy to make and/or buy.
 
 
 
 
    hest
(Hive Adickt)
09-11-04 09:35
No 530866
      Solid Chunk     

I don't now wath is happening.
But my personal eksperience with the reation is quite bath (also done with cathecole as scavenger). I have run the reaction 3-5 times in the 100g range. and everye time ended up with an gel lige mass.
 
 
 
 
    hest
(Hive Adickt)
09-12-04 11:06
No 531029
      How to doo     

Post 503001 (karel: "Nitroethane synthesis", Methods Discourse)