aryl ⌬⌬⌬⌬
guess the metal (and solvent for bonus arylpoints) 👇
Mar 16 at 4:01pmWeb
Show threadAndrew ZonenbergMar 16
@aryl Definitely looks like a copper salt with that intense blue although i couldn't tell you the exact one... Nitrate or sulfate are both plausible?
Show threadaryl ⌬⌬⌬⌬Mar 16
@azonenberg Not copper....
Show threadAndrew ZonenbergMar 16
@aryl but it could be something more exotic like cobalt chloride too
Show threadaryl ⌬⌬⌬⌬Mar 16
@azonenberg Correct!
Show threadaryl ⌬⌬⌬⌬Mar 16
@azonenberg though CoCl2 being referred to as exotic is really funny to me
Show threadAndrew ZonenbergMar 16
@aryl well I mean compared to something like copper nitrate that i make (and throw out as waste) almost every time i use my wet bench
Show threadAndrew ZonenbergMar 16

@aryl it's certainly not as obscure as, idk, the neptunium and technetium chemistry I was watching a video on the other day.

But outside of humidity indicators cobalt isn't a metal i work with super often.

Gonna make up some anhydrous salt at some point? Make your own color indicating desiccant? Or what's the plan for it

Show threadaryl ⌬⌬⌬⌬Mar 16
@azonenberg catalytic complexes for borane-alkene addition reactions.... this is already anhydrous in the pic after i hit it with a heat gun under vacuum
Show threadAndrew ZonenbergMar 16
@aryl sorry i meant anhydrous crystals not in solution. Well have fun lol
Show threadAndrew ZonenbergMar 16
@aryl (boranes are also not something i hear about every day)
Show threadaryl ⌬⌬⌬⌬Mar 16
@azonenberg oh i had it as anhydrous crystals before this... dissolved them in Solvent after for the complex synthesis
Show threadaryl ⌬⌬⌬⌬Mar 16
@azonenberg im biased i have been on a research project centered around cobalt for the last 2 years
Show threadMx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of PnictogenMar 16
@aryl sodium in ethylenediamine?
Show threadaryl ⌬⌬⌬⌬Mar 16
@mxchara i think that exact reaction doesn't work with sodium in En... you'd have to go to lithium for it
Show threadMx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of PnictogenMar 16

@aryl hm, are you sure?

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/j100650a008

this seems to imply that Na dissolves in ethylenediamine

Show threadaryl ⌬⌬⌬⌬Mar 16
@mxchara i looked into it before
Show threadMx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of PnictogenMar 16
@aryl oh heck!
Show threadrosa ⚬.⚬Mar 16
@aryl can i have a sniff
Show threadmiyukoMar 16
@qdoit @aryl can i have a snif-
Show threadXeno the CaveSpider 🕷🏳️‍🌈Mar 16
@aryl lol cobalt something was also my first thought, but I didn't even try guessing the kation or solvent 😬