Research

So, for the fast few months I've been trying to find a way of producing 4-bromoresorcinol with good yield.
Well after trying a whole bunch of modern procedures, I stumbled upon this one on Tuesday.
http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV2P0100.pdf

It's from 1937, but I used it, and today I ended up with a very sizable amount of product. It felt so good.

It just goes to show that the old and obscure can often be the most appropriate.
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The reaction I set up yesterday was very successful. It went according to plan, and at my best estimates, I have approximately 95% pure 4-bromoresorcinol.
Tomorrow, I'll recrystallize the crude product that I have and get an idea of % yield. My hope is that it is at least 80%.

Anyway, here are some TLC plates from today's analysis:

A list of classes I'm taking this semester:

Honors General Chemistry 2 for chemistry majors.
Chemistry lab
German 2
Calculus 2
History of Western Science and Technology
Archaeology and Prehistory
Research (not actually the name of a class... but you know...)

Also, as a follow-up to my previous entry, I'm currently attempting to synthesize 4-bromoresorcinol with good yield. We'll see over the next couple days if it works. Fingers...