Misc Dyethyl ether (diethyl-ether)

[DubiousDoctor]

^69g/L of water with a density of .7134g/cc according to wikipedia.

This is a ridiculous thread.

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

well i've been going to pharmacies to buy dxm and benzydamine many times lmao so i guess i've already been lol
but if you say so maybe I'll try to get it from some other source

This is funny. This is also serious.

Please read: it is not, nor has been, legitimately sold in licensed pharmacies of Europe's/The United States' for almost 100 years. It is essentially only used in advanced chemistry labs; I think its a solvent. Do not ask for it or you might get into trouble.

 

[sekio]

You can't "easily mix ether with water". It will seperate out in layers, like oil. You'll only be able to dissolve a very small amount in water, making one of the worst tasting drinks ever.

 

[DubiousDoctor]

^Hey sekio is chemical extraction (e.g. basifying a salt in a polar solution and extracting by washing with a np solvent) allowed on BL?

 

[sekio]

sure

 

[DubiousDoctor]

OK thanks. I wasn't sure if it was considered synthesis and if I had to avoid mentioning the non-polar properties of ether as a solvent if somebody wanted to extract APAP or a like substance from a preparation like Vicodin to isolate the opioid.

 

[sekio]

ether is a bad solvent for doing that because acetaminophen is too polar & has low solubility in ether. chloroform or ethyl acetate are better choices.

 

[Ksa]

You can't "easily mix ether with water". It will seperate out in layers, like oil. You'll only be able to dissolve a very small amount in water, making one of the worst tasting drinks ever.

69g of ether per liter of water is not a very small amount, it's a huge amount. Very small amount would be haxane with 9.5 mg/L water solubility. Only if you try to disolve more than 69g/L that it forms 2 layers. If you divide that solubility by ether denisity you get:

69g/0.71g/mL = 97mL of ether in 1L of water which is close to 10%

It is often mixed with sugar to make better taste. I'm surprised you try to correct me, given my professional background ^.^

 

[Ksa]

OK thanks. I wasn't sure if it was considered synthesis and if I had to avoid mentioning the non-polar properties of ether as a solvent if somebody wanted to extract APAP or a like substance from a preparation like Vicodin to isolate the opioid.

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