FOAF had a dream last night, in his dream he found PhreeX's Cat synth on deja. He found all the precursors no problem, the hardest being litmus paper... go figure.
Every step was followed exactly, except FOAF left the reaction sit in the fridge for 13.5 hours instead of 10-13 (he fell asleep during his dream). It still smelled strongly of pistachio though. He added isopropol, filtered and adjusted Ph to about 6, let sit for a while and then put on stove to evap. on extremely low heat. 3.5 hours later he was left with a gummy syrup. He pulled it off the heat and let sit overnight hoping crystals/powder would appear. No dice.....He then washed with Acetone and it does NOTHING to the syrup, just washes off clear.
Help, he is left with a dish full of syrup that smells like carmalized sugar. WTF did he do wrong??
BTW, he also read a thread on the NG that the cold reaction with KMNo4 is complete BS, and that the pistachio smell is accounted for by some other chemical. Who to believe?
Every step was followed exactly, except FOAF left the reaction sit in the fridge for 13.5 hours instead of 10-13 (he fell asleep during his dream). It still smelled strongly of pistachio though. He added isopropol, filtered and adjusted Ph to about 6, let sit for a while and then put on stove to evap. on extremely low heat. 3.5 hours later he was left with a gummy syrup. He pulled it off the heat and let sit overnight hoping crystals/powder would appear. No dice.....He then washed with Acetone and it does NOTHING to the syrup, just washes off clear.
Help, he is left with a dish full of syrup that smells like carmalized sugar. WTF did he do wrong??
BTW, he also read a thread on the NG that the cold reaction with KMNo4 is complete BS, and that the pistachio smell is accounted for by some other chemical. Who to believe?
