Reducing nitrile to amine?

I have two nitrile groups and I would like to reduce them to amine, but the problem is that the compound doesn't dissolve in THF and ether, only in DMSO. What should I do if I want to use LiAl H4?

11 December 2016 8,525 3 View

When I reacted acridine with imidazole to get Imidazolium salts, I got precipitates. But when I checked NMR only acridine peaks appear?

01 January 1970 5,599 4 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

What is the indication of the absence of peaks in Methanol electrooxidation CV curves ?

I have several question regarding the MOR; hope anyone help me better understand. 1- in CV using (KOH+MEOH) what is the indication of absence of the redox peaks? shouldn't they exist as a sign...

28 February 2021 4,851 8 View

Is it efficient to do liquid biopsy to investigate the gene expressions of the tumor?

To do liquid biopsy and look for specific gene expressions there are so many published papers. Thera are different protocols and procedures used to isolate circulating cell free RNA or mRNA from...

23 February 2021 7,326 5 View

Any Homemade Organic Synthesis Practices?

Hi everyone, I am a teacher of Heterocycles Synthesis, Is there a home practice that you recommend for undergraduate students? A simulator would also be useful Due to the pandemic, students...

18 February 2021 2,769 4 View

How to predict the reaction pathway for electro organic synthesis?

Can anyone recommend some any software/models available that can predict substance reactivities and the reaction yield under a specific set of reaction conditions process and proposing pathways to...

17 February 2021 2,383 3 View

Has anyone encountered any problems with abm good microRNA primers for quantification of mature miRNAs?

I've been trying to quantitate mature microRNAs in 293T cells with and without 'X'. 2ug of total RNA (isolated by Trizol method) is converted to cDNA using All-in one microRNA cDNA synthesis kit...

17 February 2021 8,986 2 View

How to measure acetic anhydride solution with 18M sulfuric acid?

I am doing research on the synthesis of paracetamol. I am preparing acetic anhydride solution with a few drops a sulfuric acid and wish to measure the pH of this solution. However my pH meter...

14 February 2021 8,699 3 View

(western blot) can methanol damage my antibody signal?

I accidentally rinsed with methanol after adding my primary antibody to my membrane. I noticed after ~10 seconds and immediately replaced it with PBST (3x15 min washes). Will my antibody signal be...

12 February 2021 5,824 3 View

Best synthesis method for large scale silver nanoparticle synthesis with high yield?.Best post processing steps after nanoparticle synthesis?

I have chemically synthesized silver nanoparticle to combat microbes on wound site. I have used many methods of synthesis, but I found minimal field of silver NP product.I am getting whitish...

11 February 2021 4,964 13 View

Why do my polyphenol measurements fail?

In order to measure the polyphenols in broccoli, we prepared a reagent for measurement using the following procedure. 1. Extract the crushed plant with 70% methanol. 2. Mix 1 ml of the extract...

07 February 2021 845 4 View