Learning to Keep Many Plates Spinning


Hello All! I hope your fourth was fabulous. I know mine was. Remember, I've picked up a new project, the stinky one, besides helping to finish up step one in the previous synthesis (You know the yellow one). Well this week at one point Monday or Tuesday I had four separate projects that I needed to run. Only two got done that day. It was crazy. I needed to filter, neutralize, rotovap, and more to three different solutions/mixtures. I finished all the things I need to do with the yellow stuff, minus characterization, but the stinky stuff is another story. I still need to do a vacuum distillation tomorrow. We'll see how it all ends up. Hopefully well!
I did get to enjoy two fireworks shows. The Elver Park fireworks were pretty impressive, see video above for an idea of the grand finale. I also went to Noah's Ark Water Park and went almost vertically down ten stories on my back! I was pretty proud of myself for getting out of my comfort zone so much. And a friend came to visit for the day on Saturday. That was wonderful. Church was good this morning.

When working with stinky stuff ones gloves must air out in the back of the hood

Liquid nitrogen to help with the filtration process

After being in the liquid nitrogen bath

Happy 4th!

Mixture

Dinner after Noah's Ark

The Filtrate

Mixture being filtered

Again after Noah's Ark

I've been craving one of these

Vacuum distillation setup

All the pH test strips I used (Pink is acidic, orange is pH 5)

All of the base I added...611 mL and only to a pH of 5!

My feet...I walk a lot here
My roomie and me

Our feet

Before rhythm and booms, Happy Birthday, Xiaoyin!

To read from dad.

My homework


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