Laptop troubles

once again, i’ve managed to kill off my laptop. the poor thing has been through so much with me. this time it’s virus(es). it must have been the email i opened, but that’s besides the point.

i have two and a half days to talk about, but not too much has happened of note. time has mostly been spent trying to distil some thf so that the next experiment will run smoothly. used the sodium+ benzophenone under nitrogen method, then had to start over due to a leak in the distillation setup that allowed air (and therefore moisture) to enter the system, probably overnight. hopefully the rest of this goes off smoothly, and we can start up a second batch before the end of the day – i really don’t feel like bringing in the two batches of solvent separately, when we have to use the large antechamber. it’s annoying to use, and i like to use it (for solvents especially) as little as possible.

other than that, i’ve been running some control tests for temperature, to make sure that the substances i’m working with don’t spontaneously react without the catalyst.

~ by scififreaker on 2008.May.29.