lab days are here again…

and so, with the end of the first biochem lab (’twas a long one!), i have time once again to breathe life into my research project. sure, i’d been doing small jobs before now (distilling and drying solvents, getting glassware ready, etc), but not really getting my feet wet (so to speak).

jumped in today and already i’m a bit rusty at synthesis, after a few months away. didn’t realize that, though i had two 100ml flasks in there, i was supposed to use them in a certain order. i must have made a mental note and then promptly forgotten about it. so, at the end of it, i had a solution that needed the volitiles removed, but no readily available vacuum adapter. gotta wait until tomorrow to get that going (too late today to do so). ah, if we but had adapters of all sizes, this problem would not be an issue. 19/22, however, is the (only!) size we lack for such an adapter.

as for the experiment; i can only hope it’s going well; didn’t get far enough today to get an idea, yet. all the reagents were fresh, though (with wax seal, too!…those things are nigh impossible to open with gloved hands, though…grumblegrumble)

update later when there’s real news to report, i guess.

~ by scififreaker on 2008.November.10.