Re: ORGLIST: Cyanate and acetic acid

From: Jacob Zabicky (zabicky$##$bgumail.bgu.ac.il)
Date: Thu Dec 21 2000 - 02:34:46 EST

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Hello Valery,

A possible explanation is that you used very old stuff, that was in a badly
sealed container. You've got slow carbonatation with the CO2 in the air,
probably aided by moisture. Conclusion: Use fresh chemicals.

All the best,

Jacob

At 0:13 20/12/0, Valery Yuskovets wrote:
>Hi!
>One day I mix 13 g NaOCN and 40 ml acetic acid(99.5 %).
>Evolution of gas (CO2) has begun in 3-5 minutes, slight warming of reaction
>mixture has also observed.
>
>Can anyone give some explanations?
>
>Valery,
>Saint-Petersburg
>Russia.

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