Natural Science Forum / Chemistry / Organic Synthesis / November 2003

I am wanting to build a small methane to liquid converter. I can live
with either methanol or a liquid hydrocarbon output.  All the research I
have done indicates that I need to convert to syngas first, then to the
final product using the appropriate temperatures, pressures and

Any suggestions for text/handbook/reference for glassware aparatus for
moisture sensitive synthesis?
I'd like something with good practical advice, but structured enough such that
it is in publication-type format.

I have recently tried to make 3,4-dimethylpyrrole using ethylcarbamate and
butadiene from a procedure from Bulletin of the chemical society og Japan
from around 1965. I have also tried to find the ethylcarboxylate ester of
3,4-dimethylpyrrole because of its higher stability but ...

Dear Colleagues,
I have performed reaction of p-hydroxyacetophenone with ethyl acetate,
in the presence of sodium, in order to obtain p-hydroxybenzoylacetone.
I have done it according to the analogous procedure for orto-hydroxy