Natural Science Forum / Chemistry / Organic Synthesis / November 2005

Algy masses may not be as hard produce as I initially guessed, in the
seventies the use of phosphate detergents caused massive algey blooms
because they provided the missing nutrient in the all ready filthy
water, given that water quality over the past few decades has steady

Have any of you made the Grignard reagent Cl-mg-benzene?  Is it
difficult to initiate as compared with ph-BR?  Is it necessary to
exclude air? Is THF a reasonable solvent?

   I am attempting to graft a primary alcohol on to the a disaccharide (sucrose) via a etherification reaction in the presence of an acid catalyst. The challenge is finding an appropriate acid...I've used sulfonic acid, organic diacids, and phosphoric acids with varying degrees ...

I need to prepare this acid.
I have 8-hydroxy-quinoline.
Thanks, Stipe