Extraction of ibuprofen from Advil tablets

2010-02-02 03:02 by Ian

After cleaning out a medicine cabinet in my house, I found a bottle of Advil tablets that was expired in 2007. As long as I was going to discard them, I decided to satisfy a curiosity about how they were constructed. This is my first attempt at isolation of ibuprofen from Advil gel-tabs.

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Mercury distillation

2009-08-26 20:30 by Ian

These are my lab notes and photos for the mercury distillation.

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Liquid metal

2009-08-20 10:44 by Ian

Picked up about 11.5kg of mercury yesterday and cleaned it up. This was my procedure and pictures of the results.

Cross-filed under photography because I took lots of photos of the mercury while I was cleaning it. The pictures can’t do it justice. The stuff is beautiful.

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The coolant chiller

2009-06-25 19:52 by Ian

For doing distillations and extractions using solvents with low boiling points (such as diethyl ether or chloroform), the coolant in the condenser must be below the temperature of tap water.

This is my solution to the problem of reliable sub-zero cooling.

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Couldn't bring myself to work indoors today

2009-06-24 00:26 by Ian

I couldn’t bring myself to work indoors today. I setup my gear outside to determine the alcohol concentration in a co-worker’fs home made cider.

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Introduction to Soxhlet extractor

2009-06-13 20:49 by Ian

My extractor was delivered today, and I chose to test it by extracting essence of eucalyptus using methanol as a solvent.

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Q&A About Mercury

2009-04-04 21:56 by Ian

Some assorted questions and my responses to an online contact regarding the chemistry of mercury.

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Making Nickel (II) chloride hexahydrate

2009-03-09 22:58 by Ian

Some simple home chemistry.

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