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- Organic Chem - Identifying stuff the FAST way.
- First off, smell it.
- Fishy/ammonia/eye watering smell - an amine, probably methylamine
- Paint thinner/Nail varnish remover - ketone
- Fruity/sweet - a nice ester?
- If its a solid its probably an aldehyde.
- If solid, burn some. Smokey = aromatic, non smokey = aliphatic.
- PROTIP IF LIQUID: Do the dinitrophenol test FIRST. Tells you if its aldehyde/ketone OR alcohol/ester OR some other shit.
- Another tip - dont do 10 confirmatory tests. If its something its something. Just roll with it.
- Srsly. Smell the stuff then give it some DNP then do a confirmatory, saves loads of time
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