Very little to report today. With the non-stop rain in upstate South Carolina, lab conditions weren't really optimal for performing another Grignard reaction today. We decided to perform the calculations necessary for a scaled-up experiment (2 mL cyclohexene oxide to 10 mL) and prepare the glassware and reagents to run our reaction tomorrow. Since my compound, benzyl chloride, is volatile, I completed an experiment of Dr. Bass's during normal lab time, which included a GC scan and a simple distillation. After placing our glassware in the oven to dry, we called it a day!
Hopefully there will be more to do and say tomorrow.
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