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Benzyl chloride

Benzyl chloride (BnCl) is a molecule that is a used to make pharmaceuticals and can also be used to make Phenyl-2-Propanone. Benzyl chloride is synthesized from toluene (benzyl hydride) by chlorination with TCCA (trichloroisocyanuric acid, pool chlorine) in sunlight with lithium bromide as a catalyst. The lithium bromide makes it so that you get benzyl chloride in hours instead of days. Phenyl-2-Propanone is synthesized by adding benzyl chloride in diethyl ether (or even better, dibutyl ether for higher yield) and adding magnesium turnings. You make benzyl magnesium chloride. Then you react it with acetonitrile and then do a hydrochloric acid work-up to get Phenyl-2-Propanone.

Properties
Chemical formula
C7H7Cl
Molar mass
126.58 g·mol−1
Appearance
Colorless to slightly yellow, toxic liquid
Odor
Pungent, aromatic
Density
1.100 g/cm3
Melting point
−39 °C (−38 °F; 234 K)
Boiling point
179 °C (354 °F; 452 K)
Solubility in water
very slightly soluble (0.05% at 20 °C)
Solubility
soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether, chloroform, CCl4
miscible in organic solvents
Vapor pressure
1 mmHg (20 °C)

Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
Poisonous and carcinogenic; lachrymator
I reacted toluene (benzyl hydride, paint thinner) with TCCA (trichloroisocyanuric acid, pool chlorine) in sunlight with lithium bromide catalyst and got benzyl chloride in a matter of hours.
Benzyl chloride by CognitiveFuel November 28, 2022
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Sodium Chloride 

What Jimmy Neutron calls normal table salt
Jimmy: Just some sodium chloride.
Skeet: Dude, it's called salt
Jimmy: That's what I said, sodium chloride
Sodium Chloride by R O O S T E R February 25, 2018

3,4-Methylenedioxybenzyl chloride 

3,4-Methylenedioxybenzyl chloride (MDBnCl; Piperonylchloride; Sesamyl methyl chloride; 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl methyl chloride) is a chemical that is used in organic synthesis. It's melting point is 20.5 °C. It's boiling point is 97-100 ° at 1 mmHg. MDBnCl is used to synthesize other chemicals like MDP2P (3,4-MethyleneDioxyPhenyl-2-Propanone) and MDP2Bu 3,4-MethyleneDioxyPhenyl-2-Butanone; 1-(3,4-Methylenedioxy)phenyl-2-butanone via MDBn-MgCl (3,4-Methylenedioxybenzyl magnesium chloride) and acetonitrile or propionitrile and HCl acid work-up.
3,4-Methylenedioxybenzyl chloride is very useful in the laboratory.

Ethyl Chloride

Ethyl chloride (EtCl, Chloroethane), is a chemical compound with chemical formula CH3CH2Cl, once widely used in producing tetraethyllead, a gasoline additive. It is a colorless, flammable gas or refrigerated liquid with a faintly sweet odor. Ethyl chloride is a lab solvent and an intermediate in the synthesis of 2-methyl-2-butanol through the formation of the grignard reagent, ethyl magnesium chloride and a grignard reaction with acetone, followed by hydrochloric acid work-up to yield 2-methyl-2-butanol. Ethyl chloride is synthesized by reacting ethanol with hydrochloric acid and zinc chloride catalyst. Ethyl chloride can also be used along with calcium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or potassium hydroxide to extract freebase arecoline out of the betel nut. Then react it with HBr (Hydrogen Bromide) to get Arecoline Hydrobromide.

Properties
Chemical formula
C2H5Cl
Molar mass
64.51 g/mol
Appearance
Colorless gas
Odor
Pungent, ethereal
Density
0.921 g/cm3 (0-4 °C)
0.8898 g/cm3 (25 °C)
Melting point
−138.7 °C (−217.7 °F; 134.5 K)
Boiling point
12.27 °C (54.09 °F; 285.42 K)
decomposes at 510 °C
Solubility in water
0.447 g/100 mL (0 °C)
0.574 g/100 mL (20 °C)
Solubility
Soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether, dibutyl ether, 2-methyl-2-butanol
Solubility in ethanol
48.3 g/100 g (21 °C)
Vapor pressure
8.4 kPa (-40 °C)
62.3 kPa (0 °C)
134.6 kPa (20 °C)
I reacted ethanol with hydrochloric acid and a zinc chloride catalyst. I got ethyl chloride. I then extracted freebase arecoline from the betel nut and reacted it with hydrogen bromide gas to get Arecoline Hydrobromide.

I took some ethyl chloride and added anhydrous diethyl ether and magnesium turnings to get ethyl magnesium chloride. Then I reacted the Et-MgCl (ethyl magnesium chloride) with acetone. Then I took the 2m2bO-MgCl (2-methyl-2-butoxymagnesium chloride) and reacted it with hydrochloric acid to get 2-methyl-2-butanol.
Ethyl Chloride by CognitiveFuel January 30, 2023

Sodium Chloride 

Its Basically salt and also a phrase used by jimmy neutron
its just a bit of sodium chloride

Sodium Chloride 

(n.) A smart way of telling somone that they are giving only bad feedback to a produkt or comment. It is referd to as "Salt" by pesants.
Fanboy: Holy shit ps4 is so crappy no one should ever buy it.

You: Out of all the minerals on earth you choose Sodium Chloride.

Aluminium Chloride Hexahydrate 

Aluminum chloride is the partially neutralized form used in cosmetic antiperspirants, while aluminum chloride hexahydrate is among the most effective antiperspirants currently available. It's chemical formula is AlCl3 and has a solid, white or pale yellow appearance.
Patient: "Doctor, can you diagnose me with Aluminium Chloride Hexahydrate?"
Doctor: "Bruh if u take that it will kill you."
Patient: "Oh."
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