Blood in the Büchner flask.

A really strange thing happened during this reaction. I oxidized an aromatic amine with copper (this is the reason for the blue color) and a polyaromatic compound formed selectively. The interesting thing is, the compound what I oxidized is a really unstable, highly toxic, carcinogenic, white crystalline thing and the main product of this oxidation was this blood red thing, no side products or anything else. And another thing: according to the NMR it has 30 types of carbon atoms in it.

9:31 pm • 17 June 2014 • 113 notes • View comments