tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post5658664204957484242..comments2023-03-22T08:34:04.641-05:00Comments on Carbon Tet: Tetrakis TalkGreg the Chemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16961146355172003762noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post-55408287491665630292007-10-26T08:08:00.000-05:002007-10-26T08:08:00.000-05:00We used to order tetrakis from Strem but they are ...We used to order tetrakis from Strem but they are expensive. We now use pressure chemicals USD5/g which is an excellent price. It comes in yellow. <BR/>http://www.presschem.com/A Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14887725687594915934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post-23785885019118644912007-10-10T17:05:00.000-05:002007-10-10T17:05:00.000-05:00Hey, mevans, no speaking badly about your advisor-...Hey, mevans, no speaking badly about your advisor--he is one of my favorite profs ever.Ψ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089754859676425655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post-58596324019354476142007-10-10T12:23:00.000-05:002007-10-10T12:23:00.000-05:00somebody put the knive too close to your neck, mev...somebody put the knive too close to your neck, mevans? :))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post-74714145441598753512007-10-09T23:45:00.000-05:002007-10-09T23:45:00.000-05:00Correction, it was a GC/MS and I don't think it wa...Correction, it was a GC/MS and I don't think it was Shimadzu.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07363815288690987728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post-41053840293413679232007-10-09T23:44:00.000-05:002007-10-09T23:44:00.000-05:00Instrument vendors are just as ignorant, if not wo...Instrument vendors are just as ignorant, if not worse. Shimadzu shipped a couple of technicians to fix a UV/Vis spectrophotometer at UK, and here we are six months later with the same UV/Vis broken.<BR/><BR/>One of the downsides of having a Canadian advisor is <I>all his instruments are Canadian!</I> and none of the companies exist anymore.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07363815288690987728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post-23948728926905757312007-10-05T15:57:00.000-05:002007-10-05T15:57:00.000-05:00Here is how you build a successful busines: You ha...Here is how you build a successful busines: You have to have in stock what you advertise and you mustn't suck. Strem has been making organometallics and ligands in bulk for years, for crappy companies to re-package them under moist air into leaky bottles and charge 200% premium for the "service". Eventually Strem got into selling research quantities and quickly became a great success. <BR/><BR/>In 2001 I was at a ACS meeting and there was this one little old guy in Strem vendor booth - I started talking to him because we used their Pd catalysts in the previous company - and then I found out it was Mike Strem himself. You have to appreciate a businessman who sells good stuff and actually takes time to listen to chemists.<BR/><BR/>We now place orders to Strem through Fisher as this simplifies the ordering - here at the institute we have a pre-paid account with Fisher (but for Strem direct orders we have to fill out a PO, get signatures on it etc).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post-37946814245751365122007-10-05T10:46:00.000-05:002007-10-05T10:46:00.000-05:00That's hilarious. From now on, when and if I order...That's hilarious. From now on, when and if I order from Alfa, I'm going to request everything in a specific color.<BR/><BR/>"Hi, I need some triphenylphosphine. I'd like it in blue this time. No, wait, I'll take the purple."Chemgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803297898913358147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post-76572584005512808502007-10-05T07:33:00.000-05:002007-10-05T07:33:00.000-05:00Yes, well, if I had ordered it first, it would hav...Yes, well, if I had ordered it first, it would have come from Strem. *sigh* What astonishes me is the ignorance of the technicians at Alfa. "We have it in yellow, green and brown." I just about died when I heard that.Greg the Chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16961146355172003762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post-13720804063780199592007-10-04T18:36:00.000-05:002007-10-04T18:36:00.000-05:00Green?! Weird.Why not just make it? It's dead ea...Green?! Weird.<BR/>Why not just make it? It's dead easy and maaaaybe takes half an hour.<BR/>Plus, on a bad day, it's that <I>one reaction</I> that you can't possibly screw up.Ψ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089754859676425655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893873901470183688.post-14104662341180279702007-10-04T16:28:00.000-05:002007-10-04T16:28:00.000-05:00'Just buy it from Strem'Every other chemist I've t...'Just buy it from Strem'<BR/><BR/>Every other chemist I've talked to and who has ordered tetrakis elsewhere says the same thing. Is it really so hard to consistently ship good tetrakis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com