Making Benzaldehyde from Bitter Almond Oil

I've made benzaldehyde a few times before, but I think this is the easiest way to obtain it (just short of buying it directly).

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[randypullman]

I watch quite a few DIY videos and this guy has the most gracious message for his patreon donors. Cheers

[xxsebasalxx]

If you made beakers and labcoats I would buy them in an instant, except for the fact that I live in colombia and the shipping would probably be too expensive.

[IamJiva]

Despite the traditional chemists practic experience of extention benzaldehyde using in drugs preparing, the joint interest of police and criminals in them led to the criminalization of a valuable reagent, complicating the daily activities of scientists especially in backward countries

[ItchyDingo]

Can you maake the coffee setup that Gale Boetticher made in breaking bad 😅

[phantomzone]

I'm sorry, there are big mistakes. Adding a saturated solution of NaHCO3 or Na2CO3 to almond oil you get a little soap and Cannizzaro's reaction converting benzaldehyde in benzoic acid and benzilic alcohol. It's true you have sodium benzoate, however you can't convert it to benzaldehyde (it's a reaction of reduction) by adding magnesium sulfate. So I don't know you have distilled, maybe it's benzilic alcohol or propan-1, 2, 3-olo. You didn't say the temperature of the distillation.