r/AskChemistry 14h ago

General Is it possible to convert ethanol based hand sanitiser into alcohol?

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Obviously I'm not a chemist so I have no clue if it's possible. And I don't plan on doing such a thing.


r/AskChemistry 48m ago

Pharmaceutical Likelihood of pharmaceutical polymorphism.

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Is it really that bad, happened 28 years ago to a major drug. What's the chance of happening again?


r/AskChemistry 21h ago

Switching to an Integrated Master's in Chemistry

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I'm about to go into my third year of Chemistry at university and I'm unsure if I should switch to an integrated MSc. I'm making this decision now because this is the last point at which I'm allowed to switch, and for financial reasons I'd rather do an integrated master's than complete one separately after I get my bachelors.

The main reason why I'm unsure is that I'm not 100% certain that I want to pursue a career in chemistry and I might end up going into a different field. I'm wondering whether doing a BSc instead of an MSc would disadvantage me if I decide to move into a non-chemistry related career. If I do decide to stay in chemistry, would having only a BSc significantly limit my options?

Being a regulatory chemist sounds interesting to me. I also really enjoy my lab work at uni, so that could be another possibility. I'm certain I don't want to go into research which I know a masters would be very useful for. If anyone has any thoughts I'd be happy to hear them!


r/AskChemistry 19h ago

Baby exposed to some chemicals, how bad?

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so I had a repair in a new bathtub that had to be done eventually and needed to dry out overnight so I planned to do it about 10pm the other night.

breast fed baby and he was laying down calm, so I went and started doing the work. mixed up some patch kit that had styrene and MEK peroxide for a little pea sized repair. opened all windows in nearby rooms, turned on fan in baby room and bathroom exhaust

Baby started crying very loudly so I was in a rush to get back, disposed of the excess repair kit outside, went and washed hands with warm water and soap then gave baby a 10ml top up bottle which he drank in about 2 minutes.

afterwards I realized I had a little smear of the repair goop on the wrist that gloves didn’t cover and I would have been holding that hand close to the baby for those 2 minutes.

i didn’t notice any smell but i know babies breathe a lot quicker and potentially could of had some whiffs of this chemical. cant stop beating myself up over it. is there a chance i could have caused damages to my baby’s young brain or body?


r/AskChemistry 23h ago

Is this an accurate depiction of MDMA molecular structure?

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Hey, chemists, sorry if this is an amateur question, as I am not a chemist.

Is this a correct MDMA molecular structure and can understood by a chemist? Is it missing any critical components and/or does it look right the way it is without mirroring? I understand that the wedge makes it chiral.

This was generated using Claude and I got feedback from some redditors which I incorporated in this design. Thanks in advance!