Dissolved an amine base in methylene chloride and some MeOH, warmed it to get a homogenous solution with stirring, and SLOOOOOOOWLY spent all day titrating the glacial acetic acid in anhydrous methanol to just the acidic side of neutral. Will recrystallize, wash etc. right now I CBF. 2-3 drops at a time, PH test between each addition+stirring like hell, washing glass rod in methanol, washing tweezers in methanol, drying on paper towel, separate piece each, washing with water again, then methanol once again before a new few drops of acid were added and stirred in and another identical PH test and cleaning tweezers for PH paper (solvent would have eaten the plastic of a PH electronic meter) and glass rod, testing each each time against more PH paper, and then finally testing the next addition once I could be certain there would be no fudging of results accidentally by residual acid or base contaminating things.
Took hours and hours and fucking hours, adding the acid so slowly so as not to overshoot or undershoot, and the repetitive, meticulous cleaning of instruments before each analysis......want a chemist for hire? get an autie. They pay attention to detail.
