Same here, its way too fucking hot here. I'm going to have to wait it to cool down and the night to start, so I can get to work on my bromine synthesis (Br2 is volatile, and the fumes are both toxic and corrosive, nasty, choking, caustic asphyxiating fumes similar to but AFAIK more toxic than chlorine gas)
Already have to do it with the receiver flask immersed in a salted ice/water/antifreeze bath to ensure the Br2 is condensed properly, and also have to distill another batch, created via a different method (currently I'm using chlorine gas, passed through a flask containing a saturated solution of sodium bromine, the more reactive and electronegative halogen (Cl2) replacing the less electronegative (Br in the NaBr) and displacing Br2), the other method being addition of conc. H2SO4 to NaBr), already got some Br2 made via the latter route, the NaBr solution is getting there, the solution already turning a vivid red color from bromine entering solution as it was liberated during the gassing with chlorine (its not particularly water soluble, but it does have some solubility in H2O, so the NaBr solution will turn red, before the bromine starts to fall out and pool at the bottom, once the water becomes saturated)
