Intriguing?

One of the reactions I was doing was reacting PDT-cat + a BocSPPh2 Ligand, and we did yield results. Unfortunately, when we tried to cleave the product to shorten the ligand, our compound disintegrated. We probably let it sit for too long. So, we decided to repeat the earlier reaction, but this time, when we ran the tests, our data was similar but not the same. So to hopefully fix our problem, we are trying to recrystalize the compound. To recrystalize you dissolve the compound in something and then transfer it to a smaller vessel, then on top of this small layer of compound add something that the compound doesn't dissolve in (normally something like methanol.) As these two compounds mix, a crystal forms!