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Hey guys, last one of 2016...technically made public in 2017 though. I hope you guys enjoy. If you have any suggestions on how I could use it, let me know. http://www.strawpoll.me/12045765 OrgSyn prep: http://www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep=CV1P0531 Audio work: Kyle Gamble (kylegambleaudio@gmail.com) Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/nilered/join

This is just a quick little update for my mercury distillation video! Link to distillation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6SahlAFV-w Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/nilered/join NileRed Merch Store (NileRed Pin & Keychain): https://store.dftba.com/collections/nilered NileRed Website (Glassware & Beaker Mugs): https://nile.red --------

Today we are extracting citric acid from some large large lemons. Citric acid is quite a useful molecule in general, but I don't have any particular uses for it. It is mostly used as a pH buffering agent in chemistry and isn't use in direct synthesis. A buffering solution is a solution that resists pH change. It is useful in synthesis when you need to keep the pH relatively constant during a reaction. In my Cadaverine video, I used citric acid to make a pH buffer solution: https://youtu.be/C5

This is the 5th installment in the 6 part series where I convert Aspirin to Paracetamol. In this video, I will be reducing the p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol using NaBH4 and palladium on carbon. Procedure (on page 13): http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry/content/filerepository/CMP/00/000/047/Paracetamol_web.pdf Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/nil

This is the final part of the series, where the p-aminophenol is converted to the acetaminophen. Using acetic anhydride, the p-aminophenol is going to be acetylated. The reaction is carried out in water at room temperature. Acetic anhydride does react with water, but it happens slowly. By including an excess of acetic anhydride, we can assure that the acetylation goes to completion. Procedure (on page 14): https://goo.gl/2PDLVn Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA --

Today we are going to be exploring the Cannizzaro reaction! Videos: Benzene: https://youtu.be/X10VZeQmFDo Skatole: https://youtu.be/eZ56LDCABrA Denatonium Benzoate: https://youtu.be/GOw_I42eUpM Benzaldehyde from Bitter almond oil: https://youtu.be/a95a0iMOICU Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/nilered/join NileRed Merch Store (NileRed Pin & Keycha

Over the years, I have collected a whole bunch of water based mercury waste. In this video, I will be recovering the mercury and disposing of the water. Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/nilered/join NileRed Merch Store (NileRed Pin & Keychain): https://store.dftba.com/collections/nilered NileRed Website (Glassware & Beaker Mugs): https://nile.red

Note: it is called "tungstic acid" not tungstinic Today we are making some adipic acid using a more environmentally friendly way. I will use the adipic acid to make adipoyl chloride and then nylon 6,6. Procedure: https://goo.gl/WYqgCv Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/nilered/join NileRed Merch Store (NileRed Pin & Keychain): https://store.dftba.

The Briggs-Rauscher oscillating reaction is one of the very few oscillating reactions that we know of. Throughout the reaction, the concentration of iodide (I-) goes up and down, and this causes a swap between 2 processes. The the concentration is high, the process that consumes iodide is favored. When it is low, the process that produces it is favored. This causes a constant fluctuation of iodide. As the iodide increases, it forms I2 which is yellow, then the I2 eventually combines with I- t

Theobromine is an interesting molecule and is very similar to caffeine. It appears in a high concentration in cocoa (a small amount of caffeine is also in cocoa). In this video, I am extracting theobromine from cocoa. In the future, I might prepare cocoa powder from raw cocoa pods. Link to procedure: https://goo.gl/o7uvc3 Other reference (Chemplayer): https://youtu.be/Q5NmjKMqC74 Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://w

In this video, we explore what milk is made of. It is a really interesting mixture of minerals, proteins, water, sugar, vitamins and fat. Nature has found a way to pack a crazy amount of calories, nutrients and food into a tiny package. Using a little bit of chemistry, each part can be isolated. Procedure: https://goo.gl/o7uvc3 Project Pinpoint Official Website: http://projectpinpoint.ca/en/ GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/project-pinpoint Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectPinpoin

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NileRed store (Glassware & Beaker Mugs): https://nile.red/shop Link to part 1: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=phNLecfyWS8 In part 2, I will be finishing things off and making the novolac. Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/nilered/join NileRed Merch Store (NileRed Pin & Keychain): https://store.dftba.com/collections/nilered NileRed Web

Get a free 30-day Audible trial today by signing up at http://www.audible.com/nilered Note: I write cyclohexanol in the video, but it is actually cyclohexane that I used. I also wrote in the comments it was cyclohexanol...so double mistake. oops In this video, I will be doing the classic Nylon 6,6 demonstration. I first convert adipic acid (which was made in a previous video) to adipoyl chloride. It is then reacted with hexamethylenediamine to form Nylon 6,6 In the future, I will be making Ny

Spreadshirt: https://goo.gl/vKjWfu NileRed store (Glassware & Beaker Mugs): https://nile.red/shop Hey guys, this is a new series called edible chem, where Ill be able to eat the stuff that I make. For this video, Ill be extracting piperine, but let me know what you would like to see in the future! Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/nilered/join Ni

Watch part 1: https://youtu.be/NRKQ_aFpD24 Contest link: https://goo.gl/8QlHnh In this video, I will be cleaning up the mercury waste that I made in the last video. Be aware, that this might not be the best way to do it. I am just showing what I did. Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/nilered/join NileRed Merch Store (NileRed Pin & Keychain): https

Today I will be making acetanilide, which was historically used as a pain reliever. It was discovered in 1886 and sold under the brand name Antifebrin by the company Kalle & Co. It has since been completely replaced by paracetamol/acetaminophen. Video links: NileBlue video: https://youtu.be/XIL7Q3QlVKc Doug's Lab Acetic anhydride (Part 1): https://youtu.be/_1mMW2qEF84 Doug's Lab Acetic anhydride (Part 2): https://youtu.be/g9sPlMkYEIw Making Aniline: https://youtu.be/nKWOZajmAQo I followed t

Link to Part 1: https://youtu.be/uMBeXHnWhsE This is part2 of my soap series, where lll be making liquid soap. If you haven't seen part 1, I strongly suggest that you check it out before this one. The major difference with liquid soap, is that it uses potassium hydroxide instead of sodium hydroxide. Contest: https://gleam.io/Drjb1/soap-giveaway Recipe: https://www.diynatural.com/how-to-make-liquid-soap-natural/ Making Fluorescein: https://youtu.be/xXZcRwh28TE Nile talks about lab safety:

NOTE: This video has been re-uploaded because I made an error in the last one. I said ashes have sodium hydroxide in them, when they really have potassium carbonate, which is converted to potassium hydroxide by treatment with calcium hydroxide or oxide. I hate having to reupload, but the error was too big for me to let go. I do not like the idea of spreading misinformation. I hope you guys can understand! Contest is OVER!: https://gleam.io/Drjb1/soap-giveaway Link to Part 2: https://youtu.be/

In my previous video, I made soap from vegetable oil. It got me wondering, is it possible to go backwards? Can I make oil from soap? This is my first attempt to do this and I think I will try it again in the future. I wouldn't use the same procedure though, because I don't think this one was too good. The high heat let to a lot of glycerol breaking down and I think a lot of side reactions. Method I followed for this video: https://goo.gl/OltwDL Other possible method: https://goo.gl/ELZbSo Lin

Today we are going to be making chlorobutanol. It was historically used as a hypnotic sedative and it is currently used as an antibacterial/preservative. I think it has a pleasant minty/camphor like smell to it. Chloroform video: https://youtu.be/j-PrAczOGb0 Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c/nilered/join NileRed Merch Store (NileRed Pin & Keychain

Check out my other channel NileBlue: http://www.youtube.com/c/NileRed2 Oddly enough, many lead compounds have a sweet taste. One of the most famous ones is probably lead acetate. It is highly water soluble and it looks and tastes like sugar. I'll be making it in two ways: 1) Lead oxide + acetic acid 2) Lead metal + acetic acid + hydrogen peroxide Video links: Explosiopedia: https://vimeo.com/111929288 TheBackyardScientist: https://youtu.be/iYj0sSC-NRc Info reference: https://goo.gl/Xg5TRt

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Okay, so we are not truly dissolving the gold, we are actually forming an alloy between the gold and the mercury (called an amalgam). This process is not only cool to look at, but it also is really useful to extract gold from ore. The gold-mercury amalgam can then be isolated and the mercury is boiled off or removed chemically. This leaves behind relatively pure gold. Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com

In this video, I'll be making nylon 6,6 again, but I will be doing it the "industrial" way. Instead of turning the adipic acid first into adipoyl chloride, I react it directly with hexamethylene diamine to make a nylon 6,6 salt. Then using heat, I force the salt to polymerize. Nylon 6,6 video: https://youtu.be/HTh_5CWMSoQ Adipic acid prep: https://youtu.be/O0LqwYTSir4 Link to paper with mechanism: https://goo.gl/p1bUEu Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA ------------

Today I'll be making some margarine from olive oil, however, it is going to be terrible and inedible. It is all about the journey though...right? To make it, I'll be hydrogenating olive oil. Margarine is normally partially hydrogenated, but I am going to fully hydrogenate things. So, it's going to actually be closer to "shortening". I was informed by some people that my way of making the margarine was terrible. I am probably going to try it again sometime, where I use a whisk (and froth it pro

Molecule Website: http://www.avogadr.io ------------------------------------------ When mercury is added to aluminum, it forms an amalgam (a mercury alloy). Aluminum is normally protected by a thick oxide layer, but the formation of the amalgam disrupts it. It allows fresh aluminum to react with air to form white aluminum oxide. As the oxide grows, it forms as these cool white fibers. Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA -------------------------------- Patreon: https

In this video, I'll be talking about the very interesting element Mercury. I try to cover as much as I can, including its properties, its history and interesting reactions. Let me know what other element you would like to see. Keep in mind that this takes a lot of work though, and that not all elements will be possible (due to rarity and/or danger). Let me know if I forgot anything in the description. I probably left out links or something. ------------------------------------------ Video So

Original Plasticraincoat1 video: https://youtu.be/h4pNXAtPJp8 ------------------------------------------ In this video, I will be trying to recreate the popular explosive polymerization video. In this reaction, p-nitroaniline is heated over a flame with some sulfuric acid. Initially, not too much happens, but then suddenly, a large black snake appears. To do this, I will first need to make some p-nitroaniline, from acetanilide that I made in a previous video. The foam that is formed is resis

Support my channel by getting a free trial today, at http://www.squarespace.com/nilered. You'll also get 10% off your first purchase. ------------------------------------------ Vote for the new term: https://goo.gl/rQ8sQ2 In this video, I talk about the myth that surrounds iodine, which has to be one of the most widely spread misconceptions in chemistry. It is often taught in class and even appears in textbooks. I try to explain why this myth came to be and I offer a potential solution. Thi

I decided to revisit the mercury aluminum video that I did about a month ago. I got a lot of questions from you guys about it and I wanted to answer them. There are for sure a lot of other cool things that I could try out, but for now, I'm done. I'll leave it up to some of you guys to investigate!

This video is a bit different and more on the biochemistry side. During my Biochemistry degree, this was one prep that always amazed me. I'll be extracting DNA from strawberries and then giving it a taste to see what it's like. Because I plan to eat it, I only use chemicals that are "food safe". On a side note, it feels like I have been neglecting synthesis, so the next few videos are going to just synth projects only! Reference: https://goo.gl/fYPDqB Nile talks about lab safety: https://

Support my channel by getting a free trial today, at http://www.squarespace.com/nilered. You'll also get 10% off your first purchase. ------------------------------------------ Contest link: https://goo.gl/ATFiiU Today, I'm going to be exploring the science of azo dyes. This class of dyes is one of the most popular and it is used to dye clothing in a unique way. It is based on a reaction known as "azo coupling" where two dye components are developped directly on/in the textile fibers. The Pa

Support my channel by getting a free trial today, at http://www.squarespace.com/nilered. You'll also get 10% off your first purchase. ------------------------------------------ For this video, I am going to be making some laughing gas, aka nitrous oxide. Then, I'll be using it to carry out the classic Barking Dog experiment. To make it, I'll be using the safer method, which uses sodium nitrite and hydroxylamine hydrochloride. The typical industrial process, using ammonium nitrate, can be qui

Support my channel by getting a free trial today, at http://www.squarespace.com/nilered. You'll also get 10% off your first purchase. ------------------------------------------ This video is a special one and I made it specifically for World Diabetes Day, which happens every year on November 14. Diabetes was originally diagnosed by tasting the urine of patients. In diabetics, the blood-sugar level is often extremely high and some of it spills over into the urine. So, if the urine tasted swee

My website: https://nile.red Giveaway: https://goo.gl/ZddndH Giveaway winners have been drawn and all packages have already been shipped out. Thanks to everyone who participated! ------------------------------------------ Note: when i mention dilute nitric acid, it is a 50/50 mixture of conc. HNO3 (~65%) and water. Urea is the largest non-water component of pee and it's generated by the metabolism and breakdown of proteins. It's an extremely useful compound and it's used in many commercial

WARNING: Tasting chemicals that you make is almost always a bad idea. Even though I've taken several steps to make it as safe as possible, I'm still doing it at my own risk. ------------------------------------------ For this video, I'll be using the urea that I got in my last video, to make Dulcin. Link to urea video: https://youtu.be/sfldS5hqWYA Dulcin was the second artificial sweetener to be discovered, but it's now banned due to health issues. My goal for this video is to make it using

Today I'll be making glowing stuff again, but this time I'm going to try out a more environmentally friendly method. In the previous video, the active chemical I made was TCPO. This required 2,4,6-trichlorophenol as a precursor, which is damaging to the environment. The prep for this video uses wintergreen (methyl salicylate) instead, which I made in an edible chem video. Edible chem video: https://youtu.be/3NN9IUvrKi4 Previous video: https://youtu.be/w_CYwd6cHUA Procedure from: https://go