This is by far my favorite cubane series! I just love your style and its amazing to watch you grow as you have access to sponsors... i hope my videos can be on par too one day lol
Very nice video! For such big scales, you should think about getting an overhead mechanical stirrer, would help a lot! As for benzophenone and ether purification: a rule of thumb used in my master's lab was to first reflux with just sodium, and when stuff stops change looks, add benzophenone then. So it won't be destroyed straight away but would do its job.
Nice to see the progress in your cubane adventure ☺️ the way you conducted the synthesis was really pleasing to watch and I love how articulate you are in explaining the steps. Nike Red joke took me out too 😂 wonderful job friend!
In awe of the absolute dedication of this man to be working on chem in the Sahara and during new year's eve. Are we going to see any octonitrated cubane???
5:46. Benzophenone might be the catalyst for tar formation, depending on what the impurities are. It sounds like you added benzophenone to the big flask to check for reaction completeness. Next time take a sample from the big reactor, and react the little sample with benzophenone, not the whole thing.
I can tell you that purifying dioxane for really sensitive reactions is a pain. I start with stirring over KOH (300g per 0.75 L dioxane) overnight. Filter under inert atmosphere onto benzophenone / sodium and then reflux until purple (~ 1 day) and subsequently distill onto 3 Angstrom Molsieves or a sodium mirrored flask for storage
This is quickly becoming one of my favourite chemistry chans on YT. I can foresee a bright future for you as a youtuber chemist! Keep up the good (funny) work! It's odd how to be successful at chemistry on TH-cam, it's more important for you to be a comedian than a good chemist, but when you have both is when the magic really happens and channels eventually end up popping off.
This fellow polish madlad thought of brominating during new year's eve, and did. Truly, one of chemists of all time
Funny cube molecules go brrrrrr. Love the chemistry involved in making these weird molecules.
This is by far my favorite cubane series! I just love your style and its amazing to watch you grow as you have access to sponsors... i hope my videos can be on par too one day lol
Glad you like it, and wish you all the best!
12:44 If your pee looks like this then you need to go to a hospital
Terrible joke about Nile red. I LOVE IT!!
Very nice video! For such big scales, you should think about getting an overhead mechanical stirrer, would help a lot!
As for benzophenone and ether purification: a rule of thumb used in my master's lab was to first reflux with just sodium, and when stuff stops change looks, add benzophenone then. So it won't be destroyed straight away but would do its job.
Just saw your post about the 25k… I was so shocked that you dont have way more followers for the quality that you give us in each vidéo
Nice to see the progress in your cubane adventure ☺️ the way you conducted the synthesis was really pleasing to watch and I love how articulate you are in explaining the steps. Nike Red joke took me out too 😂 wonderful job friend!
My Saturday was already going well. Now it's perfect.
Mama: "Pilnuj oczyszczania1,4-Dioxane bo wykipi"
Amateur Chemistry: "Wykipi wysrypi"
Amateur Chemistry: *mruga*
1,4-Dioxane: 5:06
Amatuer chemist 🔛🔝
I finally got one of your videos recommended again, so from the small polish tree to the end boss Cubane this is how we are going huh xD
In awe of the absolute dedication of this man to be working on chem in the Sahara and during new year's eve. Are we going to see any octonitrated cubane???
5:46. Benzophenone might be the catalyst for tar formation, depending on what the impurities are. It sounds like you added benzophenone to the big flask to check for reaction completeness.
Next time take a sample from the big reactor, and react the little sample with benzophenone, not the whole thing.
I can tell you that purifying dioxane for really sensitive reactions is a pain. I start with stirring over KOH (300g per 0.75 L dioxane) overnight. Filter under inert atmosphere onto benzophenone / sodium and then reflux until purple (~ 1 day) and subsequently distill onto 3 Angstrom Molsieves or a sodium mirrored flask for storage
This is quickly becoming one of my favourite chemistry chans on YT. I can foresee a bright future for you as a youtuber chemist! Keep up the good (funny) work!
It's odd how to be successful at chemistry on TH-cam, it's more important for you to be a comedian than a good chemist, but when you have both is when the magic really happens and channels eventually end up popping off.
Hat's off, you did a beautiful job!
10:50 most polish sentence i've ever heard said by chemist
Nice video！Did you follow the reaction with tlc during the bromination step？
Thanks! I didn't, I felt it wasn't necessary
Is the title a pendulum reference?
Huge respect 🤝
This was cool!! Have you thought what will you do once yo obtain the cube?
Thanks! I plan on doing a giveaway of some samples and maybe try to do some niche chemistry with it.
Polish Bromine tree when?
So Bromine is a pretty useful element in this process.
Bromo Seltzered.
Super !!!
Are you going to nitrate the final product?
If I will have more than a gram I will maybe try
Well damn! Queuebs of carbon galore! There’s only one more video in the series? Or is it going to be a 4 year video? 👀😂😂
I plan to make only one more video but if the remaining reactions will take too long I will make two
My guy is working without any kidney just to make this content 😁
I'm so bad at chemistry. I'd impurity something while trying to purify it
It's not only you, I also had something like this happen a few times :)
practice makes perfect (a lot of practice)
I don’t think Cubane is very exciting to non chemists 🤷♂️🤔😊👊
Why people enjoy making cursed molecules?
Because they enjoy suffering and looking at white powders they spent months making