Turning mint flavor into a glowing liquid

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ธ.ค. 2017
  • Today I'll be making glowing stuff again, but this time I'm going to try out a more environmentally friendly method. The prep for this video uses wintergreen (methyl salicylate) instead, which I made in an edible chem video.
    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.
    Procedure: goo.gl/ikYdRt
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  • @mikehunt6548
    @mikehunt6548 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2653

    all I'm getting from this is NileRed sleeps for 24 hour periods

    • @KingofJ95
      @KingofJ95 6 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Ethan Van Goethem You don't?

    • @TheMrVengeance
      @TheMrVengeance 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      all I'm getting from this comment is that +Ethan Van Goethem doesn't know how language works

    • @mikehunt6548
      @mikehunt6548 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      TheMrVengeance so he didn’t notice it was still glowing the entire day? Just went 18 hours after waking up before looking at it, also ur a weeb so shut up

    • @darkfur18
      @darkfur18 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      No, because a lot like Tritium vials, this stuff probably looked like a bottle of yellowish water in the sunlight. Also, he probably has to work during the day, unlike some people...

    • @TheMrVengeance
      @TheMrVengeance 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Ethan Van Goethem - Thanks for proving my point.
      He said he wanted to stay awake to watch the glow disappear.
      Then he said he was happy he didn't, because it still glowed 24hr later.
      That doesn't mean he slept all of those 24hrs.
      Nor does it mean he didn't notice it still glowing when he woke up.
      So thanks for proving you don't understand language, I was just joking initially, but since you had to go and be rude....

  • @purplealice
    @purplealice 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1460

    It's interesting that wintergreen is part of this reaction. If you put a wintergreen Life Saver in your mouth, look in a mirror, turn off the lights, and bite down on the candy with your mouth open, you'll see little sparkles of light. Apparently the static electricity generated when the candy crunches will excite the wintergreen, which then gives off brief flashes of light. No other flavor of candy will do this.
    Happy Holidays!

    • @jseven6044
      @jseven6044 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Its also important when making wintergreen sparks to breathe through your teeth for a bit and then bite down once theyre nice and dry

    • @ilyesjebalia9757
      @ilyesjebalia9757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @Yung Colgate triboluminescence?

    • @HaydenX
      @HaydenX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I thought that was a piezo thing. I didn't know it was static.

    • @butdontaskme5345
      @butdontaskme5345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Nerd

    • @seka1986
      @seka1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      * Butdontaskmebb * nerds candy will not work.

  • @mykel723
    @mykel723 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1731

    Tasting impure wintergreen? No problem. Using it for synthesis, uhh no I think I'll have to make something more pure.

    • @yatagarasu1495
      @yatagarasu1495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Mykel Duso yeah hahahahha i wanted to comment that. You would guess its the other way around

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Yeah well the impurities were probably mostly food-grade.

    • @KnakuanaRka
      @KnakuanaRka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Reagent-grade is actually higher in quality than food-grade; a lot of contaminants that can ruin reactions are fine in food-grade.

    • @destroyerdragon2002
      @destroyerdragon2002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@KnakuanaRka Indeed lab grade and food grade arent even neighbors.

    • @loeyanxiao
      @loeyanxiao 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

  • @GMCLabs
    @GMCLabs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +692

    Back when I was in high school, a friend of mine's dad has some huge bottles of the same stuff used to fill glow sticks. We made a 2 liter bottle of the stuff up. Then we heated the bottle up, it was glowing so bright you could see clearly in the room with no lights on! It was definitely a fun time, especially because we were also doing some experiments with lysergic acid diethylamide at the same time! The 90's were a great time to be alive!

    • @canaan5337
      @canaan5337 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Gary Carone sounds like a fun 90s time

    • @quarksamurai6101
      @quarksamurai6101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Gary Carone Not for Serbs or russians.Still there were many advancments in technology

    • @BLACK08PL
      @BLACK08PL 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      awesome fun with LSD in 90's xD

    • @johndifrancisco3642
      @johndifrancisco3642 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      RAVE ON!!!

    • @gtaman1212
      @gtaman1212 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      lysergique acid ? heh i see what you did there

  • @rndmbs
    @rndmbs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    "Glow Stuff"

    • @bok..
      @bok.. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      u suck

    • @rndmbs
      @rndmbs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      same

    • @kauekairony990
      @kauekairony990 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      G L O W S T U F F

    • @rndmbs
      @rndmbs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      bok is not me is another random cat

    • @lugoorstar
      @lugoorstar 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am the 222 like

  • @TiSapph
    @TiSapph 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    The vacuum filtration is still magical.

  • @gmrads
    @gmrads 6 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    "Possibly carcinogenic" Focusing on the "Possibly" that's how you know that you are doing some really odd things compared to most at home chemist's.

    • @elephystry
      @elephystry 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Chloroform IS carcinogenic.

  • @Fallowsthorn
    @Fallowsthorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    you: "it's a flavoring agent for things like candy and gum-" [shows lifesaver package]
    me: immediately smells strong mint despite not being near any of it
    brains are weird

    • @Wyonite
      @Wyonite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Brains are weird.

    • @BHStudios01
      @BHStudios01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was thinking the same thing! I DO have a peppermint essential oil and a room spray, but haven’t used either in some time. But my brain still smells it right now just thinking about it.

    • @Hyperlink1337
      @Hyperlink1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      just you pal

    • @goblin2635
      @goblin2635 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i can feel how it burns my sinuses just by thinking about it

    • @AlldaylongRock
      @AlldaylongRock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Synesthesia.

  • @flaviog.7628
    @flaviog.7628 6 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    8:55 *Nuka Cola Quantum*

    • @domonator5000
      @domonator5000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hydra Overray You mean quartz? Since quartz is the green one, whereas quantum is tonic blue...

    • @kenetickups6146
      @kenetickups6146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      domonator5000
      no, quartz is the color of mtn dew whitout

    • @tsinlao750
      @tsinlao750 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rc glow.

    • @Wyonite
      @Wyonite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Forbidden Nuka Cola Quantum.

    • @nazantug8743
      @nazantug8743 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep

  • @rogerdotlee
    @rogerdotlee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    You made Pyridine? Willingly? You are far braver than I, Dr. Red. I haven't had the need to deal with it and it's insupportable stench since the mid 80s, and it could probably wake me from a dead sleep.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      Im not a Dr, but yeah, i did it willingly. It was less than pleasant

    • @tilobidaLP
      @tilobidaLP 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ive worked with it some time and IT wasnt very unpleasent.

    • @elephystry
      @elephystry 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      NileRed
      Oh, but you’re MY doctor. ;)

    • @TheMrVengeance
      @TheMrVengeance 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Holy sh*t, what were you even doing that you needed enough chlorine gas to turn your house into a WWI battlefield?

    • @gachabucket40
      @gachabucket40 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@elephystry Bruh wtf

  • @venusthebenus
    @venusthebenus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Loving the way that you can tell which chemicals Nile’s made himself vs the ones he had to buy based on which ones are just in little blank bottles/containers with a label from a label maker

  • @nataliarodriguez3740
    @nataliarodriguez3740 6 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    "Enviromentally mean"

    • @rndmbs
      @rndmbs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      D:

    • @IDWpresents
      @IDWpresents 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Highly technical term, too advanced for you

    • @Gameboygenius
      @Gameboygenius 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      IDWpresents: Insert Rick and Morty copypasta.

  • @opl500
    @opl500 6 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    Possibly carcinogenic? Is there *any* chloro aromatic molecule that's even remotely good for you?

    • @argenteus8314
      @argenteus8314 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Good for you? I don't know. But not all are carcinogenic. There are plenty of pharmaceuticals that are chlorinated on an aromatic ring that are, as far as we know, pretty safe. Along with some pretty safe chlorinated recreational drugs, like 2C-C. Honestly, it's better to have a molecule chlorinated on the aromatic ring than to have it chlorinated on an alkyl chain or something; the latter would almost CERTAINLY be carcinogenic.

    • @argenteus8314
      @argenteus8314 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      +Mexi Chemia I wouldn't go that far. There are plenty of halogenated pharmaceuticals. Halogens aren't ALWAYS a safe substituent, but they sometimes are. Fluorines are the safest, considering the fluorine-carbon bond is so stable, you can usually use a fluorine safely even in cases where a chlorine or bromine would be bad. And the aromatic ring is certainly a better place for them than anywhere else; they'd be WAY worse on an alkyl group, pretty much invariably carcinogenic or toxic in some way.

    • @argenteus8314
      @argenteus8314 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Mexi Chemia Very true, at least for the most part, but that's certainly not "99%".

    • @lordpinochetuttp3819
      @lordpinochetuttp3819 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Benzene is literally cancer sauce, so it's not suprising if you chlorinate it, which like with chloroform makes it even more cancerous.

    • @TheBackyardChemist
      @TheBackyardChemist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      How about diclofenac? Two chlorines on an aromatic ring, and it is reasonably safe for humans, it is quite widely used. There are also some others like bupropion, clindamycin (an alkyl chloride!!), clonazepam, though that last thing is so potent at its pharmacological target that the dose is super low, like 0.5 mg low, but the others have much larger doses. Do not forget thyroid hormones either (yes, its iodine, but still). So in fact there are a lot of chlorinated compounds that are good for you, if you dose them appropriately when you need them.

  • @michaellamb1007
    @michaellamb1007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    y'know that footage of you pouring the glow fluid back and forth would make a solid short outtro. throw in some music and bam!

    • @pinkracken3792
      @pinkracken3792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Throw an eye painted green attached to a string in there and suddenly it's jacksepticeye

  • @KillerGaming115
    @KillerGaming115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I heard of this radium stuff and supposedly it glows pretty well.

    • @NZC_Meow
      @NZC_Meow 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's radioactive ☢️

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Very good video!

    • @sweatin
      @sweatin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny how no replies lol

    • @sweatin
      @sweatin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Harshal Gupta lol

  • @eric8048
    @eric8048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ive binge-watched nilered for 2 years now, old and new. and yet, every time I'm recommended a video its one I've never ever seen and its always 3+ years ago

  • @leftysheppey
    @leftysheppey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I want the 36 hour live stream where you watch a glowing bottle

  • @Tesserex
    @Tesserex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Hey NileRed, I have a question. When I was a kid, I was at a party once where there were glow sticks. Some friends and I broke one open, and there was an incredibly awful smell that came from it. I couldn't even describe it. It was just that when the fumes hit your nose, you gag and have to run away, almost vomiting. I had thought it was just the nature of the glow chemicals, but now it seems like maybe it was an additive they may have put in the sticks to keep kids from breaking or eating them? What do you think?

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      I think it's an additive. Ive broken them apart many times and even used to put the liquid in my mouth when i was young and dumb. It just tasted like solvent.

    • @Tesserex
      @Tesserex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      That sounds both stupid and awesome. Thanks.

    • @ScienceWithJames
      @ScienceWithJames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      NileRed "It tastes like solvent". Doesn't each solvent have It's own taste? I wouldn't want to be the one to check, though.
      Either way, if it was a phthalate based solvent, the most dangerous thing about it is probably the cancer causing chemicals and dyes.

    • @teamcyeborg
      @teamcyeborg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@NileRed I don't like the fact that you know what solvent tastes like

    • @acefacegaming5839
      @acefacegaming5839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was taking a bath with glow sticks, they broke. I’m surprised I don’t have three eyes

  • @randal7101
    @randal7101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great videos NileRed greetings from a chemistry fan in Honduras

  • @BHStudios01
    @BHStudios01 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oooo, that HAD to smell so nice while making it! LOVE minty scents!

  • @DarkIzo
    @DarkIzo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    >low yield
    must be nilered

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      :(

    • @xuNsh1ne
      @xuNsh1ne 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      :D

    • @yatagarasu1495
      @yatagarasu1495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dude works to clean.
      Shit needs some dirt in it

    • @Unterhosegotti
      @Unterhosegotti 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      DarkIzo he always spill some of the starting materials so its not a surprise

    • @leftysheppey
      @leftysheppey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      >low yield
      Must be another Irish potato famine.

  • @MrGoatflakes
    @MrGoatflakes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    2:16 "why are my yields so low?"

  • @joshg6491
    @joshg6491 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your content, keep it up!

  • @highestqualitypigiron
    @highestqualitypigiron 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Making glowy stuff and saving Earth-Chan, best video you'va made yet

  • @meowtrageous
    @meowtrageous 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    seriously so cool that you tried this. it was so satisfying to hear that an impurity was insoluble, rather than both being the same solubility and having to do an aqueous workup or something! you rock, cute chemist.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thanks, im glad you liked it!

  • @joelnorton9742
    @joelnorton9742 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was looking for more on glo sticks. Very interesting. Great project!

  • @aomethigbkek5035
    @aomethigbkek5035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    If you reply I will scream in my house

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Lol hey

    • @goldenfox334
      @goldenfox334 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@NileRed gottem😂😂😂

  • @ralbiruni
    @ralbiruni 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for these beautiful pictures... ligtning is a magical phenomena !

  • @steven_003
    @steven_003 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merry Christmas! Keep it up. Greetings from Austria. ^^

  • @abhishekgourav6144
    @abhishekgourav6144 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The vacuum filter...my favourite apparatus..😂

  • @srihariarun6031
    @srihariarun6031 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice and Merry Christmas nilered

  • @Rapidpanda1st
    @Rapidpanda1st 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    10:09
    You went to sleep and woke up 24 hours later?

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      lol, i meant its a good thing i didnt wait all nice to watch it disappear

    • @great__success
      @great__success 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I guess ethyl acetate did the 24h sleep magic :P ...anyway I love that sweet smell - is it possible that body metabolizes ethyl acetate into ethanol and vinegar ? Then it would be pretty safe solvent.

    • @pietrotettamanti7239
      @pietrotettamanti7239 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, it is indee a pretty safe solvent. I think that under acidic conditions the ester bond is hydrolized, and then the products must be acetic acid and ethanol.

    • @TheMrVengeance
      @TheMrVengeance 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh, so that's how they produce 'cooking wine'. Drink ethyl acetate and pee in a fancy bottle. ;p

    • @TheBackyardChemist
      @TheBackyardChemist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes it does, the body is full of esterase enzymes that hydrolyze esters, a lot of drugs actually use this trick to modify the effect length or absorption from the gut, they make an ester out of the drug, it gets absorbed, and eventually cleaved to release the active form of the drug

  • @subliminalvibes
    @subliminalvibes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Merry Christmas from Australia, NileRed!!
    I thought I'd let you know that I'll be releasing photons from the quinine in my Gin & Tonics throughout the silly-season via chemiluminescence using a blacklight and/or my 405nm laser-pointer.
    Have a fun time Dude! See you in the New Year. 👍

    • @risvegliato
      @risvegliato 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeh. G&T under UV light. I recommend Plymouth, or perhaps Tanquerey.

    • @johndifrancisco3642
      @johndifrancisco3642 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Boodles

  • @zhanchi90
    @zhanchi90 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'd love to see a video of you making and eating ATP (Adenosine triphosphat).

    • @Wyonite
      @Wyonite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why? Just... why? As you probably already know, adenosine triphosphate is stored energy for cells. It’s in all living things, and there’s a lot of it in grains. I don’t think you are going to get the reaction or interest you are hoping for. The most interesting part would be extracting it. Eating it would be the equivalent of eating grain, but without the nutrition and flavor.

  • @NinjaChemistChannel
    @NinjaChemistChannel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    hello, Nile, after your vid i synthesized few grams of divanilyl oxalate by similar method - Vanilline + thriethylamine + oxalyl chloride in anhydrous THF, it is not very soluble in organic solvents and most of it precipitates from THF during the reaction, then i diluted reacton mix with water and filtered it out. I tried this in glow stick reaction and it was pretty bright, i think you should try this too and compare with TCPO and oxalate from methyl salicylate. It should be brighter than the latter.

  • @MegaMarcin98
    @MegaMarcin98 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Any chance you could do a tour of your lab/set up? Would be really interesting

    • @CraftQueenJr
      @CraftQueenJr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just to ensure you did end up seeing, he put one out a bit after this video came out.

    • @MegaMarcin98
      @MegaMarcin98 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CraftQueenJr yes of course, i have seen the video :)

  • @dashw
    @dashw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    alternative title: turning mint into mint juice

    • @rzafra1213
      @rzafra1213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Turning mint into mint flavored light up sketchers juice

  • @kanojinipurn3964
    @kanojinipurn3964 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nilered marry Christmas dude

  • @God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd
    @God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tbh mint flavour has always been kinda glowy looking to me. This is just the next natural step: flavour you can see in the dark.

  • @hugs2348
    @hugs2348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    2:05 - Processo de destilação para purificação
    Descontinua o processo quando apenas resta um pouco, o que é assumido ser apenas impurezas
    Iniciando as reações
    2:24 - Adiciona 50mL de THF, 3.85g de Methyl salicylate e 4.97g de pyridine, nessa ordem.
    Ps.: A pyridine estava relativamente velha, o que tornou sua coloração mais amarelada, mesmo que isso não influencie no processo
    2:41 - A abertura do frasco é tapada com um frasco menor e começa a Mistura Magnética
    2:48 - processo de resfriamento pois a reação gera bastante calor. Pra fazer isso é realizado um banho gelado
    2:58 - Após o processo de resfriamente estar finalizsado, é adicionado, em pequenas porções e bem aos poucos 1.6g de oxalyl chloride. Essa adição dura por volta de 15 minutos.
    A reação é entre 1 de Oxalyl Chloride e 2 de Methyl salicylate, gerando MCPO, mesmo que gere também como subproduto Hydrochloric acid.
    o ácido não dura muito, já que reage rapidamente com a Pyridine, um químico básico. Eles geram Pyridine Hydrochloride, um sólido que se prende aao fundo.
    E, por fim, o produto desejado é solúvel em THF, fazendo o mesmo continuar em solução
    3:45 - Retira o banho de gelo e continua misturando em temperatura ambiente por aproximadamente uma hora.
    3:47 - Adiciona 50 mL de água e continua misturando por mais 15 minutos
    Ao adicionar a água, o solubilidade do MCPO é reduzida, mas a solubilidade do sub-produto, pyridine hydrochloride, fazendo com que os mesmo troquem de posição. O precipitado branco agora éo MCPO
    4:12 - Processo de separação por filtro a vácuo, mesmo que a filtração também poderia ser feita via filtro por gravidade.
    4:21 - O frasco é limpo com um pequena quantidade de água para ter o máximo possível do frasco.
    A água também serve pra retirar qualquer pyridine hydrochloride que tenha sobrado no MCPO
    4:30 - A bomba à vácuo é deixada funcionando por mais 15 minutos para secar o produto o máximo possível
    4:37 - Tudo é transferido à um watch glass
    5:22 - 100 mg de MCPO são adicionadas à um frasco pequeno, seguidas de 5 mL de ethyl acetate.
    5:33 - Mistura os dois um pouco manualmente
    5:35 - Adiciona 20 mg de corannte (BPEA) e 20 mg de sodium acetate
    5:41 - Adiciona algumas gotas de 30% de hydrogen peroxide e isso inicia a reação.
    O ethyl acetate e o hydrogen peroxidade não se unem tão bem, o que faz com que, para ser de fato iniciada, a mistura precisa ser agitada
    6:01 - A reação ocorre. O MCPO e o peróxido geram 1,2-dioxetanedione, mas como sub produto ele também re-forma o Methyl Celicilate.

  • @RobGodMC
    @RobGodMC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:50 that pleasant keyboard noise.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh no

  • @kaydabalab
    @kaydabalab ปีที่แล้ว

    The wintergreen mints spark in your mouth when you chew them i just put the two and two together of why it does that with this video. Love your channel. Thanks for all the awesome content.

  • @chrisbrewer7724
    @chrisbrewer7724 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting. I found this same paper a few years back and also tried to make MCPO as an alternative for using TCPO in glow stick demonstrations. I ended up settling on sticking with TCPO after trying it just because the initial brightness of TCPO vs. MCPO looked better in a classroom. I was using diethyl phthalate as my solvent. If I remember right, the MCPO worked fairly similar in ethyl acetate and the diethyl phthalate. The MCPO may have gotten a little brighter in diethyl phthalate, but its hard to say for sure based on comparing a video to memories from three and a half years back. TCPO is where I saw the most difference between diethyl phthalate and ethyl acetate.
    I think I may give it another shot to experiment with the MCPO. If we knew more about the kinetics of this reaction, it may make it easier to adjust the recipe to make the MCPO have a brighter punch.

  • @woodywoodmc2209
    @woodywoodmc2209 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy holidays Dad!

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    A very illuminating video... :P

  • @TomsLab
    @TomsLab 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Phthalate esters are easy to make, I made a video on making diethyl phthalate from ethanol and phthalic anhydride. I'm sure you have the chemicals, so you should make a video comparing TCPO in diethyl phthalate to MCPO in ethyl acetate.

  • @bonersducks5648
    @bonersducks5648 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video, thank you

  • @MEGABLAMP
    @MEGABLAMP 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nile really love your videos. Was wondering how dangerous the other chemilumeniscient solutions you made are mainly flouriscien. Was thinking about making glow in the dark bubbles, but friend was concerned over toxicity.

  • @loganiushere
    @loganiushere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Asprin -> Mint Flavor -> Glowing Liquid

  • @scottcortus9590
    @scottcortus9590 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty cool!

  • @dingoboy1725
    @dingoboy1725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Making that fire dope

  • @Felixkeeg
    @Felixkeeg 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the Inorganic Chem. Working groups at our university works on OLEDs and they have a chamber they call the "light room". It's 4m² and covered wall to wall with racks and shelves, each loaded with vials with fluorescent compound. You can turn off the normal lights and switch on the UV lamp and suddenly the whole room starts glowing in all shades of red, blue and green. Pretty cool stuff

  • @stephenashford9006
    @stephenashford9006 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How have I never seen this!

  • @pucco7412
    @pucco7412 ปีที่แล้ว

    you seem calm in this video

  • @iancrone2906
    @iancrone2906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Asprin to mint flavor, mint flavor to glowing liquid, the saga continues!

  • @dirtytapwater1374
    @dirtytapwater1374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to put my glow sticks in the freezer when they got faint. They would significantly light up more. I looked it up just now, it says that it slows the chemical reaction. I’m still not sure why they got brighter but I think it might be because possibly the rate of glow decay thingy was slowed as well, possibly making it possible to make the reaction product more concentrated. Apparently there’s been no studies on it(according to a 30 second google search). Anyway, I’m not a scientist but I think that’s pretty cool.

  • @OneOfDisease
    @OneOfDisease 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Would it be possible to crystallize the elements that react to create a slow releasing long last chem light?

  • @defectivetoaster7713
    @defectivetoaster7713 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can chill them to make it dimmer but glow for longer or heat it slightly to make it brighter but shorter

  • @okami220
    @okami220 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "its a good thing i went to sleep, because 24 hours later"
    NileRed has chemically invented hibernation in humans

  • @lexthequeer
    @lexthequeer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It’s really interesting to me that the liquid, while flowing between containers, doesn’t seem to glow very much at all.

  • @josh.8104
    @josh.8104 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bit late to this thread, but the reason your camera didn't pick up the output of light very well is because the aperture of the lens is too narrow.
    A stock lens for a digital camera has a focal ratio of f3.6-f5.6, which doesn't allow a lot of light to hit the sensor. For dark scenes lit naturally (or chemically) I recommend a prime lens with an aperture size of f1.7 (the lower the focal ratio, the more light goes through to the sensor), though this can be expensive. The cheapest option you'll have for that is in analog lenses, which you'll need a mount adapter for.

  • @capacamaru
    @capacamaru 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'd be interested to see if you could make glow in the dark or UV reactive bubble liquid.

  • @iIO_OIi
    @iIO_OIi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just saw a luminous blue cloud in the mostly clear night sky with the crescent moon off to the side unobstructed, it was beautiful, I've never seen that before.

  • @mechadrake
    @mechadrake 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's is a nice bottle of Nuka Cola festive green you made the at the end ;) Glowing should last hundreds of years though :)

  • @jhyland87
    @jhyland87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Since the true glow is hard to capture on video, as well as the viewers screens displaying it how you intend, maybe use something that can quantify the light output? (I think the unit for brightness is _lux,_ or perhaps there's a more suited alternative that im not aware of).
    Just an idea :-)

  • @dagordon1
    @dagordon1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bet the TCPO kicks out the dioxetanedione faster than the MCPO. Difference between electron donating groups like chlorine ( TCP) and electron withdrawing groups like a methyl ester (methyl salicylate). Nice work.

  • @mothman1654
    @mothman1654 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Next on Edible Chem: Nuka-Cola Quantum made from MCPO in a nontoxic solvent (maybe ethanol? or maybe something inert) using a food-safe oxidizer and fluorescent dye.
    Seriously though that would be really cool, and the reaction products would most likely taste nice and minty...think of how great that would be at a party!

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Lol, i am not sure if its possible to make an edible version.

    • @mothman1654
      @mothman1654 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      While the math with LD50s for the breakdown products and H2O2 works out in favor of one of those little one-shot liquor bottles as the scale, the ester itself could be highly toxic. I have not yet found any information on it so I wouldn't try it even if you actually could come up with a way to do it. Cool video though man, keep up the good work!

    • @TheMrVengeance
      @TheMrVengeance 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Add to that, that LD50s aren't the only thing to worry about. You obviously don't want to be drinking a lethal dose of anything, but you also wouldn't want to end up with some kind of weird liver/kidney disease in 25 years time or go blind or something.

    • @octour
      @octour 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      have the same thought about nuka)

    • @mothman1654
      @mothman1654 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheMrVengeance Most definitely! Chemists already have enough to deal with in terms of cancer rates, a diseased liver or kidney (probably kidney if the ester is broken down into oxalic acid in the body) on top of that is not something worth the risk...but if it ended up not being at all dangerous to human health, glowing beverages would be rather cool...I guess we will have to stick to tonic water and a UV light until someone is stupid enough to drink a glowing liquid and lucky enough to have no ill effects even at a large quantity!

  • @ryanoliveira70
    @ryanoliveira70 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can fluorescein work as a fluorescent dye ? It would be much easier to get them the other fluorescent dyes : ) And also , is there any other solvent that could work for the sintesis of the MCPO , instead of THF ?

  • @literally-just-a-bee
    @literally-just-a-bee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Environmentally harmful chemical: *exists*
    Nile: I don’t fucking think so

  • @chemistrybreakdown6434
    @chemistrybreakdown6434 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! How do you shoot your videos in the dark? They are all super sharp and have no grain. What is your equipment, setup and camera settings? Thanks.

  • @BarsMonster
    @BarsMonster 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would recommend trying dibutyl phthalate as a solvent in both cases... Worked great with TCPO.

  • @teamcyeborg
    @teamcyeborg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ASPRIN GLOW STICK

  • @RKKDesign
    @RKKDesign 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Nile Red you have a really great channel....heres a thought can you extract myristicin or elemicin from whole nutmegs?

  • @sonicthehedshot9789
    @sonicthehedshot9789 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've made the chemiluminescent out of vanillian. came out good

  • @aGxsu
    @aGxsu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    glow sticks are pretty good:)

  • @ratedsforsisters2717
    @ratedsforsisters2717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I need to know if there is a way you can make a glowing liquid that is safe to drink without using a black light.

  • @tannisbhee7444
    @tannisbhee7444 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Hey NileRed, could you do a video on testing the mercury content of tuna? Thanks!
    Also, whats the meaning behind your channel name?

    • @tannisbhee7444
      @tannisbhee7444 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      p.s. I'm going to ask Cody's Lab to do the same on his next video, I'd love to see both you guys do that!

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      hmm i could try to figure something out. Might be cool

    • @tannisbhee7444
      @tannisbhee7444 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you, I'd appreciate it. I imagine the quantities extracted would be minute, but from what I've seen in some studies, significant to health.

    • @RobsMiscellania
      @RobsMiscellania 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      NileRed Send me a sample, our lab is equipped with an ICP-OES instrument, I'll run it for freesies

  • @farleyecclesgaming4706
    @farleyecclesgaming4706 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know a spot at a children’s camp i work at during the summer where winter green grows

  • @WmLatin
    @WmLatin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Does that mean that the commercial glow sticks are are contributing to environmental damage or do some likely use this alternate chemistry?

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Almost definitely environmental damage. Most dont break open though, so I imagine most stay contained.

    • @blueberry1c2
      @blueberry1c2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      but, you know, outdoor parties, a few glow sticks get thrown into the woods...

    • @johndifrancisco3642
      @johndifrancisco3642 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm not proud of what I saw in the woods, done with those glow sticks but I am sure glad none of them broke (ya know, environmental damage and all).

    • @RicoElectrico
      @RicoElectrico 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is the actual amount super toxic or does it have retention like DDT?

    • @seka1986
      @seka1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      John Di Francisco what did you do with the glow stick you fiend!

  • @baronjphellingtonesq9636
    @baronjphellingtonesq9636 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there anyway to extract alpha ecdysone and/or 20-hydroxyecdysone from bracken?
    I'd love to see a video about this, they would make excellent insecticides as they cause uncontrollable shedding.
    Thanks.

  • @thealonepunk
    @thealonepunk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video. Can you synthesize antibiotics? Also a video on high valent iron would be great.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I filmed sulfanilamide a while ago. I have just slacked on testing it. Ill get my act together soon though

    • @PixlRainbow
      @PixlRainbow 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      NileRed how are you going to be testing it? In-vitro with a microscope camera?

    • @papisuckmypoosay69
      @papisuckmypoosay69 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      like hexavalent iron or something? thatd make some powerful oxidizers tbh

    • @thealonepunk
      @thealonepunk 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Atropos yeah. Ferrate ions as well as some exotic iron chemistry.

  • @jimmybungalo
    @jimmybungalo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    nilered's the kind of guy to making glowing bubblegum flavored concentrated cocaine from 4 liters of coca cola

  • @shadbird8772
    @shadbird8772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The more I watch these, and the more I study chemistry on the side, the more convinced I am that alchemists were correct.

  • @tyler-iy4jk
    @tyler-iy4jk 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, it would be awesome if you could make a video on all of your lab equipment!

    • @CraftQueenJr
      @CraftQueenJr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just to ensure you saw, he did release one of his current lab a few months after this video, and I’ve seen a couple references to a new one coming soon.

  • @hayleyc7479
    @hayleyc7479 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    this video is exactly what i need right now lol LoVe It thaNKS

  • @dickditty480
    @dickditty480 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    36 hours! Results approved. 👍 (I like wintergreen too)

  • @chrstfer2452
    @chrstfer2452 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    "which.. weren't exactly pleasant" fuckin a I love you nilered

  • @elnombre91
    @elnombre91 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Molecular sieves are the best though! However, to be fully activated, they need to be heated to at least 200C for 8h or more under a vacuum of at least 0.05 mbar, and then stored under nitrogen due to them being extremely hygroscopic. In the lab, we use them to get solvents down to less than 1 ppm water.
    Considering your oxalyl chloride was not stored under nitrogen, that was probably impure too. Maybe adding a slight excess would have been enough to boost your yield.

    • @RobsMiscellania
      @RobsMiscellania 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah I seriously doubted the statement that the solvent wasn't dry, even if he didn't properly activate the sieves. 1ppm is seriously overstating it, it's way under that by like an order of magnitude at least. Our lab has a Fisher titration apparatus and we looked at water content of acetonitrile and methanol - methanol contained way more, of course, but both were reasonably anhydrous.

  • @MyLuckyPapillion
    @MyLuckyPapillion 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    got a 50% in my first year Chem course but your videos keep me going T_T polymers messed me up so bad

  • @mrpie131
    @mrpie131 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    question: in this vid and the tcpo vid, you used amines to neutralize the acid byproduct. why not use something easier to get like NaOH? would it react with the oxalyl chloride in an unintended way?

  • @Akon12399
    @Akon12399 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you do this again but take that brighter batch and put it in a microwave?
    In theory it should it should be even brighter than what we saw in the video right?

  • @samuelalbritton2224
    @samuelalbritton2224 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is pretty freaking cool. I think I’m going to go back to ulm and see if they offer a chemistry degree. I’m waiting on a steam distiller to make essential oils, some soap, and I’m going to try and make beer. This stuff is fun to watch but to complex for the average joe. Do a nicotine extraction and make vape juice. I want to grow tobacco this summer and extract nicotine to make vape juice

  • @ShroomLab
    @ShroomLab 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It feels as I watched your last year ChemisTree video yesterday. Time is passing...

  • @ScienceWithJames
    @ScienceWithJames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Nile, since you like odors, you should make propionic acid. I hear it has a rancid, body odor-like smell.

  • @Angie_suv
    @Angie_suv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Just because I figured it would look cool" lol my kind of reasoning

  • @BestOfBourbon
    @BestOfBourbon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the black background cut straight to the brightest white webpage you've ever seen. RIP MY EYES

  • @shilhann
    @shilhann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Environmentally mean" 😂 I love that description

  • @raiyiar
    @raiyiar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    always the oxalyl chloride :(
    Its close to impossible to obtain (not really illegal but justifyably not many sellers are risking to ship to amateurs)
    But as always very nice video :)
    Also, would it be possible to use ANY other amine as I absolutely loathe pyridine ^^

    • @TheBackyardChemist
      @TheBackyardChemist 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think triethylamine should probably work, but that also stinks something fierce, like really strong fish odor. I have only worked with pyridine once, but I am pretty sure they stink differently, pyridine is like 30% worse.

  • @Maorawrath
    @Maorawrath 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *Can you please show us how to make ascorbic acid, a.k.a vitamin C.*