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Make chloroform by the haloform reaction

NurdRage - 2015-11-15

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In this video we make chloroform by the haloform reaction of sodium hypochlorite bleach on methyl ethyl ketone.


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SBwingman - 2015-11-16

There are a lot of chloroform-related jokes down in this comments section, and while they're pretty funny, this is a place for science, so it's time to inject some truth directly into your eyeballs:

Rendering someone unconscious with chloroform is nothing like you would see in a crime drama. It takes at least 5 minutes(but probably more like 10min) of continuous inhalation of chloroform to anaesthetize a person.

Wheein Here - 2019-08-15

I imagine certain Darkweb forums are similar to this post and thread.

Señor Trotsky UTTP THDTC - 2019-12-03

@PhazonSouffle diethyl ether works after 2mins

Barskor1 - 2020-02-20

You want someone out fast? Tazer them and ride the button.

Andrew Villalobos - 2020-07-23

@Earl of Destruction No chloral hydrate is not easy to make in practice. There were people on sciencemadness trying it and mainly failing or getting low yields. Chloral butanol is much better of a choice since it is a lot easier to make. Acetone and chloroform and a bit of NaOH. A lot more damaging to the liver but hey who needs that thing?

Samuel Xu - 2020-08-25

@PhazonSouffle maybe nitrous oxide? like the laughing gas stuff

NurdRage - 2015-11-15

Sorry the videos are a bit delayed this month. I've been addicted to fallout 4. I'll get back to the videos soon... like really soon soon... eventually.... at some point....


BTW, the purpose of making chloroform is it's a precursor to making the pyrimethamine drug for helping AIDS patients.

apos vlah - 2017-04-08

NurdRage i want to learn chemistry why you put ice?

ehsan maroufi - 2017-12-17

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PlazMatter YT - 2018-03-05

NurdRage I am so sorry but I have to say it because it is the Internet 2018:

Now introducing chloroform! You can get aids and get rid of aids with it!!! (DISCLAIMER: 2+ people required for receiving aids)

Ankit Nandi - 2019-02-15

PLEASE make a video on how to make Sodium Hypochlorite from the Potassium Hypochlorite obtained from a Potassium Chlorate cell.

Pietro Tettamanti - 2019-02-28

@Bumble Bee
Has anyone ever told you to go fuck yourself?

Daniel Luft-Martinez - 2015-11-15

lol, welcome to government watch lists folks

DFPercush - 2015-11-17

Be adviled of grizzly bayers.

mynameismatt2010 - 2015-11-18

+Daniel Luft-Martinez I think the video's I've watched on how to process uranium ore into yellow cake and how to get several pounds of uranium ore for free would have put me on a watch list a lot sooner than just watching a chemistry video with nothing really lethal in it.

chsxtian - 2015-11-19

+Daniel Luft-Martinez hello, NSA people reading this thread!

Mark Thomas - 2015-12-01

+mynameismatt2010 I can't imagine they're worried about people making chloroform, anyway, when a little bit of college physics and google has helped someone in the past make a working breeder-reactor...

E2qNX8btraQ3zRD6J7fc - 2015-12-01

@Mark Thomas Heh, You're most likely talking about D.C. Hahn.  That kid is my hero.

yesyes yesno - 2015-11-15

"Going to use mine very soon" should we be worried?

Dijkstra - 2015-11-15

Time to upgrade my van

Gareth Dean - 2015-11-16

+SBwingman I don't care how you push it, you're not getting rid of your halloween candy corn that easy.

seigeengine - 2015-11-16

+SBwingman Did that last week.

Unfortunately, I still have most of my candy. For some reason, everybody goes the other way when I show up.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. :(

seigeengine - 2015-11-16

+Gareth Dean Getting rid of? I love candy corn.

[CONTENT REDACTED] - 2015-11-16

Just install a wifi router in the back to keep the kids occupied when they wake up

PlazMatter YT - 2018-03-05

Here is some crap:

http://www.unitednuclear.com

Corona - 2016-09-07

"I'm going to use mine very soon so I won't bother" - am I the only one thinking it? xD

GamerNation98 - 2015-11-16

You modify your voice and make chloroform?!

Salex - 2016-06-02

welcome to chemistry

where questions such as "where do you keep your chloroform?" is no longer suspicious

TheGoat Farma - 2015-11-15

Hey! Does this cloth smell like chloroform to you?

Joseph Stalin - 2019-02-10

faints

MrMartinswan - 2020-04-25

Witch ever girl smells that cloth is kermits bitch lol

Jon - 2020-07-24

No, it smells like semen

Mangekyou Pichu - 2015-11-16

Yeah... I need it for... an experiment

Giorgos Metalhear - 2015-11-16

+Expand Dong when she bae but she doesnt know...

Mangekyou Pichu - 2015-11-16

@Giorgos Metalhear Exactly!( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º)

EmbraceAether - 2015-11-17

+Metal Panda implying likes are worth something

Ryan Sample - 2015-11-20

+Expand Dong
The FBI knows what you're doing.
Prepare for the party van.

Alexander Rahl - 2015-12-25

+Giorgos Metalhear fucking epic rofl.

phisher453 - 2015-11-15

my reaction to seeing this video in my feed:

LOL

King0fBanditJing - 2016-03-03

Goodbye virginity!

Bert - 2015-11-16

It seems the people in the comments are once again misinformed by hollywood.....

Gareth Dean - 2015-11-16

+TheBertjeT You mean I can't instantly and harmlessly knock someone out with this? Oh well. Best knock them out instantly and harmlessly with a blow to the back of the head then.

Gareth Dean - 2015-11-16

@metalhead2508
On the plus side however about a dozen crimes are stopped each year because people believed that they could just chloroform someone in seconds, unprepared for the fight that ensued.

Bert - 2015-11-16

+metalhead2508 A man after my own heart! Why don't they do it right?

Mr. Morningstar - 2015-11-16

@TheBertjeT
I have no idea man. They pay people big bucks to make sure they do stuff right, but they still fail miserably on a lot of things.

I love guns. I own a lot of guns, and I shoot a lot. Some actors gun handling skills are just atrocious. They are playing some ex-navy seal space shuttle door gunner who can kill someone with a toothpick, but they can't properly hold a gun. Keanu Reeves has good gun handling skills.

I also do lock picking as a hobby. I ALWAYS see some douche in a movie pull out two picks to open a lock. There would be no room in the key way for two picks. Then they just wiggle them around for a few seconds, and BAM...the lock opens. That's not how it works either. You have to line up the bitting. Some locks have security features that make it difficult or impossible to pick. Not all locks can be opened with standard picks. You need specialized lock picks or devices.

I can also tie actual stitches. Oh, and it's impossible to stitch yourself up on your arms, or back. You need two hands to tie the stitch.

krass76 - 2015-11-16

in my subbox: "cat on a plane" directly below this video lol

Nicole Delorrell - 2015-11-15

this is a great way to get on the FBI watch list

Allan Page - 2015-11-16

I'm not a chemist, have no intention of ever performing any of these reactions...But I still love watching. thanks for videos.

Andrea Russi - 2015-11-16

"Do you think that this napkin smells of chloroform?"

Kobayashi - 2015-11-16

prepare for a huge influx of views.. and criminal cases.

Dennis G D - 2015-11-24

Man, you are awesome! Thank you for your posts! I always feel a weird mix of being smarter and ignorant after watching your vids!

Tuxedo Pug - 2015-11-16

thanks to this video I finally hooked up with the crush I've wanted for so long! thank you so much!

Conservative Macro - 2015-11-16

I need this for my date tonight

Aaron Cross - 2015-11-16

hey he is still alive

Gentili Giuliano - 2020-04-26

Can be used same reaction to converte MEK denaturant in alchol to chlorform to easily remove by distillation? Or condition required would destroy significant ammout of alcool?

Jason Bucy - 2015-11-15

what happened to the old intro? lol still love this new one though!

r0b0wnz - 2015-11-16

can you teach us how to make Sildenafil, it is a very useful substance that can be used with chloroform for very interesting results and id very much like to experiment with it in my lab.

801Milcah - 2015-11-16

go drink sildenafil with nitroglycerin to heighten your experience. :)

Renegade Rancor - 2015-12-11

1:57 thats some serious lemonade

Eye Glitch - 2015-11-16

Also great video! Thank you? ~~

Feuermann Feuermann - 2015-11-22

wow, i did this on the lab years ago.

Sficlassic - 2015-11-17

Thank you for the video, I like all of them.

Nathan Liknes - 2015-11-16

i feel like i am going to be on a list after watching this one. lol

VampierMSX - 2015-11-16

Bill Cosby liked this video a lot ;)

Great video as always!

Taylor Burrow - 2015-11-16

im looking to go on a date with mine:D

Electron Power - 2015-11-19

Hi, that's an excellent video! I have one question: could I use CaCl2 for drying? Thumbs up! ;)

Krisztián Szirtes - 2015-11-16

Is chloroform really carcinogenic? I only knew about the liver degrading effects...
Also, Gacy would be very proud :P

Projekt Och Experiment - 2015-11-16

Fantastic video Nurdrage(as usual)! You are one of the absolutely best Chemistry youtubers I know. You have Inspired me! Thanks. :)

G. Zero Airsoft. - 2015-11-16

Chloroform smells really good, I suggest you all have a sniff too.

SquidTV - 2015-11-26

I feel like I'm on a list for watching this video...

Brandon M - 2015-11-16

I feel like I'm on some sort of list for watching this... Even though you would need to inhale it for 10 minutes to go unconscious, and you'd probably go unconscious faster from just the rag itself suffocating you than the chloroform. And now I'm on another list for knowing how to incapacitate someone!

mynameismatt2010 - 2015-11-18

+Brandon Martinez Now that you've joined "the list club" I'll let you in on some of our secret jokes.
Randomly include messages directed directly at the NSA when chatting online or over the phone.
Always carry something made of metal but totally innocent with you through airport security metal detectors.
Talk with you friends about "the incident" or "that one time when ... you know..." when you're using online messengers.
Make 15 second phone calls to South America and west Africa and don't say anything, do it about once every 2-3 months.
Stare straight at a security camera in any government building you go in to for at least 20 seconds before looking away, then glance at it occasionally till you leave.
All around be suspicious because you can and it's funny.

Arno Victor Dorian - 2016-04-08

+mynameismatt2010 "How to get killed by the police"

RobRuckus65 - 2015-11-16

you hands down make the best most interesting chemistry videos on youtube... quite glad I stumbled across your channel years ago...

Shubham Deshmukh - 2015-11-16

i was expecting u to try on some one at end

Vadzim Dambrouski - 2015-11-15

What do you do for a living?

Damon Jackson - 2015-11-15

you can make money off of videos....

Hakkı Oktay - 2015-11-16

+The Man but this is organic chemistry, he's a normal chemist

Peter Pepper - 2015-11-17

+Hakkı Oktay His PhD is in inorganic, if I remember correctly. (So he would be called an inorganic chemist by his colleagues.) The synthesis shown, is taught in around 2nd year college, so this should be absolute basic knowledge for any chemist.

Untrue Fires - 2015-12-12

+Niberol_ Chloroform is incredibly slow acting as compared to other methods. (Blunt force is you best bet probably.)

ionel anonimul - 2015-11-16

how can i titrate NaOCl?

PeterCaptainObvious - 2015-11-16

Does it smell like chloroform?

Kristen E - 2015-11-15

Love it!!!

TheArturoboy777 - 2015-11-17

"Nice" - Bill cosby

Alex Kolberg - 2015-11-15

I still find it super interesting to see these lab techniques used in practical ways. I'm currently using separatory funnels for an extraction in my organic chem lab

1acroyear1 - 2015-11-16

Well, my date nights just got more productive.

SephySama - 2015-11-16

you sound stuffed up in this video, you feeling ok?

Shadow747 - 2016-07-06

are you from canada? i can see that french words on the bleach label..

Andrew Casey - 2015-11-22

I love the smell of Ketones