Making Glow Sticks From Aspirin

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Published 2024-03-01
In this video I will try to make glow sticks from aspirin. Glow sticks contain a chemical called TCPO. As chemistry is like lego you can turn acetylsalicylic acid into salicylic acid, this into phenol and via a few more steps end up at TCPO.
Despite this main synthesis goal I will also show other fascinating sides of chemistry. One is drying oxalic acid using a drying pistol, the synthesis of phosphorus pentachloride and oxalyl chloride, how to get red phosphorus from match boxes and lastly how trichlorophenol and phenol are made. Even fancy equipment like a powder addition funnel will be used.
I decided to run this long synthesis as NileRed sadly only demonstrated the last step which is way too easy and no challenge at all.

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All Comments (21)
  • @isaiahhiggins
    What could be more entertaining than an unhinged, german, and feline nilered
  • @DingleTwit
    I giggled like a middle schooler when you got a box of “ASS 500”
  • @LabCoatz_Science
    This is probably one of your best videos yet, and I loved seeing the whole process from start to finish with each intermediate all in one video!
  • @AnthemUnanthemed
    those glow sticks look like the ones I used to chew on as a kid! They taste horribly I wouldn't recommend it, theres better tasting things to chew on.
  • @nenben8759
    hydroxyl acid is one hell of a way of saying water
  • @LozzoAmiga
    Your editing and presentation gets better and better. Awesome!
  • @alllove1754
    What separates your channel from others, putting you in a very small group (relative to the population of YouTube channels) of my favorite channels to watch is your practices for purity, decent explanation for the procedure's chemical processes and overall teaching method, allowing me to understand that you know your stuff. Keep em coming, ❤
  • @nomcopterlabs
    So cool! So many channels have talked about synthesizing Oxalyl Chloride but I think you are the first to do it. Love seeing this full synthesis really starting from as early as can be imagined!
  • @y33t23
    20:02 Bro thought he could get away with casually showing us literally the most toxic substance ever
  • @lucascsrs2581
    01:44 HAHAHAHA I was totally unprepared for that. Its like watching old school 4chan doing chemistry.
  • @Funtime2UwU
    The first few minutes with the funny moments, cat ears and German accent were funny enough to keep me watching. And now that I've watched the whole thing, I must admit, the production quality is AMAZING, was expecting like 400K subs not 20K! Hopefully I'll see you succeed. You're an enjoyable personality, keep up the good work!
  • @DangerousLab
    Your glassware collection is phenomenal, I wonder how many you have that haven't been showcased yet, would love to see more!
  • @andrews.4780
    I love that you showed the entire procedure start to finish. I love in-depth chemistry like this. Awesome content Thy! ❤️
  • @Moritz___
    Nice to see a that complex procedure done in just one video
  • There's a special place in hell for companies that individually wrap every tablet like this
  • @Samonie67
    The weird phosphorus smell you describe is probably phosphine from metallic phosphide contamination reacting with water vapor
  • @Ryba125
    Nice to see my favorite catboy/girl with good trigger safety.
  • @user-jj2gt3fg5j
    Omg pleasseeee make anhydrous HF and do acid bace reactions in it I’ve always wondered how acids and baces operate in non water solutions and ammonia and HF are the closest solvents to water. You’re content is amazing and incredibly underrated and I’ve been subscribed for a while now ❤
  • @zodd0001
    Simply congrats, for this long, hard and time-consuming work. You had a very high amount of patience.
  • @fraserbuilds
    This is just an amazing video! its such a clever and creative synthesis and the footage you got is phenomenal! I loved every minute.