Making Chloroform

In this video we make chloroform from bleach and acetone. The yield is a little lower than expected because I used an 11% excess of acetone, which is too much.

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[dawsonthehoonigan]

It is an honor to be put on a watchlist with you all.

[EternityForest]

I love how the need to prevent the formation of phosgene is just kind of casually mentioned at the end

[abgmurrell]

Love that he’s not telling you what he’s doing, but rather HOW TO DO IT

[fio]

Just got done watching him talk about disposing a body on a podcast, now I’m watching this. I’m definitely on multiple lists now

[jessa]

The end product with “chloroform” written on a hastily done foil wrapping looks like the work of a serial killer

[Zarglog]

Looking at some of my watched videos here on youtube be like:
- How to make chloroform
- How to build a nuclear reactor
- How to build a tesla coil
- Chocolate chip cookie recipe

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Yall complaining about lists, imagine how many NileRed is on

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[varietywiarrior]

Ah, what I've always wanted.

To be on a federal watchlist.

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It is very amazing that 5.8M ppl are really really really into chemistry.

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Thank you Nile, my girlfriend is gonna love this!

[Strahbaerie]

I do find it funny that he provides zero warnings or disclaimers.

[Cruz]

“historically widely used as an anaesthetic, but nowadays used as”
Me: “a way to assault someone”
“a solvent.”
Me: “oh...”

[rupulstilskin]

I had all C's in college chemistry but my first job was working in a research lab. In performing experiments, I had to mix buffers and other reagents. That's when I learned that chemistry was actually really easy after learning through application. However, after several years in the lab, I began to worry for my safety and left.

[alfredabbey]

My grandparents had a patent on laundry soap during the depression and I found it in a chest stored in the attic as a kid. Chloroform was the secret ingredient.

[Tsarchasm]

I love how everyone is like “you’re on a federal watch list now blah blah.” Chloroform is a very useful substance in many ways. If it wasn’t such a pain in the bum to make I’d be using it in my resin model business. There’s nothing better for smoothing over PLA

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So this is early NileRed. You've gotten a lot better at presentation since this video. I like the energy you put into the log in your newer videos.

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