Making skatole - The essence of poop

In this video we will be making some Skatole, the essence of poop. It has been a long journey here and I am glad I have arrived. My garage smelled like a dirty horse stable for a week after trying to recrystallize it.

Adapted procedure from here:

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[stonent]

Thank you for only synthesizing it and not extracting it.

[officialninjachannel]

The newest fragrance: "Essence Of Intestines" by Nile Red

[ConnorNolanTech]

"I'm sorry I just compared feces to oranges."
I think you mean you were comparing crapples and oranges.

[ItsDomke]

Is this what women mean when they tweet about being able to "smell his colon?"

[melody]

when, the, moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, thats skatolé

[gonzo]

When I saw the title I thought NileRed was going to start with actual poop and extract skatole from it. I laughed hard when I realized he was going to synthesize it instead. :D

[Lucavex]

Instructions unlear. My chili tastes awful now.

[rob]

These videos give me a good excuse to procrastinate studying for my chemistry final

[rogerdotlee]

This strikes me as one of those reactions that one does simply so one doesn't have to do it again.

[BarelySentientBraincell]

Instructions unclear, accidentally made DMT.

[RosGamesBG]

"Essence of poop" sounds like some really important thing you need to upgrade your weapon with in an MMO game.

[deckerd]

"I was kind of sick and tired of working with the smell" LOL

[willcifur]

Your channel has single handedly brought the love of Chemistry to my life !! I was robbed of this by uninspired teachers who lack the joy you seem to have in these videos. Stay inspired man!!

[Thefenestrador]

I've been just studying heterocyclic compounds synthesis this whole semester and then this appears! Thanks bud, it's really cool to see everything I study in theory being applied

[andrewwilson]

For the longest time i always thought that these videos were very functional chemistry videos making useful compounds. I never stopped to think that maybe NileRed is just carrying out his childhood fantasies of making poopy stink bombs and other explosives. Chemistry is wonderful

[gabriels.]

Me at the start of the video: "Ew"
Me after watching the video: "Ew"

[sbalogh]

I found an easier way to make it.... just saying. ;)

[BruceEverett]

Artists often struggle entire careers attempting to distill the essential reality they're trying to express. I congratulate you on achieving the ultimate in dubstep, and in so little time!

[violetschamel]

I guess the final product is...




a vile vial

[aaronjackson]

Me having a nice day

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