Making Cubane (without handles)

[@Chemiolis]

NMR analysis of my Cubane and some precursors can be seen in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2Gbl5WonbakpKc

[@Salt_and_Peroxide]

can you make some better cubane

[@ExtractionsAndIre]

Ok but WHAT ABOUT OCTANITROCUBANE HUH

[@ae5704]

Octanitrocubane rightfully belongs to you by name alone, certainly sounds like a job for explosions and fire !!

[@ae5704]

either way I hope this doesn't discourage you from your own cubane synthesis, your videos are extremely entertaining and charming and I eagerly await your cubane !!

[@BlackOutDrunk69]

Master the cube then talk smack

[@MostlyPennyCat]

@ExtrationsAndIre I wanna see some Hydrogen Per Peroxide. HOOOH. That should be lively.

[@LordBrainz]

That's nothing, make octazacubane

[@Shady97342]

It's harder in Australia because they have to do everything upside down

[@Nosirrbro]

nobody is considering this very important factor

[@stelo2792]

@@Nosirrbro whatdayatalkinabout

[@AnthonyHandcock]

Probably something to do with poisonous spiders too.

[@captainmcawesome7908]

*crying in symmetries*

[@ScaredLGMD]

Ahhhhh see now it makes sense

[@TheRealBanana]

I think you have the most varied collection of stir bars among all the chemistry youtubers.

[@sobertillnoon]

I like the one that looks like a big old almond.

[@htomerif]

I know, right? I saw the triangle one and though that would be great for lifting solids off the bottom of a beaker or whatever instead of just grinding them against the glass.

[@GamerKiwiOfficial]

I wonder what he does with it

[@darnitt4406]

I think we are in dire need of a stir bar tier list..

[@darren_anscombe]

He's just rubbing it in now...poor E&F

[@ryanmillerioux176]

Stop, stop! He's already dead!

[@eliasdilles8550]

I still don’t know who this guy is that this cubane competition appears to be coming from

[@frogz]

@@eliasdilles8550 a crazy aussie

[@michaelhicks8603]

The crazy ozzy is doing his cube synth full otc. So it’s kind of not the same thing.

[@jetbalsa8739]

@@eliasdilles8550 Comes from here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJbcXqSKipigaqs

[@LabCoatz_Science]

Excellent work, way to take hobby chemistry beyond its common limitations!

[@BackYardScience2000]

So.... When do you plan to make it? 😃

[@LabCoatz_Science]

@@BackYardScience2000 I don't for now, since I'd need a UV reactor and whole bunch of other stuff. Besides, why copy what's already been done! Maybe someday though...cubyl isocyanide and cubanethiol are both pretty enticing, lol!

[@kemster9495]

What could be another milestone for hobby chemistry after cubane?

[@LabCoatz_Science]

@@kemster9495 Maybe tetrahedrane? It's essentially cubane but with triangles, and a few derivatives of it have been synthesized.

[@crazkoob437]

this man has a whole chemical warehouse at his disposal goddamn

[@y33t23]

I wonder if all of these chemistry youtubers are some kind of professors or something and if not where do they get their chemicals from? Where I live the government wants your ass for even ordering a little too much Acetone.

[@georgejanzen774]

If you set up a one-man company, the big name suppliers don't really care who you are

[@LukasSMF]

@@georgejanzen774they don’t care since if you studied chemistry and have a company you’re allowed to have them. Now it’s only about the money

[@y33t23]

@@georgejanzen774 True but usually you have to fill out a form in which you have to state what you will do with it and if you order a suspicious combination of chemicals they will report you to the government. Say you're buying toluene and some sort of nitrating agent for something totally harmless, they're gonna think you're making trinitrotoluene and come for you.

[@Ang3lUki]

Didn't do it with pool chemicals

[@_shadow_1]

Now that you have the cube, would you be willing to try to make fluorinated cube and trap an electron in it?

[@LuxGamer16]

I dont know much about chemistry, but that sounds sophisticated to pull off. It sounds so posh w/o it probably being it lol

[@superioropinion7116]

That would violate the "Freedom for electrons" act.He has no right to do that

[@gameDev-ih7cj]

I don't know what you are taking about but it sounds a bit like using a fulferene to trap an atom

[@_shadow_1]

@@gameDev-ih7cj It's pretty simple (at least in theory), incorporate a free electron into the positive area in the middle of the molecule caused by the polar carbon-fluorine bonds of cubic C8F8

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Or there's the one where you replace all eight Hydrogen atoms with a Nitro group each, making C⁸N⁸O¹⁶, Octanitrocubane. Which is what I assume E&F is working towards.

[@derenjoy3r]

crazy shit dude this is def some of the top youtube chemistry content

[@BackYardScience2000]

Top tier of the top'est of tiers!

[@dasbuj]

Congrats on getting cubane finally (awaiting that NMR tho lol). Any idea what the internal volume of cubane's cavity is? I assume it's very small but I wonder if it's large enough to host maybe a proton or something. I did my doctoral work on supramolecular host-guest chemistry, so cavities always catch my eye :)

[@Chemiolis]

Octafluorocubane can trap an electron inside!

[@matiastripaldi406]

the NMR: |

[@Tea_N_Crumpets]

@@Chemiolisehe, “naughty electrons go in the C U B E C A G E”

[@T3sl4]

Where does this proton go? That's right, IT GOES IN THE CUBE HOLE!

[@dasbuj]

@@Tea_N_Crumpets lmao I'm telling yall, yall sleep on host-guest chemistry. Baller subfield, plus jokes all day long

[@knivesnico8775]

how will australians ever recover???

[@I_XuMuK_I]

Oh this is going to be the most exciting and interesting NMR ever

[@nogcyberfiber9953]

he s better than most chemistry ytubers

[@TheSpacePerson]

He also has more equipment, so it might not be the fairest comparison. Still very skilled

[@Sniperboy5551]

Still doesn’t have the same entertainment factor as Ex&F, but this is channel is great for chemistry

[@holey5065]

@@TheSpacePerson nile(color)

@@TheSpacePerson The equipment is not that much better, I think purity of basic reagents is what really sets him apart. Of course he also handles the equipment very well (PhD level)

[@DeathMetalDerf]

He might not be subject to the same restrictions on reagents. NileRed is in Canada and I'm in the US. I end up needing to make more reagents than I straight up by because I either lack access to the stuff, or it's straight up illegal for me to buy it. This varies greatly depending on where you live and where you can and can't ship stuff to.

[@Hamza-B3]

Definitely one of the best chemistry channels on youtube

[@zetsubouda]

I respect you so much for being part of advocating for good science. Honest props.

[@Minihiiri]

7:10 Thank you so much for explaining what atoms go where in the reaction!

[@ron2092]

now is the time for octanitrocubane

[@GoikOShea]

Quality stuff. Reminds me how much I loved my rotary evaporator though.

[@kpunkt98]

Just found out cubane doesn't crystallize in the cubic system - what a disappointment 😞

[@Tekenduis98]

Too bad, it theoretically should be as strong as diamond!

[@bromisovalum8417]

Very nice! Does the cubane has any smell?

[@Chemiolis]

Sweet aromatic, in an artificial not-pleasant way

[@StormBurnX]

@@Chemiolis misread that as aromantic for a moment.

[@gafrers]

Fantastic. 👍👍 The difference between Chemiolis and E&F is: one is pre apocalypse and the other very post apocalypse chemistry. 🤣🤣

[@nilnull5457]

Bro killed Ex&F and is now T-posing on his body😅

[@phizc]

Wrong kind of T-something 🙂 Think the thing you're thinking of rhymes with T-lagging 🙂

[@Wiktor_renlund]

king . pure king whit the chem flask man . big up to u

[@benattwood8786]

This guy's a JCB with all the scooping he's doing...

[@jimsvideos7201]

Props to you for the work on the product and the work on the video too.

[@JacobVanBuren]

Very cool! Not to take away from this synthesis but I think some commenters also need to remember also that these precursors were not from Bunnings :)

[@spiderdude2099]

I'm gonna need you to hold your product in a vial and dab and then send it to E&F

[@aqdrobert]

What colors would Chlorocubane, Iodocubane or Bromocubane display?

[@Chemiolis]

White

[@xenomancer1]

Oh, no! Tom! Scooped again!

[@theIargedude]

next week: here are 3 other quick and easy methods you can use to make cubane at home

[@tomh2628]

Time to nitrate it?

[@MrHubert1710]

Pff lame, Now do it in shed, with hardware store ingredients and in 40C heat. You know THE PROPER WAY Jk, Great work, *sad E&F noises*

[@TalsetFireSeed]

So whats it good for?

[@KakashiBallZ]

Surely your KZbin money can get you a sonicator. Love the work!! #SHORTPATHVACUUMDISTILLATION

[@Strothy2]

Poor Aussi lad must be siting infront his PC watching this and crying his soul out

[@programagor]

Cool! Now tetrahedrane?

[@leac0071]

Sending it out for the nmr? Curious to see the results. Gj

[@chefinwhitecoat]

Can you stack them to build a tiny house?

[@finonevado8891]

I'll be honest with you: I don't care about cubane synthesis if it's not done on a shed under the aussie sun shinning through the ozone hole

[@SaffronRavenspear]

soon

[@snickeringpopcorn]

do crystallography with it i wanna see what is looks like mirco and etc

[@Grak70]

Would be super cool if you could make IBX or even the Dess-Martin periodinane. I’ve always been fascinated by that compound.

[@Chemiolis]

I made it in the cat video :)

[@Grak70]

@@Chemiolis the catnip one? Really?

[@dr.med.janschiefer7163]

Well, it's a little bit cheating because Cheliolis uses a newly published and different UV process, that makes the whole s**t a lot more reliable. And he also doesn't do it over months in a shed partially with cooking utensils.... 😀

[@a-t6335]

Thanks!

[@GodlikeIridium]

8:15 you connected the short path distillation apparatus the wrong way to the water 😂

[@Hensch]

This man could easily become a real life walter white with his chemistry skills

[@viorp5267]

my brother in christ any chemist can make meth, most meth producers barely finished highschool.

[@ejkozan]

With such nonpolar molecule with just tar contamination, a full column is an exaggeration, just a silica pad on sintered funnel would be more than enough :P A sign of a good synthetic chemist is not to use column chromatography ;) :P But great to see The Cube finally! Does cubane crystalize in cubes...?

[@CharlesVanNoland]

How do we know that's actually cubane and not some random white precipitate?

[@magnuswootton6181]

and at the end its ready to be plasticized into a nice brick of it!!!

[@bdnugget]

What does that Barton's mercaptopyridine crap smell like?

[@Chemiolis]

nothing, coz it's in sodium salt form.

[@bazzb3456]

Now it's time to make DODECAHEDRANE!

[@nottryingtofitin]

sooooo octanitrocubane next?

[@MooreAnalytical]

Gotta kick a man when he is down. Tom… you good mate???

[@ashypharaoh8407]

What does it taste like?

[@zakihasan8042]

hello sir, can you help me in synthsizing Aluminum silicate? I couldn't found any reference online!

[@ondrejvarak1917]

Nice work

[@moce]

This feels like my parents are arguing

[@papanyanz]

Could take a melting point at least , before any nmr.

[@ae5704]

True!! I wished we saw more confirmation, considering it's just any old white powder till analysis says otherwise..

[@clarkkent5442]

so, my question is, after watching this and all 3 years worth of extractions and ire on cubane, what does cubane do and what is it used for?

[@SaffronRavenspear]

Yooo, thank you for the amazing video mate this is spectacular !

[@arpanadhikari4375]

an you make iron(II) porphyrin complex ?

[@zonex001]

NMR, please!

[@mutated__donkey5840]

bro is just making fun of tom E&F I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING THIS VIDEO DO YOUR THESIS

[@y8ri_]

We all love cubane❤

[@DaftFader]

There we go, we can all now finally get a good night's sleep!!! 😅

[@TheGuyWhoComments]

13:01 most replayed spot for some reason

[@1.4142]

Can you eat cubane?

[@Lukesab3r]

You are a god. Lol Where did you go to school?

[@Matoro342]

Please tell us what pure cubes tastes like. Nobody will ever know if you don't

[@Cyltieque]

waarom is scheikunde 3d geworden

[@7CottonTail]

Now make Rubik's Cubane

[@1HeartCell]

Brown chem is just dark yellow chem.

[@laurahaaima1436]

Waiting for the dodecahedron molecule..

[@aaronbarlow9616]

Wow...agrethive

[@Angular1504]

Nice one. @ThatChemist: here's the real cube-ane

[@James2210]

cubane without love handles

[@holey5065]

surprised found this just 1 hour after posting, u just appeared here i watch nilered and nileblue maybe thats why lolol

[@bensmith4563]

My question is this even a useful thing to make or is it just show and tell

[@jorritmorrit]

I hate to say it, but that is not a short path distillation.

[@fluffycheeks4513]

You made a cube but now what?

[@creepercarts4707]

cuuuuube

[@Jamiefearon]

Looks like meat's back on the menu lads!

[@luegenlobo9711]

Chemiolis be like: 🤓 Nofront

[@mosslover69]

now do it again

[@Hazmatguy117]

You’re just twisting the knife at this point lol

[@MrTooneboone]

noice

[@I_am_looking_for_GF]

How is oxigen diluted in water and what does tge nitrogen does to get it out

[@GenericAnimeBoy]

You know what would be hilarious? If you made Tetranitrocubane before Tom got to the carboxylic acid. Poor guy can't catch a break. 🫠

[@scrotiemcboogerballs1981]

Lmao love the video buddy

[@xXTomokoKurokiXx]

Watching E&F and watching this is like the difference between watching a Let's Play and watching a walkthrough. Both are still technically playing the same game, but one is somebody trying to figure it out on their own having never experienced it fully before and the other is somebody who's just showing the process of the game being beaten, having played the game already or knowing how to do it properly.

[@xander1052]

With E&F it's the journey and the fact he's trying to do it with the worst equipment possible that makes it great.

[@Hazmatguy117]

I was just going to say, this guy seems to have no equipment or monetary limitations

[@davidemelia6296]

Another big difference is that these videos are dry as the Sahara, whereas Tom's are entertaining even to a non-chemist.

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

Both are great 😊

[@clayton8or]

@@davidemelia6296 I am a non-chemist and still love these, especially with his top tier dry humor.

[@waltonchan3931]

It's great seeing the mechanisms drawn out, really top-notch chemistry. Maybe you can squeeze and ACS paper out of this!

[@hukaman88]

Now do it again, in a shack, random things from the hardware store, and a PhD thesis do lol. Tbh all I learned from all chemistry vids is yellow is bad and tar means you messed up

[@kpunkt98]

I swear to god - all organic chemistry turns yellow at some point. Hot take: yellow is just a low concentration of tar

[@hukaman88]

​@@kpunkt98 well yes. Turning yellow when expected is good. Randomly turning yellow no

[@kpunkt98]

@@hukaman88 i would love to agree, but ideologically i have to insist that yellow can't exist outside of a tar-context Tbf in my Chemistry red is the bad colour ;)

[@shitfuckmcgee8611]

@@kpunkt98 Yellow leads to brown which leads to black which leads to tar. It's a tale as old of time.

[@kpunkt98]

@@shitfuckmcgee8611 your feeble skills are no match for the power of tar!

[@jacob1121]

Cubebros it's happening!

[@SaffronRavenspear]

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Gonna nitrate it?

[@knyggaplease1222]

^ Asking the important questions. 💯

[@sungyunkim7450]

I can hear Tom(Explosion&Fire) screaming in the background lel

[@multiarray2320]

sad cubane noises

[@meze2095]

now this mans gotta do Octanitrocubane just to really show that aussie whos boss

[@mprojekt72]

I very much enjoy Tom's videos but Chemiolis' vids, in my mind, are more educational. It's also been interesting to watch a chemist who is not phased by yellow.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Finally, Kurt Cubane

[@mprojekt72]

@@Flesh_Wizard 👍

[@monosodium-glutamate]

This is just rubbing salt on Tom's wounds lol

[@GAFUKIS]

Never clicked faster on a chemolis vid

[@Bike36_]

How do you release these videos so consistently? It's like you do chemistry 35 hours a day.

[@SIGSEGV1337]

what NEETdom does to a chemist

[@Chemiolis]

I do, I'm locked in my lab forced to do chemistry and produce videos

[@randomviewer3494]

@@Chemiolis can you thank your guard for that lol? love the vids

[@noodlelynoodle.]

@@Chemiolis can I join the dungeon lab?

[@zillertalernazihass]

Meanwhile Nilered:" Today, I wanna make Benzoic acid. I will upload a new video in 6 months because it take a lobg time a make this content."

[@yorkshirechemist]

congratulations mate, this is one hell of an achievement! the last step was particularly interesting, in that it's a Barton decarboxylation modified by using light as the radical initiator rather than AIBN Eaton and Pettit's original methods predate Barton by nearly 20 years, but are more accessible to amateurs as they used t-butyl hydroperoxide, which can be homebrewed with relative ease (sodium pyrithione is generally much harder to find for amateurs)

[@flolrachou8936]

Ayo another vid 💀 boi just pops up, makes a cube and ruins E&F whole video series with just 2 vids bro being to casual about it 💀