Channel: NurdRage

Category: Education

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Description: In this video we explore a bit of chemistry of the catalyst and verify that primary alcohols can't work and that some sort of catalyst i necessary. Tea tree oil is found to have lackluster but still promising potential as a catalyst. Related Videos: Using grignards to make tertiary alcohols: youtube.com/watch?v=EFQWD7-DCPI Using 7-hexyl-7-tridecanol to test if sodium production was even possible: youtube.com/watch?v=D4vDwQ4TyIc Previous lab notes on making sodium: youtube.com/watch?v=juWlrKdsjm4 Donate to NurdRage! Through Patreon (preferred): patreon.com/NurdRage Through Bitcoin: 1NurdRAge7PNR4ULrbrpcYvc9RC4LDp9pS Glassware generously provided by alchemylabsupply.com Use the discount code "nurdrage" for a 5% discount. Twitter: twitter.com/NurdRage Reddit: reddit.com/r/NurdRage Facebook: facebook.com/NurdRageYoutube Instagram: instagram.com/nurdrageyoutube