Making Tetraphenyl Uranocene (Air stable Uranocene)

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  • čas přidán 16. 08. 2023
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    In this video I am synthesizing the ligand 1,3,5,7-Tetraphenylcyclooctatetraene and using it to produce an air stable Uranocene derivative. It has no known applications and is essentially for (limit) testing chemistry and making weird things. A continuation of the video where I made Uranium tetrachloride for this purpose.
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Komentáře • 191

  • @Amateur.Chemistry
    @Amateur.Chemistry Před 11 měsíci +369

    Bro literally made a uranium sandwich (and then changed the video’s title because of this comment)

    • @ericmueller6836
      @ericmueller6836 Před 11 měsíci +11

      Nom nom irradiaaaa........👻

    • @koukouzee2923
      @koukouzee2923 Před 11 měsíci +19

      Why does "an uranium " not roll of the tongue?
      Even tho it is wrong "a uranium sandwich " feels better

    • @scottbruner9266
      @scottbruner9266 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Tasty……and you’ll never lose it in the dark..

    • @phobos1963
      @phobos1963 Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@scottbruner9266don’t worry even with your eyes closed you’ll get helium nucleus flying in that indicates you the position of the sandwich

    • @crazy916
      @crazy916 Před 11 měsíci +3

      ​@@koukouzee2923Because it should a uranium sandwich.

  • @ham2645
    @ham2645 Před 11 měsíci +170

    Showing full reaction mechanisms just makes the video so much better

    • @avowitharms
      @avowitharms Před 11 měsíci +3

      Agreed, I feel like I start to get a more intuitive understanding of how it's gonna work

    • @giovannipelissero1886
      @giovannipelissero1886 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I 100% agree with this statement, I absolutely love his channel. He definitely gained a new Patreon today

  • @alexpotts6520
    @alexpotts6520 Před 11 měsíci +110

    This is maybe the most advanced chemistry anywhere on CZcams.

    • @therealMRepik
      @therealMRepik Před 9 měsíci +2

      All the more to love it. He's sloppy yet refined.

    • @NormReitzel
      @NormReitzel Před měsícem

      I have a real problem with hypothetical "chemists" that follow a paper like as cake recipe, but never characterize their products or intermerdiates. n truth, they don't know what they made or what path they followsed to make it.

  • @dasbuj
    @dasbuj Před 11 měsíci +42

    "Mom can we get a rotovap?"
    "No we have a rotovap at home"
    Rotovap at home: 2:28

  • @JoshuaNicoll
    @JoshuaNicoll Před 11 měsíci +42

    UVC LEDs do exist but they're very rare and hard to obtain, likely that UV lamp is a fake UVC lamp and only making UVA, it didn't look like UVC which should be almost entirely invisible. You'll need a special fluorecent lamp for UVC

    • @user255
      @user255 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Also UVC does not really penetrate. I don't think it can be done in solid phase.

    • @darkmann12
      @darkmann12 Před 11 měsíci +5

      I was about to say this. That lamp would have cost a couple hundred bucks if they were UVC LEDs. Dead giveaway - no metal package for the LEDs

  • @ejkozan
    @ejkozan Před 11 měsíci +77

    Love video! It is not often we see uranium coordination chemistry :)
    Just a practical note: alumina is a lot heavier than silica, so it does not form a slurry. Probably you observed that yourself. In labs, everyone I talked to just dry-pack it, as it sediments faster than you can pour it, and it is heavy enough that it does not dusts everywhere like silica. For the future, just pour how much you need, and flow solvent through the column (if needed, use what came from the column again once or twice). A lot better working in the alumina case.
    Can not wait for your next video!

    • @Chemiolis
      @Chemiolis  Před 11 měsíci +26

      Thanks for the tip, I will do that next time

  • @heyihavenoclue7541
    @heyihavenoclue7541 Před 11 měsíci +89

    thank you for always explaining the reaction mechanisms. You are awesome!

  • @andersjjensen
    @andersjjensen Před 11 měsíci +4

    I KNEW IT! Screaming IS a completely normal procedure in chemistry!

  • @lukassorowka2672
    @lukassorowka2672 Před 11 měsíci +20

    I gotta say, this is the best organic chemistry content out there, you're really killing it esspecially with the reaction mechanisms

  • @justarandomyoutubecommente9037
    @justarandomyoutubecommente9037 Před 11 měsíci +38

    Are you sure the "UV-LED" actually puts out the right spectrum? Oftentimes those UV led chips put out light more in the UVA range, UVC chips are pretty hard to make and expensive (and currently only exist down to a certain wavelength). For quite many reactions in photochemistry, as long as the lower wavelengths do not produce a particularly nasty byproduct in your specific reaction, I think currently mercury lamps are the best option. Also you get very high Lower-Wavelength-UV output compared to the higher NM wavelengths so the lighting time can be lower.

    • @JJayzX
      @JJayzX Před 11 měsíci +6

      I was thinking the same thing. The light looked purplish instead of blueish. The LED chips themselves look like the typical kind and not the all-metal type for UVB/C.

    • @TheOpticalFreak
      @TheOpticalFreak Před 9 měsíci +7

      Indeed if you don't smell ozone, then it's not UV-C!!

    • @chilling_at_pontiff
      @chilling_at_pontiff Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@TheOpticalFreakhopefully when doing uranium chemistry you don't smell anything. I'd hope the fume hood is working well enough to block anything coming out.

  • @NautsuJJR
    @NautsuJJR Před 11 měsíci +19

    I love how you do videos on reactions that aren't always shown on CZcams. Its really interesting and educational! Love it

  • @somii3
    @somii3 Před 11 měsíci +11

    These mechanisms be keeping me alive

  • @coiusub7577
    @coiusub7577 Před 11 měsíci +25

    I feel like hes slowly edging towards to making a nuclear bomb with these videos

    • @Chemiolis
      @Chemiolis  Před 11 měsíci +24

      My new creation: the Organonuclear type. Fully legal for household extermination of undesired critters.

    • @TheBackyardChemist
      @TheBackyardChemist Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@Chemiolis Polonocene?

    • @lukassorowka2672
      @lukassorowka2672 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Bro is about to turn into chemiolisheimer

    • @nugboy420
      @nugboy420 Před 11 měsíci

      Omg. Uranium doesn’t always = bombs.

  • @luladrgn9155
    @luladrgn9155 Před 11 měsíci +6

    I’m so early that even Ariana had tears left to cry

  • @SetTheCurve
    @SetTheCurve Před 11 měsíci +7

    Filtering hot solvent always seems like a bad idea to me, especially during crystallization. I recommend filtering the benzene, then adding the hexanes. Also, next time you place in the freezer to get crystals put it in the freezer in an insulated container, like a styrofoam box full of packing peanuts, to slow the rate of cooling to a couple days.

  • @siyutex6101
    @siyutex6101 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Great video! I love that you explain the reactions in detail, it really allows for a deeper understanding of what's happening in each reaction.

  • @dillaques
    @dillaques Před 11 měsíci

    Alumina column and a soxlet! Awesome video and awesome chemistry Chemiolis!

  • @crabcrab2024
    @crabcrab2024 Před 11 měsíci

    That is an outstanding achievement. My sincere congratulations. Thank you for your wonderful channel and interesting videos. Just ❤ U, bro!

  • @paulroark4686
    @paulroark4686 Před 11 měsíci +2

    MONDAY LEFT ME BROKEN🤩🎶

  • @user-ln9zz6ln8g
    @user-ln9zz6ln8g Před 11 měsíci +1

    Undergrad here, showing mechanisms is really helpful. Pls keep doing it. Also quoting named reactions

  • @vicente2321
    @vicente2321 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I don't even know you but I swear I love you, the way you draw each step of the reactions saves me headaches to fully understand the reaction.
    Keep doing this man, i love it.

  • @franklingauthier-parker7253
    @franklingauthier-parker7253 Před 11 měsíci +2

    This is seriously impressive. I was groaning at just the first step of the reaction. This is tough stuff.

  • @PotooBurd
    @PotooBurd Před 11 měsíci

    This is so informative!!! Fantastic video; I love this kind of content!🌻🌼🐝

  • @makeitraym
    @makeitraym Před 11 měsíci

    Keep doing what you’re doing man love these videos

  • @joshg.6536
    @joshg.6536 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Best content! I love your explanations and full detailed mechanism!

  • @user-db2oo6wj2d
    @user-db2oo6wj2d Před 11 měsíci

    thank you for always explaining the reaction mechanisms. You are awesome!. This is so informative!!! Fantastic video; I love this kind of content!.

  • @keremdiren8590
    @keremdiren8590 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Much awaited video finally here

  • @-r-495
    @-r-495 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you for not dealing out another blow to the guy doing chemistry in down under and yet went for physics..

  • @DaftFader
    @DaftFader Před 6 měsíci +1

    Everyone's a badass chemist until they need to break open a glass ampule of something... xD

  • @monika.alt197
    @monika.alt197 Před 11 měsíci +4

    You getting a 107% yield reminds me of Explosions&Fire’s hydrogen peroxide video

  • @antanyazov
    @antanyazov Před 11 měsíci

    wonderful format of video!

  • @CoffeinkaTheChemist
    @CoffeinkaTheChemist Před 11 měsíci

    So cool I can't wait to see next video

  • @MathewSan_
    @MathewSan_ Před 11 měsíci +1

    Great video 👍🔝

  • @sashboo1370
    @sashboo1370 Před 11 měsíci

    Amazing as always!

  • @hoggif
    @hoggif Před 11 měsíci

    While working in a lab can be very enjoyable, hearing someone say a couple liters through column cromatograph (saying takes a couple seconds) is so much more fun than taking all that, perhaps in 10-20ml and doing TLC or whatever.
    In literature breaking K with glass is no problem, one can always say "Added x amount of K with crushed glass imbedded" and everyone keeps wondering if the glass is an essential catalyst or what :D
    To meaasure small amounts of products it is always possible to make a solution of it and evaporate it in a smaller measured container. I did that when I once had only 1mg of stuff to synthesize with and there is no other way to measure it but in a tiny container. Measuring the products was way more fun! :D

  • @scrotiemcboogerballs1981
    @scrotiemcboogerballs1981 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Great video thanks for sharing

  • @soulreaper359
    @soulreaper359 Před 11 měsíci

    That move with the tumbler was so cool ngl

  • @herwew7476
    @herwew7476 Před 11 měsíci

    Outstanding video!

  • @RCTitan33
    @RCTitan33 Před 11 měsíci

    Loved the video, great chemistry! When you are loading your alumina next time, don't try to make a slurry, that only really works with silica, just add the alumina dry then pack with solvent :) Also some sand on top once you have loaded your sample means you can be a bit more careless when topping up with eluent

  • @andym.s.5231
    @andym.s.5231 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Amazing video

  • @CatboyChemicalSociety_Tatsuki
    @CatboyChemicalSociety_Tatsuki Před 11 měsíci +1

    Loving it

  • @nickbonsavage2586
    @nickbonsavage2586 Před 5 měsíci

    Holy shit that's one hell of a synthesis.... wow. Right on

  • @rowanrobinson
    @rowanrobinson Před 11 měsíci +1

    I have no fucking idea what I'm watching but it's great

  • @sebastiengonzalezo.o6950
    @sebastiengonzalezo.o6950 Před 11 měsíci

    Marvelous 🎉🎉

  • @nathancoddington5462
    @nathancoddington5462 Před 11 měsíci

    Love your videos! Does the di-acid keep you from using Diphenylphosphoryl Azide for the acid to amine step?

  • @galaxybrian8039
    @galaxybrian8039 Před 11 měsíci

    the meme interjections we’re a little jarring but other than that, really enjoyed this video!

  • @californium-2526
    @californium-2526 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Uranium sandwich! 😋
    Thorocene is next. This time with +4 being the most stable.

  • @vevenaneathna
    @vevenaneathna Před 9 měsíci

    in like the 2010s i remember reading about uranium sandwich scaffolds that were showing really good promise for improving the magnetic resolution/density on hard drives. they were having issues though trying to get to a practical curie temp above room temperature but it was my understanding that the F and D blocks of uranium could give you either really dense and descrite 1's and 0's or very stable 1's and 0's when compared to typical hard drive tech. obviously SSD's made this a mute point but at the time ssd's were like 5-10$ / gig and had questionable longevity/stability. here we are now though.

  • @ShouldOfStudiedForTheTest
    @ShouldOfStudiedForTheTest Před 11 měsíci +2

    00:00 Yoooo, fellow chemistry Wikipedia rabbit hole enjoyer! Found the most messed up molecules this way.

  • @joshbryant1133
    @joshbryant1133 Před 11 měsíci +2

    As some other people are saying, that UV lamp is most likely fake. If it was using UVC leds the inside of those 5050 (i think) chips would be gold plated instead of dark red. Most UVC lamps glow sky blue but check with a UVC test card to be sure.

  • @clown134
    @clown134 Před 9 měsíci +1

    are there any videos which show the intended use and how things such as the various glass attachments you use work? such as the part at 7:47

  • @ianlee5812
    @ianlee5812 Před 11 měsíci +1

    If I may suggest a video topic, I would love for you to synthesize MOF-5, a metal-organic framework used in hydrogen storage.

  • @robot797
    @robot797 Před 11 měsíci

    are you sure that lamps makes the right uv?
    I heard led have a hard time making it

  • @utpalmukherjee7270
    @utpalmukherjee7270 Před 10 měsíci

    How do you confirm your product? Do you run nmr or ftir ? Or any chemical tests

  • @christopherleubner6633
    @christopherleubner6633 Před 11 měsíci +1

    You can get UVC led lights at 255 and 270nm peak emissions from certain types of pandemic madness phone disinfecting devices. They usually have s 405nm or blue LED on the board as well. Also mercury vapor lamps are rather cheap, the ones that make ozone give all bands of UV light.

  • @avowitharms
    @avowitharms Před 11 měsíci +1

    7:45 got me, too many deepfried insta reels from friends

  • @intellectualiconoclasm3264
    @intellectualiconoclasm3264 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The chemistry you've accomplished here is very impressive! And to think you did all this to make "Hulk-Juice." 😉🖖

  • @awli8861
    @awli8861 Před 11 měsíci

    Can you do quinuclidine and then make a compound with it?

  • @GarryDumblowski
    @GarryDumblowski Před 6 měsíci

    I don't have the most experience but I'm familiar with the technique of opening ampuoles where you score a ring around one end to get a cleaner crack. Alternatively maybe you could crack it open after cooling it in a freezer, so the potassium is harder?

  • @user-ln9zz6ln8g
    @user-ln9zz6ln8g Před 11 měsíci

    Mmm yummy. Now time for the taste test

  • @chir0pter
    @chir0pter Před 9 měsíci

    3:30 maybe there is an inert liquid you could submerge the reactant in and submerge the uv light as well under stirring? Or perhaps the reaction requires the reactant to be sprayed/atomized under uv light

  • @michaelpineiro533
    @michaelpineiro533 Před 11 měsíci

    CZcams's favorite: UV dependent reactions.

  • @douro20
    @douro20 Před 11 měsíci

    Next time you might want to try spreading out the alpha trans-cinnamic acid more and using a mercury UV source instead.

  • @EDoyl
    @EDoyl Před 11 měsíci +1

    The rolling beaker heat gun coating was so cool, I wish it had worked. It seems like photons are the WORST chemistry lab partners.

  • @DannyDavis-ri6bd
    @DannyDavis-ri6bd Před 6 měsíci

    Why not put the uvc lamp into the beaker in the rollers after scraping it?

  • @robina6645
    @robina6645 Před 11 měsíci +1

    You’ve got yourself a AIVD subscription!

    • @Chemiolis
      @Chemiolis  Před 11 měsíci +1

      Greatest collab in history

    • @douro20
      @douro20 Před 11 měsíci

      The Dutch counterpart to the CIA?

    • @robina6645
      @robina6645 Před 11 měsíci

      @@douro20 Yessir

  • @henryokeeffe5835
    @henryokeeffe5835 Před 11 měsíci +2

    It could have been the lamp that was the problem in the first step. There are many fake UV-C LED lamps out there. I would stay away from them for UV-C and use an old-fashioned mercury discharge lamp, which they still make very cheaply for disinfection.

  • @SupernaturalSalt
    @SupernaturalSalt Před 11 měsíci

    tutorial on getting yellowcake from coffinite ore?

  • @maurojhoelalvarezcea6768
    @maurojhoelalvarezcea6768 Před 8 měsíci

    Amazing!!!

  • @bigfloppa2319
    @bigfloppa2319 Před 11 měsíci

    how does it taste like

  • @daniellassander
    @daniellassander Před 11 měsíci +1

    Love your videos man, any plans in the future to make Adamantane?

  • @sajo90
    @sajo90 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Are you not afraid to mix NaN3 with chloroform?
    They are know to for explosive triazidomethane, it might not be an issue, but i would choose another solvent if possible.

  • @apo_chromatic
    @apo_chromatic Před 11 měsíci

    Lmao loved the diy rotovap, nice one

  • @geroldbendix1651
    @geroldbendix1651 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I'm only marginal interested in chemistry, but this molecule looks exactly like two drones sandwiched together. Or like an Octodrone 😄

  • @mountiedm
    @mountiedm Před 11 měsíci

    You aren't really partying til the International Atomic Energy Agency knocks on your door

  • @JinKee
    @JinKee Před 11 měsíci

    Gordon Ramsay to Uranium atom: WHAT ARE YOU?

  • @koukouzee2923
    @koukouzee2923 Před 11 měsíci

    2:20 that is genius

  • @stefanlechner4456
    @stefanlechner4456 Před 11 měsíci

    why did you do the eschweiler clarke? you could have just methylated the amin with CH3I and you would get the quaternary ammonium salt or am i missing something?

    • @Chemiolis
      @Chemiolis  Před 11 měsíci +2

      There are multiple problems when starting with a primary amine to make a quat salt via CH3I. The first thing is the formation of salt as a byproduct which cannot be removed with the acetone wash, and since the product is a salt too it makes it more complicated. Also. I have heard of experience of others that tested this on many substrates and that it works poorly. The salt potentially hinders the reaction. In this case I was just following the literature, but I did think of doing CH3I triple methylation and I was adviced against it.

  • @MrFAI123456
    @MrFAI123456 Před 10 měsíci

    Uranocene is strongly air sensitive. Should Run the reaction between COT2- and UCl4 in argon atmosphere or inside the glovebox.

  • @Lukesab3r
    @Lukesab3r Před 11 měsíci +2

    You are a fucking god.
    Love it!!!!!

  • @kevo8137
    @kevo8137 Před 8 měsíci

    Interesting use of a rock tumbler lol.

  • @ingensvidcz5390
    @ingensvidcz5390 Před 11 měsíci +2

    In the methylation of the amine, why does it complete on its own like that? I thought the imminium has to be reduced by borohydride or something. Excelent video, keep it up, its really a wonder to look at.

    • @kpunkt98
      @kpunkt98 Před 11 měsíci +4

      The formic acid acts as the reducing agent, donating a Hydride and producing CO2.

    • @ingensvidcz5390
      @ingensvidcz5390 Před 11 měsíci

      @@kpunkt98 wow, never thought imminium was strong enought to oxidize formic acid to CO2. Super cool

    • @ingensvidcz5390
      @ingensvidcz5390 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Thanks alot for the explanation

    • @kpunkt98
      @kpunkt98 Před 11 měsíci

      @@ingensvidcz5390 as far as i know it's a concerted mechanism, where both the hydride and proton are transferred at once, lowering the barrier.

  • @Silverfurry89
    @Silverfurry89 Před 11 měsíci

    The UV lamb may degrade plastic and rubber parts ob the equipment you used.

  • @spiderdude2099
    @spiderdude2099 Před 11 měsíci

    What a delicious uranium sandwich

  • @nebblepoppishire3037
    @nebblepoppishire3037 Před 11 měsíci

    Perhaps the photo-reaction failed in part due to the UV source? I’m a super nerd with lightning, and I can tell you all LED bulbs that advertise UVC are fake. There is exactly 1 company in the world right now that I know of that is producing true deep UV LEDs in the 260nm range, and those diodes are almost $10,000 a watt at the moment. Most LEDs sold as “UV” are 395nm UV as well, which isn’t exactly great for most applications that call for long wave UV. Perhaps trying that reaction with a filtered 365nm UV LED source (which have become readily available and cheap over the past few years) or, if you are allowed, a low pressure mercury sterilizing bulb, would yield much better results.

  • @zyababest
    @zyababest Před 10 měsíci

    from dicarboxilic compound B to diamine is 1 step

  • @Calamari200
    @Calamari200 Před 11 měsíci

    Is there a reason why the photoaddition wasnt done in solution? that seems to be the best way to get homogenous reaction.

    • @Chemiolis
      @Chemiolis  Před 11 měsíci +2

      UV wont penetrate properly and in solution it has no alpha polymorph so it would make a mix of all isomers

  • @zonex001
    @zonex001 Před 11 měsíci

    17:03 If it got UV treatment, would it be the derivative of cubane?

    • @Chemiolis
      @Chemiolis  Před 11 měsíci +1

      nope, these molecules can't make the strained cubane, it can form a benzene with attached cyclobutane, just the cyclooctatetraene, or break apart into multiple components.

    • @zonex001
      @zonex001 Před 11 měsíci

      @@Chemiolis so sad

  • @penroc3
    @penroc3 Před měsícem

    next time aspirate the dry powder so it is a free flowing powder with a way to make it air borne so all the surfaces are exposed to the UV

  • @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648

    Uranium cinnabons?

  • @karoldrozd6769
    @karoldrozd6769 Před 10 měsíci +1

    will you make creatine?
    I
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  • @sunling6709
    @sunling6709 Před 11 měsíci +1

    kids can turn F*ing rocks into F*ing diamonds

    • @sunling6709
      @sunling6709 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @Chemiolis you can't turn f*ing rocks into f*ing diamonds cause you are not a f*ing kid LOL

  • @john-ic5pz
    @john-ic5pz Před 11 měsíci

    😎 i like your ghetto sort-of rotovap ❤

  • @emileballard4417
    @emileballard4417 Před 10 měsíci

    uv-c from led is kinda impossible they do exist but its hard and expensive

  • @brettmoore3194
    @brettmoore3194 Před 11 měsíci

    Bro, a mercury vapor bulb with the outer shell removed would be the correct mobile home method. Metal halide might also. Leds in the uv range suck🎉

  • @user-yb5cn3np5q
    @user-yb5cn3np5q Před 11 měsíci

    It was probably the most cursed chemistry video I've ever seen.
    Probably it's time for pernitrocubane and perfluorocubane.

  • @ArvinJoAr
    @ArvinJoAr Před 2 měsíci

    Start a baking channel next ❤

  • @matiastripaldi406
    @matiastripaldi406 Před 11 měsíci +1

    So in short: when the double bond reforms, shit happens

  • @kronormu3988
    @kronormu3988 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I'm making an iron sandwich in a few weeks :)

  • @heyihavenoclue7541
    @heyihavenoclue7541 Před 11 měsíci +1

    epic