Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this video I use all my organic chemistry skills to make some DEET, and turn it into the world's strongest bug spray which I then test on live mosquitoes, while experiencing nearly every emotion, doing a very suspenseful vacuum distillation, and learning that cool music can indeed be used in youtube videos.

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A list of music I used in this video (for anyone curious):
The celebrated Minuet - Boccherini
The Four Seasons: Winter - Vivaldi
Deadly Roulette - Kevin McLeod
Aquarium - Saint-Saëns
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
Asking questions - Rafael Krux
Darkest Child - Kevin McLeod
The Vision - Sonum
Clair de Lune - Debussy
Walk Through the Park - TrackTribe

0:00 Intro
2:02 Making m-Toluic acid
6:11 Making m-Toluyl chloride
8:30 Making DEET
11:27 One hell of a purification
18:51 Making and testing 100% DEET bug spray
22:18 Outro

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#deet
#mosquito
#distillation
#organic
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#bugs
#bugspray