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In this video I finish the 4 month long journey to make the legendary cubane 1,4-dicarboxylic acid methyl ester while creating an assortment of tars some of which probably contain my product.
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Also, excuse me for my poor speaking, English is not my native language so I have some trouble with pronunciation, in case you don't understand something there are always subtitles made by me.
Reference papers:
researchgate.net/publication/244572672_Dimethyl_Cubane-14-dicarboxylate_A_Practical_Laboratory_Scale_Synthesis
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA210368.pdf
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/op400181g
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/OB/D3OB00231D
0:00 Intro
1:05 Diketal deprotection to diketone
7:49 The scary photoreaction
12:15 Finally creating some cubes (Cubane 1,4-dicarboxylic acid)
15:00 Making a methyl ester of my cubane
16:05 Failing miserably in carrying out a column chromatography
18:24 Outro
#chemistry
#experiment
#beautiful
#demonstration
#science
#interesting
#cubane
#organicchemistry
#cool
#reaction
Head to squarespace.com/amateurchemistry to save 10% off your first purchase of a
website or domain using code AMATEURCHEMISTRY
In this video I finish the 4 month long journey to make the legendary cubane 1,4-dicarboxylic acid methyl ester while creating an assortment of tars some of which probably contain my product.
If you enjoyed the video consider liking it, sharing it with a friend, and subscribing to my channel - I would really appreciate that :)
If you want to further support my work and watch exclusive content here's my Patreon - patreon.com/AmateurChemistry
Instagram - instagram.com/amateur_chemistry
TikTok - tiktok.com/@amateurchemistry
Twitter (X) - https://x.com/AmateurChemist_
Also, excuse me for my poor speaking, English is not my native language so I have some trouble with pronunciation, in case you don't understand something there are always subtitles made by me.
Reference papers:
researchgate.net/publication/244572672_Dimethyl_Cubane-14-dicarboxylate_A_Practical_Laboratory_Scale_Synthesis
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA210368.pdf
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/op400181g
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/OB/D3OB00231D
0:00 Intro
1:05 Diketal deprotection to diketone
7:49 The scary photoreaction
12:15 Finally creating some cubes (Cubane 1,4-dicarboxylic acid)
15:00 Making a methyl ester of my cubane
16:05 Failing miserably in carrying out a column chromatography
18:24 Outro
#chemistry
#experiment
#beautiful
#demonstration
#science
#interesting
#cubane
#organicchemistry
#cool
#reaction
