Making Thioacetone: The Worst Smelling Substance on Earth…and SMELLING IT | First-Ever Complete Demo

Duration: 14:30

In the late 1880’s, German chemists produced a substance with a smell so powerful, that it caused city-wide panic and nausea. Less than a hundred years later, British researchers attempted to produce that very same chemical, and ended up clearing a building. The putrid chemical behind all of this hysteria is known as thioacetone, and it is listed as the foulest-smelling substance on Earth. Only a few records detailing human interaction with it exist, and no pictures or videos of it have ever been published…until now! Wanna support LabCoatz? Then feel free to donate or join my Patreon page! It literally costs less that a cup of coffee: https://www.patreon.com/LabCoatz https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/labcoatz 0:00 Intro sequence 0:42 What smells? 1:03 Introducing: THIOACETONE 1:54 The synthesis 4:22 The smell of success! 5:08 Trimer smell and appearance 5:48 Extracting the trimer 6:24 What next? 7:00 The big day 7:51 Thioacetone: first impressions 9:19 Smell distance test 10:59 Thioacetone: ACTUALLY SEEING IT! 12:00 Why no gagging or vomit? 13:09 Conclusion: myth confirmed? 13:30 Parting words 13:57 Patron thanks and outro 14:10 Post-credits bonus blurb