Making Phosphoryl Chloride from Table Salt (REVISED VERSION)

Duration: 10:58

Phosphoryl chloride is an exceptionally useful chemical, and one that doesn't have enough representation or accessible synthesis pathways here on YouTube. So you can imagine my dismay when YouTube decided to demonetize my first attempt to show an easy route to make it! It was demonetized and age-restricted because I dared to show the negative consequences of accidentally misusing this chemical. I won't say WHAT the consequences were, since they seem to trigger the poor souls (or bots...?) at YouTube, but if you want to see the original video, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFqnGDRMBxE I still want all of you to know about this pretty cool pathway though, so this is that video edited to suit YouTube's fancy! Want to support LabCoatz since YouTube is making excuses not to? Feel free to join my Patreon here, or simply donate using the PayPal link: https://www.patreon.com/LabCoatz https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/labcoatz WARNING: while completely legal, replication of the depicted procedure is not recommended for inexperienced individuals. 0:00 Intro 0:28 Science Madness: POCl3 from salt?? 1:10 Ingredients 1:33 First attempt 2:56 Trouble with steel 3:45 Some success! 4:02 Second attempt: all glass setup 5:15 Overcooking issues 6:16 Yield 7:21 Reactions (and smell)