Making Tert-Butylamine: A Stinky Precursor to an Even Stinkier Isocyanide!

Duration: 5:51

I'm on a quest to sample all of the world's foulest-smelling chemicals, and the next ones on my list are the isocyanides. To make isocyanides, however, I'll need organic amines like the one I'm making in this video: tert-butylamine. By itself, it's already a pretty cool and useful chemical, and plus, it has fairly powerful odor of its own, so making it was kind of a no-brainer for me! Want to support LabCoatz? Then feel free to join my Patreon page! It literally costs less that a cup of coffee: https://www.patreon.com/LabCoatz Don't want to pay monthly and just want to be a one-time supporter? Then follow this link to donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/labcoatz Want quality glassware at an affordable price? Check out CELL Supplies! If you're into hobby or professional chemistry, I definitely recommend them: https://www.cell-supplies.com/ WARNING: the chemicals shown in this video are dangerous if mishandled. Sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid are both highly corrosive. Tert-butylamine is also mildly toxic, and it tends to produce a lot of unpleasant fumes which may irritate the respiratory tract. Anyone who attempts this procedure does so at their own risk! 0:00 What're we making? 0:42 Ingredients 0:58 Making tert-butylurea 2:19 Recrystallizing the product 3:20 Making tert-butylamine 3:57 The smell 4:13 Distillation and yield 5:13 Subscribe for the isocyanides! 5:43 Outro