Lab notes - Purified Tea Tree Oil Experiments for Making Sodium (Patreon)

Lab notes - Purified Tea Tree Oil Experiments for Making Sodium

In this video we purify tea tree oil by fractional distillation to extra to 4-terpineol. 4-Terpineol turns out to be a reasonably good catalyst for the sodium production reaction. Related Videos: Using grignards to make tertiary alcohols: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFQWD7-DCPI Previous lab notes on making sodium involving tea tree oil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7o3ZfX0BQc Donate to NurdRage! Through Patreon (preferred): https://www.patreon.com/NurdRage Through Bitcoin: 1NurdRAge7PNR4ULrbrpcYvc9RC4LDp9pS Glassware generously provided by http://www.alchemylabsupply.com/ Use the discount code "nurdrage" for a 5% discount. Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurdRage Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/NurdRage/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NurdRageYoutube/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurdrageyoutube/ #sodium #4-Terpineol #TeaTreeOil