Bismuth and Perchloric acid - Explosionsandfire
Why do we create explosionsandfire?
Facebook is boring and i'm not hot enough for Instagram.
Oh first, this video would not be possible without the generosity of
Charles.
You know who you are, really, thank you a lot. Still lots of experiments to come!
In this video explosions occur and no-one really knows why. I also record the voice over in an echo chamber and
OK OK THE aUDIO LAYER IS
BAD OK I GET IT I HAVE A
FACE FOR
RADIO AND A
VOICE FOR SILENT FILMS OK
FINE
Aw man I have too much
pent up anger, i'm going to have to write some moody minimalist music or visit some otters or something.
ACtually that's a great date idea, thanks YouTube!
Annndd now i'm calm, thinking of hanging out with otters and destiny girl.
Ok but we can't dwell on otters all day, we have work to do!
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No actually otters are a nice thought
I'll give you three and a half more moments before getting into the rest of the work
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Gosh I'd be a good boss (and an even better dater-er). But IMPORTANTLY! I have a twitter account, if instead of watching the video you're just reading the description (good choice), the link is: https://twitter.com/Explosions_Fire
Every week, i'll ask a question I want, and demand, to be answered to my twitter account. This week, you get two questions.
Firstly, a helpful question. What element should I buy next??
Secondly, a cultural question.
I've heard that things like, spin in the other direction in the two different hemispheres?
Things like drains and
... no wait, that's not it. What was it
..? Was it.. jars yeah that's it. Which way do jar lids spin to open in your country?
Unfortunately I have to cancel everyone's third favourite segment, as there is no-one around me to ask to do a guest description. Well, I mean there is my Dad but he's watching
Antiques Roadshow so I don't wanna distract him.
Alrightalright, so I did say i'd post someone's favourite wikipedia page, so with the remaining characters I shall post it.
Thank you based
TVC for your submission.
DABCO® is a registered trademark of
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. for a line of polyurethane manufacturing catalysts and additives that includes 1,4-diazabicyclo[
2.2.2]octane and a variety of specialized chemical derivatives and solutions.,[3] but "DABCO" is commonly used by chemists as a
shorthand acronym for 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane itself. It is a polyurethane catalyst,
Baylis-Hillman reaction catalyst, complexing ligand, and
Lewis base.[4] It is used to regulate the reaction rate in Flexplay time-limited
DVDs by adjusting pH. DABCO and related amines are quenchers of singlet oxygen and effective antioxidants,[5] and can be used to improve the lifetime of dyes. This makes DABCO useful in dye lasers and in mounting samples for fluorescence microscopy (when used with glycerol and
PBS).[6] DABCO can also be used to demethylate quaternary ammonium salts by heating in dimethylformamide (
DMF).[7]
Although the first pKa is 8.8 that is almost the same as ordinary alkylamines, the nucleophilicity is high because the alkyl groups do not disturb the lone pairs.
DABCO has been used as a catalyst for a metal-free
Sonogashira coupling, with or without microwave enhancement.[8] For example, phenylacetylene couples with electron-deficient iodoarenes to furnish the Sonogashira product in 77% yield with 95% selectivity.
Example of a DABCO-catalysed Sonogashira coupling
DABCO has also been used for
Morita-Baylis-Hilman reaction.[9]
(There are lots of pictures here, use you imagination)
The scheme of Baylis Hilman reaction
(don't use your imagination for these pictures.
Grow up. Get a job)