In this video I will be synthesizing benzene from sodium benzoate and sodium hydroxide.

This procedure was taken from the ScienceMadness forum: http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/vi...

The ratios of reactants used and the method of using the can was suggested by Organikum.

I forgot to mention in the video, but if you use glass, it does not conduct well and depending on how much you use, the glass can crack when cooling.


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