In this video I turn some lemons into chloroform and acetone, while also making some of the worst mistakes in my chemistry career.

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Some corrections over the video noticed by my viewers: To make the 20% sodium hydroxide solution i would need less of the hydroxide, so the concentration is incorrect. The reaction of sulfuric acid with potassium permanganate can produce manganese heptoxide which is very dangerous, and instead of sulfuric acid other acid should be used.

Also, excuse me for my poor speaking, in the case that you don't understand something there are always subtiles made by me.

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0:00 Intro
1:35 Extracting citric acid from lemons
13:00 Turning citric acid into acetone
17:35 Turning acetone into chloroform
18:50 The acetone lamp experiment
20:20 Outro


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#chloroform