Making Methyl Iodide

From the creator

Hey guys, today we make a little bit of methyl iodide (iodomethane) using methanol, red phosphorus and iodine. I plan to use this in the future to synthesize caffeine. If you guys have any suggestions on how it can be used, let me know! References: • Chemplayer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB7YSR3CaUE • Erowid: https://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/methyliodide.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merch - https://nilered.tv/store ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the community: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/nilered Discord - https://discord.com/invite/3BT6UHf NileRed Newsletter - https://nile.red/home#newsletter You can also find me here: Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/NileRed2 Instagram - https://m.instagram.com/nile.red Twitter - https://mobile.twitter.com/NileRed2 Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA

Published 2016-06-19 · Watch on YouTube ↗
Availability and playback restrictions are controlled by the original channel.