How to Make Chloroform (With Acetone and Bleach)

This is a guide on how to make chloroform from 2 simple household materials, acetone and chlorine bleach, with 2 supplementary chemicals(Drying agent and stabilizer) we made previously in 2 other videos. I have included the haloform reaction mechanism and timelapse of the entire reaction!

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Clorox Bleach(8.25%): https://amzn.to/3XWAXTc
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Note: These chemicals are not exact matches as the ones I used were from the hardware store, the quantity might need adjustment due to the difference in concentrations.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - 1. Safety precautions and disclaimer
0:55 - 2. Material to be used
1:28 - 3. Experiment procedures
3:33 - 4. Reaction mechanism
4:52 - 5. Separation of the crude product
6:09 - 6. Redistill to collect the chloroform
6:54 - 7. Proper storage of chloroform
7:14 - 8. Waste disposal
7:39 - 9. Will chloroform make people unconscious?

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References
1. Wiki - Chloroform https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Chloroform

2. Haloform reaction - Master Organic Chemistry https://www.masterorganicchemistry.co...

3. Haloform reaction - Science direct https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/...

4. Mechanism with hypohalite in haloform reaction - StackExchange https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/q...

5. Haloform Reaction Mechanism: Definition and Example https://testbook.com/chemistry/halofo...

6. Payne, J.P. (1998), The criminal use of chloroform. Anaesthesia, 53: 685-690. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.1...

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