Making a Dangerous Energy Drink With a Powerful Caffeine Analog

Caffeine is good, but I want to make it better. So in this video, I'll be cooking up a legal analog of caffeine that is reported to be TEN TIMES STRONGER and potentially less stressful on the heart...and then I'll be testing it on myself in the form of a homemade energy drink!

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And here's some literature for anyone interested in the science (first details a variation of the synthesis and some of the analogs' potency, while the second simply mentions 1-allyltheobromine being made from "alkylation of theobromine with allyl bromide in DMF in the presence of a base like K2CO3"):
"Analogues of Caffeine and Theophylline: Effect of Structural Alterations on
Affinity at Adenosine Receptors" by J. W. Daly et al.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jm00...

"Reaction of 1-Allyl(methallyl)theobromine with Halogens" by K. Yu. Petrova et al.
https://link.springer.com/article/10....


WARNING: while completely legal, the actions depicted in this video are for education purposes only and should NOT be replicated. Never consume experimental drugs, even when they are assumed to be safe. The effects of many xanthine analogs, including 3,7-dimethyl-1-allylxanthine, are not fully documented, and there could be a risk of toxicity, addiction/dependance, and long-term effects.

0:00 Intro
1:11 Introducing: DMAX
2:28 Is it legal? (yes)
3:00 Synthesizing DMAX
5:08 Isolating and purifying
7:20 Analyzing (permanganate and melting tests)
10:14 Final yield
10:47 A word on safety...
11:20 The plan
11:50 Making my energy drink
14:13 Setting up the test
14:47 Adding too much DMAX
15:33 DRINKING IT
17:45 The effects of DMAX
19:53 Wrapping up