7:51 that's me! Glad you liked the paper and if you have any questions feel free to ask away! Also making cubane in flow has been done in a very nice paper before: DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1705964 And also recommend a paper that just came out in Nature! by nobel prize winner David MacMillan 10.1038/s41586-023-06021-8
Working in IT, reading what you documented (= scribbled on random bits of paper and in eight different documents and files) to get a grasp of the mess you left for your future self, perfectly normal.
@@Puss1man I'm 100% sure they're a bot by now Or they can watch videos on 4x, bc they comment way too fast to have watched the whole video in normal speed or even 2x Caught that on the latest of John Oliver's last week tonight show video But it's a cool bot, i like them
@@ExtractionsAndIre mate you can still beat him with huge quantities, using this: Get at least one UV light Tube, enough PTFE tubing to cover the whole UV tube. connect every other passing to aluminum or whatever metal pipes and place them in a waterbath. cover the whole UV tube situation in aluminum foil and connect the pump. that's literally all you need 😂 peak efficiency 😏👌 edit: oh and remember to turn on the lamp AND the pump 😂😅
@@ExtractionsAndIre I've been watching you for years, shortly after finding nerdrage which got me into the UA-cam chemistry world. It's funny seeing everyone mention people I've been watching for a long time.
@@aryanprivilege9651 that is actually a good point... you won't see the majority of the light. always wear eye protection when handling invisible light... actually when handling ANY light of high intensity
FWIW you have to be real careful with peristaltic pumps after a few hours the tubing can start to crack. Also the tube can lose its elasticity and start bulging instead of pumping this can cause additional problems with heating if your tube runs close to your light. This kind of thing will probably be worse in your application due to the uv light. Good luck!
@wildfyr89 I was using perfluorinated tubing in a UV environment. The thing was usually no good after 6hrs and would usually start cracking at 8-10 hrs.
Exciting news! It's just that I've been following this Cubane series for so long that I've forgotten what cubane is and why we'd want it in the first place. Everyone so often it pops up on my feed and I'm like, "Bloody criminey, Cubane! We're (maybe?) gonna need some of that when the zombies come!"
Oh I'm glad you noticed this! I've always wanted to do more shadow on text pop-ups but for whatever reason the editing software hates it... the render gets very slow and sometimes crashes, and the editing preview goes all jank around it so its hard to get the timing right. BUT I just bought 16 GB more RAM for my computer (turns out I had extra RAM slots woo) and now I can render shadows properly!! And that's basically the only improvement, the software still crashes occasionally. So it's a $70 shadow at the moment, but I think it's a worthy investment
@@ExtractionsAndIre man, if shadows are too much for your editing software to handle, you probably need a different editing software rather than more ram. what editing software do you use? the shadow looked really nice though!
@@cvspvr I used Movie Studio, which is the cheap version of Sony Vegas. It handles multiple tracks of 4K footage playing at once and pretty much everything, but shadow on text??? It hates it
@@ExtractionsAndIre i've never heard of movie studio but i've heard that sony vegas is pretty good. i've used adobe premiere (get a cracked version) before and it's pretty good. aside from the ram (which is heaps), is your pc... any good?
@@ExtractionsAndIre Just leave the space after 202 blank and we can fill it in after the series is done. Less pressure and more viewer interaction and all that jazz.
So impressed with the enthusiasm. There is a serious risk of making an original discovery in cubane chemistry in an amateur lab, all be it by a professional chemist. I feel sure Madame Curie would be proud of your efforts.
There are so many science videos on UA-cam where everything just works, meanwhile your videos are the most accurate representation of the research experiences I had in grad school. Looking forward to seeing Cuban in 2023!
personally if I were to attempt some photochemistry, the first thing I'd try would be to use one of those UVC germicidal bulbs inside a quartz tube fitted to a ground-glass neck, with the whole assembly inserted into the neck of the flask (you'd need a flask with a very wide neck); it'd eliminate the problem of trying to get the UV light through the glass (the UV is emitted from the inside out), and the glass would also block a lot of the UVC going out
You may be forced to rely on the contents of the flask to wick heat away from the bulb assembly. Stir the mix to dissipate the heat and cool the flask. Needs some fortuitous glass!
@@JohnnyWednesday with a neck that wide it'd be a bloody big flask in any case, and since photochemical reactions are run at very dilute concentrations, it'd contain a lot of solvent... but still, it'd do no harm to have an external coolant around the flask
This has been such a ride... And I'm here for it! I vote that once you've created a sufficient amount of a precursor/reagent that you can then buy it for subsequent batches and it still counts.
I like this channel a lot because it's produced and you get places but things don't always work out and I feel like I can live through the trials and the methods and the successes and failures with you. Because the video series had gone on for so long it was a great idea to do an update on the world of Cubane episode like this.
Tom DO IT UNDER INERT GAS! Also, acetic acid and cyclohexane are both good solvents for radical bromination (classical for benzylic bromination with NBS), might be compatible with your photochemistry. DCM obviously an easy one if you have it and they report 97% yield, but just saying as an alternative.
Interesting to see FEP tubing mentioned. FEP film is used in the UV resin printers as the surface material since it offers a good blend of UV transmission and non-stick properties. More standard FDM printers use plain Teflon in their tubes.
I am really rooting for you to make progress on the cubane synthesis from household items. I am getting old and may not live to see you finish it. Good luck to you sir!
Everytime you say TLC, i just think: "Tender, love and care" which this guy obviously has a tremendous amount of, so I don't see what the problem is. 11/10, would do another 100 episodes of Cubane again!
I think it's great you're willing to taking a step back, figure out where to go from here. One thing I really hope you can do is VERIFY that the LEDs you've bought are actually emitting the wavelength(s) they should, before you go about using them. You say you'd need 390-nm UV, which is actually good, as the majority of mislabeled UV LEDs out there output UV-A (315 - 400 nm), since they're much cheaper than those that output shorter wavelengths.
Y'know, it's always nice to be able to crowd source ideas, but there's smthn extra cute about everyone kinda coming together to learn and talk about this thing and help each other out.
the reason why my chem course is more rigorous, tough on student and highly monitored is because of you. This is not an exaguration, it is literally been made more difficult because of you. That much power to literally sway a whole cource is legendary
Love your videos, I wasn't able to goto school and have been a clandestine chemist, but I know very little compared to folks who've had a solid education. Your videos are inspiring me to go back to school, my best friend who was the educated chemist and taught me most everything I know ( him and youtube + google ) passed away in 2022 and I moved to Canada from America, and still sorting out paperwork for permanent residency with my wife. Once I get my paperwork set up, my plans are get into a school, I was homeschooled and got a GED due to my family constantly moving and me working instead of going to school because of bad things that I can't really talk about. You're an inspiration, and there are not many people like you on this planet and all your work is appreciated. tldr; ty for keeping my passion for chemistry alive
#Cubane2023 I think the method with Benzophenone as photosensitizer looks very promising, it's definitely worth a try. Looking forward to your next vid!
I don't understand a word of this, but your videos are so fascinating and you're such an entertaining host that I continue to watch. I wish you had been my science teacher in high school.
"scooping" or nah you've done so much to advance the love and interest in this wild and funky organic chemistry, a lot of guff is written about science communication and you are absolutely smashing it out here CUBANE 2023 SQUARE GO LIKE
6:39 on youtube we call that being "Dereked" for those who don't get the reference, Steve Mould and Matt Parker were talking about they would come up with a really good video idea, just for Veritasium to beat them to it
I'm not a chemist at all, I do not understand what you are doing. But I live for this series every time a new video is up I gotta watch it right then, right now.
itsssssssssss the synth that never ends! it just goes on and on my friends! some people. started synthing it not knowing what it was. and now they keep on synthing it forever just becauseeee....
PTFE tubing is very common in 3d printing, it's highly heat resistant at the temps printers run at, stiff enough to act as a guide, flexible enough to move where you need it, and most importantly: very slick so the filament just slides through without additional lubrication, also melted filament won't stick to it either. I use about 5-6 meters of the stuff in my printing setup to guide the filament out of the drybox and into the printer, I have a Prusa MMU2S which takes in 5 filaments and outputs 1. Most printers use a lot less than I do.
Looks like someone beat you to the punch. Doesn’t matter. Finish it man. Your method is unique and your presentation is the best, bar none. Please continue.
7:51 that's me! Glad you liked the paper and if you have any questions feel free to ask away!
Also making cubane in flow has been done in a very nice paper before: DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1705964
And also recommend a paper that just came out in Nature! by nobel prize winner David MacMillan 10.1038/s41586-023-06021-8
And as always, we just randomly find the paper authors in the comments of an E&I/E&F video, why does this happen so often?
@@grgr105 because he is the crackpot scientist we all wish we could be
Pog
Absolutely poggers comment, thank you!
The cubane struggle is real.
Ah yes, another episode of the cube series. I wonder if he is going to make one of the different cubes from That Chemists video.
I really hope this project works, I can only put so many stickers over the top of my Cubane 2020 bumper sticker
That video is the only reason this one exists and I'm here for it
2:38 you know its been long when this man has to rewatch his videos to remember what he did
It wouldn't be so bad if reagents produced seven videos ago might not already have turned back into tar again.
Working in IT, reading what you documented (= scribbled on random bits of paper and in eight different documents and files) to get a grasp of the mess you left for your future self, perfectly normal.
Heisenburger we have come across each other many times
@@Puss1man I'm 100% sure they're a bot by now
Or they can watch videos on 4x, bc they comment way too fast to have watched the whole video in normal speed or even 2x
Caught that on the latest of John Oliver's last week tonight show video
But it's a cool bot, i like them
@@Ewr42 Agreed, I see it literally everywhere 😅
i want some guys out there to just have the molecule tatted on his arm with all the different dates crossed out and replaced
Will you accept a leg?
@Josh Allen I would but it would not be a good Tattoo so caution is advised 😂
@@mitchellblake1425 I’ve got plenty of bad tattoos so don’t sweat that 😂
@@dec4dent dude u better show it if u do it
Might have to plan for a full sleeve-chest-sleeve set...
Seems suspiciously like That Chemist came and gave you a boot in the arse to release another cubane episode lol.
Haha yeah, it’s fun watching other people do cubane stuff, it was nice of him to mention this channel!
@@ExtractionsAndIre mate you can still beat him with huge quantities, using this:
Get at least one UV light Tube, enough PTFE tubing to cover the whole UV tube.
connect every other passing to aluminum or whatever metal pipes and place them in a waterbath.
cover the whole UV tube situation in aluminum foil and connect the pump.
that's literally all you need 😂
peak efficiency 😏👌
edit: oh and remember to turn on the lamp AND the pump 😂😅
@@ExtractionsAndIre you should do something with erythritol tetranitrate it's an energetic
@@ExtractionsAndIre I've been watching you for years, shortly after finding nerdrage which got me into the UA-cam chemistry world. It's funny seeing everyone mention people I've been watching for a long time.
@@aryanprivilege9651 that is actually a good point... you won't see the majority of the light.
always wear eye protection when handling
invisible light... actually when handling ANY light of high intensity
The cube race is on mate. Cubane this year ;)
finish your thesis!
maybe
@@ExtractionsAndIre Start your thesis.
@ExtractionsAndIre no one cares about that piece of paper. What matters is how well you make things go boom or not go boom
@@ExtractionsAndIre procrastination and chemistry seem to go hand in hand 😅
About cubane synthesis 😂😂
this is like free psychological therapy for chemists whos been struggling with time delayed/low productive synthesis plans. "thank you" isnt enough
I loved the part where he ripped off his labcoat and yelled "ITS CUBIN TIME"
This series has been around more in my life then my family
Was worried you weren't gonna come back to it. But the procrastination is real! Lol
FWIW you have to be real careful with peristaltic pumps after a few hours the tubing can start to crack. Also the tube can lose its elasticity and start bulging instead of pumping this can cause additional problems with heating if your tube runs close to your light. This kind of thing will probably be worse in your application due to the uv light. Good luck!
I don't think those tiny uv leds produce very much heat.
@@rdizzy1 depends on the volume of the fluid stuck in the tube and the absorption of the tube + sample. dT~k*a*W/cc.
I think that is usually because they are getting mauled by the solvent, but perfluorinated ones are pretty resistant to this sort of thing.
@wildfyr89 I was using perfluorinated tubing in a UV environment. The thing was usually no good after 6hrs and would usually start cracking at 8-10 hrs.
Exciting news!
It's just that I've been following this Cubane series for so long that I've forgotten what cubane is and why we'd want it in the first place. Everyone so often it pops up on my feed and I'm like, "Bloody criminey, Cubane! We're (maybe?) gonna need some of that when the zombies come!"
Me, every time theres a new cubane video: "i dont know what hes doing or why, but the australian redneck chemist is *very* funny"
I'm just excited to be hanging out with all my fellow cube heads. Cube on brothers!
PRAISE THE cUBE
I loved it when Extractions&Ire went "It's cubing time!!" and cubed all over the video
@@Puss1man damn it, you beat me to the comment by three minutes!
CUBE! CUBE! CUBE!
That could mean something very different in a different context.
I just pulled an all-nighter doin an assignment and here I am watching this instead of sleeping. Perfect. Thank you very much for the upload!
Good luck with the assignment matteeee
6:17 i'm genuinely impressed that you added a shadow to the text. reminds me of sovietwomble's glorious overediting
Oh I'm glad you noticed this! I've always wanted to do more shadow on text pop-ups but for whatever reason the editing software hates it... the render gets very slow and sometimes crashes, and the editing preview goes all jank around it so its hard to get the timing right. BUT I just bought 16 GB more RAM for my computer (turns out I had extra RAM slots woo) and now I can render shadows properly!! And that's basically the only improvement, the software still crashes occasionally. So it's a $70 shadow at the moment, but I think it's a worthy investment
@@ExtractionsAndIre man, if shadows are too much for your editing software to handle, you probably need a different editing software rather than more ram. what editing software do you use? the shadow looked really nice though!
@@cvspvr I used Movie Studio, which is the cheap version of Sony Vegas. It handles multiple tracks of 4K footage playing at once and pretty much everything, but shadow on text??? It hates it
@@ExtractionsAndIre i've never heard of movie studio but i've heard that sony vegas is pretty good. i've used adobe premiere (get a cracked version) before and it's pretty good. aside from the ram (which is heaps), is your pc... any good?
I would wear a cubane 2023 shirt if you made one.
Should I make the cubane or the shirts first??
@@ExtractionsAndIreShirts before dissertation/thesis?
@@ExtractionsAndIrejust make the fucken square mate
@@hunterringland5949 lmao
@@ExtractionsAndIre Just leave the space after 202 blank and we can fill it in after the series is done. Less pressure and more viewer interaction and all that jazz.
I get unreasonably excited about every new E&I (and E&F) video even though I know next to nothing formally about Chem
It's the suffering we all appreciate. Freely sharing such long-term frustration and suffering is always a great watch. 🤣
im not convinced that scoop is a real science word, I think that's some deep seeded trauma from the ice cream episode
"scoopula" (scoop spatula) is by far the best science word.
Finally, quality content back again on YT!
Me: sits down to have lunch
UA-cam: new E&F video
Me: oh great!
UA-cam: seven minutes ago
Me: impossible
Superb way to start my day! Cheers from a fellow Chemist/student and fan in California
Been working with some weird photochemistry recently so I feeeel you pain 😂
So impressed with the enthusiasm. There is a serious risk of making an original discovery in cubane chemistry in an amateur lab, all be it by a professional chemist. I feel sure Madame Curie would be proud of your efforts.
There are so many science videos on UA-cam where everything just works, meanwhile your videos are the most accurate representation of the research experiences I had in grad school. Looking forward to seeing Cuban in 2023!
-CUBANE 2020-
-CUBANE 2021-
-CUBANE 2022-
*CUBANE 2023*
honestly the 'some aussie in a shed doing insanely advanced chemistry for the sole purpose of blowing things up' is the whole reason i watch.
Feeling real validated. Good luck Tom!
I was hoping you would see that lol. Very heart warming.
Cubane with my morning oatmeal, lets gooooo
personally if I were to attempt some photochemistry, the first thing I'd try would be to use one of those UVC germicidal bulbs inside a quartz tube fitted to a ground-glass neck, with the whole assembly inserted into the neck of the flask (you'd need a flask with a very wide neck); it'd eliminate the problem of trying to get the UV light through the glass (the UV is emitted from the inside out), and the glass would also block a lot of the UVC going out
You may be forced to rely on the contents of the flask to wick heat away from the bulb assembly.
Stir the mix to dissipate the heat and cool the flask. Needs some fortuitous glass!
@@JohnnyWednesday with a neck that wide it'd be a bloody big flask in any case, and since photochemical reactions are run at very dilute concentrations, it'd contain a lot of solvent... but still, it'd do no harm to have an external coolant around the flask
We have been blessed. Tom released new vid! Hi TOM!
HELLO!
Ligma-Aldrich! Sums up my opinion of them pretty well.
I'm so glad you're working on these videos rather than your PhD thesis.
Acetone also works as a photosensitizer, not as good but operationally simpler purification.
Also LIGMA-ALDRICH fucking slayed me.
This has been such a ride... And I'm here for it! I vote that once you've created a sufficient amount of a precursor/reagent that you can then buy it for subsequent batches and it still counts.
Always loving more cube videos
I like this channel a lot because it's produced and you get places but things don't always work out and I feel like I can live through the trials and the methods and the successes and failures with you. Because the video series had gone on for so long it was a great idea to do an update on the world of Cubane episode like this.
Tom DO IT UNDER INERT GAS!
Also, acetic acid and cyclohexane are both good solvents for radical bromination (classical for benzylic bromination with NBS), might be compatible with your photochemistry.
DCM obviously an easy one if you have it and they report 97% yield, but just saying as an alternative.
Ligma Aldrich
Ligma Ballrich
a cubane chemistry video with absolutely no cubane or chemistry involved. love it, keep it up!
Interesting to see FEP tubing mentioned. FEP film is used in the UV resin printers as the surface material since it offers a good blend of UV transmission and non-stick properties. More standard FDM printers use plain Teflon in their tubes.
I am sick but the fact that there’s a new cubane video cured me.
The fact that this video came after the That Chemist Cubans tier list is insane
I am really rooting for you to make progress on the cubane synthesis from household items. I am getting old and may not live to see you finish it. Good luck to you sir!
Everytime you say TLC, i just think: "Tender, love and care" which this guy obviously has a tremendous amount of, so I don't see what the problem is. 11/10, would do another 100 episodes of Cubane again!
I was literally going through your old cubane videos and....this appears? crazy
I think it's great you're willing to taking a step back, figure out where to go from here. One thing I really hope you can do is VERIFY that the LEDs you've bought are actually emitting the wavelength(s) they should, before you go about using them. You say you'd need 390-nm UV, which is actually good, as the majority of mislabeled UV LEDs out there output UV-A (315 - 400 nm), since they're much cheaper than those that output shorter wavelengths.
Let's go! Cubane in 2023!
We need this, man!
Remember to finish your thesis ♥️
ah i forgot! oops
Why thesis when you can C U B E
Haha little while is an understatement
you can hear the pain in my voice lol
Y'know, it's always nice to be able to crowd source ideas, but there's smthn extra cute about everyone kinda coming together to learn and talk about this thing and help each other out.
the reason why my chem course is more rigorous, tough on student and highly monitored is because of you. This is not an exaguration, it is literally been made more difficult because of you. That much power to literally sway a whole cource is legendary
Love your videos, I wasn't able to goto school and have been a clandestine chemist, but I know very little compared to folks who've had a solid education. Your videos are inspiring me to go back to school, my best friend who was the educated chemist and taught me most everything I know ( him and youtube + google ) passed away in 2022 and I moved to Canada from America, and still sorting out paperwork for permanent residency with my wife.
Once I get my paperwork set up, my plans are get into a school, I was homeschooled and got a GED due to my family constantly moving and me working instead of going to school because of bad things that I can't really talk about.
You're an inspiration, and there are not many people like you on this planet and all your work is appreciated.
tldr; ty for keeping my passion for chemistry alive
I just finished catching up on this series today and o was disappointed that there was no more. Then you upload! Amazing! Love you
#Cubane2023
I think the method with Benzophenone as photosensitizer looks very promising, it's definitely worth a try. Looking forward to your next vid!
Exhausted all the previous cubane episodes not too long ago and was jonesing for another! Thank you Tom!!
listen I dont know shit about chemistry but this cubane series has kept me engaged for longer than any other youtube content so gj and keep it up
Cubane 2023 has a potential to be the best thing of this year. You have to do it!
No pressure
I love this channel
I don't understand a word of this, but your videos are so fascinating and you're such an entertaining host that I continue to watch. I wish you had been my science teacher in high school.
Tom ol buddy, your a legend! Your projects have become known across the net far and wide👍☺️ keep up the good work buddy and good luck
Really glad for the check in video on those series.
CUBANE STRIKES AGAIN! Love to watch my favorite Aussie doing stuff in the shed :)
All it took to get him back to thinking about the almighty cube was knowing he should be doing his thesis.
photo- AND continuous flow chemistry? Damn Tom you gettin fancy on us! Looking forward seeing some of that
You need to give your graphic artist a raise. Video thumbnails are highly detailed and on point!!
You don't want to lose talent like that.
Wonderful to see you back at the Cubane, good sir!
"scooping" or nah you've done so much to advance the love and interest in this wild and funky organic chemistry, a lot of guff is written about science communication and you are absolutely smashing it out here CUBANE 2023 SQUARE GO LIKE
6:39 on youtube we call that being "Dereked"
for those who don't get the reference, Steve Mould and Matt Parker were talking about they would come up with a really good video idea, just for Veritasium to beat them to it
I'm not a chemist at all, I do not understand what you are doing. But I live for this series every time a new video is up I gotta watch it right then, right now.
You're gonna get there, man. It's a matter of when, not if.
itsssssssssss the synth that never ends! it just goes on and on my friends! some people. started synthing it not knowing what it was. and now they keep on synthing it forever just becauseeee....
That Aussie flag had me doubled over in hysterics!
i'm so excited for this new season of this series, the storyline is getting good!
Babe wake up, new cubane synthesis episode
Cubane: the fun cannot be halted.
That intro gets me every time 😂
PTFE tubing is very common in 3d printing, it's highly heat resistant at the temps printers run at, stiff enough to act as a guide, flexible enough to move where you need it, and most importantly: very slick so the filament just slides through without additional lubrication, also melted filament won't stick to it either.
I use about 5-6 meters of the stuff in my printing setup to guide the filament out of the drybox and into the printer, I have a Prusa MMU2S which takes in 5 filaments and outputs 1. Most printers use a lot less than I do.
Another cube video! Made my day!
I love that filthy beaker in the corner, don't ever clean it.
PTFE is used in 3d printing to guide the filament into the hot part that melts it.
Oooh exciting and maybe a game-changer. Love your vids, no filter, funny as chuff.
It's 4/20, I get to watch the space launch, and I get a cubane video... Good morning.
Fuck yes, we are that much closer.
Looks like someone beat you to the punch. Doesn’t matter. Finish it man. Your method is unique and your presentation is the best, bar none. Please continue.
I've been waiting for this update for my entire life
You're making cubane sound like some kind of central African warlord.
3 years doing this and it still generates entertainment
I did UV depoly research in undergrad and I empathize with your glass transparency and LED cost issues.
Thank you for awesome new cube content thomas
always a good day when we get a cubane vid :)
Oh boy, I can't wait to learn about the cubes today
"Ligma-Aldritch" cracked me up hard.
GET Cody from Cody'slab he'll do it with pipe fittings! and a light blub.
Yay! Cubane series, best series!
2:25 sneaky sneaky 😂
Great! Can’t wait for the next episode in 2024.
I'm hyped :) can't wait
You got this keep it up! Love your work! Comenting for the algorithm 🌻
1:59 roflmao, the delivery was gold as always
My favorite gameshow host chemist! I love it.