So today in Organic Chemistry we conducted one of the coolest experiments!

Brace yourselves for...

THE CHEMILUMINESCENCE
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OK, so what was I watching?
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I'd drink it.
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M.J., The Point Is..............:-)
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I found it odd how there were all the Palm pre videos to the right. That relates how?
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M.J.'s video makes you think of Rosie Palm? :-)
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:-):-):-) Nooooooooooope :-)
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There was a blue liquid being stirred, right? Why all the excitment?
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All the excitment was I made it today in Chemistry.

And I uploaded it from a palm prix phone so I guess thats why all the vids came up from that.

Well... at least my Mom liked it.
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Sweet looking spinning liquid. You should get one of those robo stirs I see on TV it stirs so you dont have to. Then you can have glowing blue liquid all the time. So was it the chemicals that made the chemlight juice
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whats in it?
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We first synthesized Bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) Oxalate, which was then dissolved with 9,10-diphenylanthracene in diethyl phthalate. The glowing began when a mixture of diethyl phthalate and 35% hydrogen peroxide was added to the former mixture.

I'm sure that's probably more then you wanted to know.
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lol dude, that rocks. Chemistry is awesome. It's not as cool as it's parent, but still awesome. That wasn't a cigar floating in there was it? :-) I noticed that the speed of rotation would change, what caused that? Also, on the side of the page were a bunch of videos about Luminol; is that pretty much what you guys made?
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:-) :-)
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We can control the speed of the spinning using the magnet in the hotplate (it makes stirring a lot easier!

I'm thinking that Luminol is pretty much similar to what we made.
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There are a few compounds that can be synthesized that exhibit chemiluminescence. I can't recall tham off the top of my head (I'm an Analytical Chemist, not an Organic Chemist). In science shows/demonstrations for kids, a lot of times, they will use indicators in acids and bases to evoke a color change. The cool thing about those is that 2 colorless solutions are mixed together (usually phenolpthalein is used as the indicator, which gives a pink final color) to get that colored solution.

When my job here ends, I think it would be cool to get into forensic chemistry. They do some cool stuff and use some cool technology.
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I took Analytical Chem last semester, and let me tell you, it kicked my butt!
I really like those experiments thats use color change indicators (although titrations are a PITA.)

Forensic Chem would be a really fun area to get into!
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Should I try this at home?
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I got this far and my mind seized up.


Flashbacks, dude, terrible flashbacks!

Pre-med students!

Bad grading curves where an 84 = F!

Too much memorization!

AAAAAAAAAAAIIIIEEE!
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Get that cigar out of there!!!
Cool
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