Turning plastic gloves into hot sauce | Summary and Q&A

TL;DR

A chemist successfully converts plastic gloves into hot sauce by extracting specific chemicals and synthesizing them into the desired spicy molecule.

Key Insights

• 🌶️ Plastic gloves can contain DINP, a chemical that can be extracted and used as a starting point for synthesizing the spicy molecule found in chili peppers.
• ❓ Extracting and synthesizing the desired compounds involve various chemical reactions, distillations, and purifications.
• ❓ Ethyl acetate is a more suitable solvent than hexanes for effective extraction and purification of nor dihydrocapsaicin.
• 🌶️ The chemist successfully creates a homemade hot sauce by combining roasted red peppers with the synthesized nor dihydrocapsaicin.

Transcript

this video has been sponsored by micro center about a year ago i turned plastic gloves into grape soda and now i want to try turning them into hot sauce this is something i've been wanting to do almost since this channel started and in theory it should be possible this is because plastic gloves specifically vinyl ones can sometimes contain a chemic... Read More

Questions & Answers

Q: How does the chemist extract DINP from the vinyl gloves?

The chemist chops the vinyl gloves into smaller pieces, adds rubbing alcohol to cover them, and heats the mixture on a hot plate to extract DINP into the alcohol. The solution is then filtered and concentrated.

Q: How does the chemist convert eisenoninol into eisenonenoic acid?

The chemist distills eisenoninol to remove impurities and further refines it through a series of chemical reactions, involving potassium permanganate and Jones reagent, to eventually obtain eisenonenoic acid.

Q: How does the chemist create vandalyl amine for the hot sauce?

The chemist starts with vanillin extracted from vanilla sugar. Vanillin is converted into vanillin oxime through a reaction involving hydroxylamine hydrochloride. Vanillin oxime is then further reacted using Jones reagent. Finally, through hydrogenation, vanillin oxime is reduced to yield vandalyl amine.

Q: How does the chemist combine eisenonenoic acid and vandalyl amine to create the desired spicy molecule?

The chemist combines eisenonenoic acid and vandalyl amine in a series of reactions and purification steps. The combination of these compounds forms nor dihydrocapsaicin, the spicy molecule used for the hot sauce.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• The chemist extracts a chemical called DINP from vinyl gloves and converts it into a compound called isanoninol.

• After more chemical reactions and purifications, the chemist produces eisenoninol, which serves as a starting point for the spicy molecule.

• The chemist combines eisenoninol with vandalyl amine to create nor dihydrocapsaicin, the desired compound for the hot sauce.

• The chemist then blends roasted red peppers and adds nor dihydrocapsaicin to create the homemade hot sauce.