Synthesis of Hydrazine by the Hoffman Degradation Method (DOES NOT WORK!)

This is the most common method for the synthesis of hydrazine at home, but with a titration with the hep of Nurdrage I found this does not get a good yield at all. Ill be posting a video about it soon, but wanted to show people what it might look like if you try, though it will not yield hydrazine.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Hydrazine
• synthesize
• make
• chlorine
• urea
• sulfate

[spotlightman1234]

I vacuum filtered the crystals and washed them with lots of cold water. I tested the crystals with silver nitrate and got a very lustrous mirror. I'm going to do a titration with iodine to determine their purity but in the mean while I ask, should I make a video on this?

[hkparker]

@spotlightman1234 I followed his procedure exact as well. My product also showed hydrazine on qualitative tests like the mirror however when I titrated it was very little. For hydrazine you plan on using stick to the ketazine method. Make a video if your titration results in >90% pure.

[Malice720]

Damn...I wanted to see a reaction.

[hkparker]

@Malice720 You saw many reactions, just didn't make much hydrazine ;). I will be uploading a video next week where I successfully make >95% hydrazine sulfate.

[halo117thechief]

could the gas kill you

[hkparker]

@halo117thechief Not if you safely work outside or under a fume hood

[clarkewi]

Is this used for LSD synthesis?

[TheCerberusInferno]

I you want to make hydrazine , you need hydrazine first its very important .

[AngryPigFetus]

@shrueshotkid I agree, I was wondering why you didn't have it hooked up to a N2 tank and you stated, a flame?...How dangerous, I would have used an oil bath. It takes a minute to heat up but not as dangerous.

[NOBOX7]

@spotlightman1234 did you no that video killed myfanwy94, a side reaction creats phosgene gas, you see chlorine gas mixed with a very commen gas i wont mention creats phosgene, 2 gases thats it, you would be amzed at how simple it is to kill yourself in the heat of the excitment

[spotlightman1234]

I tried this synthesis today. I made a few changes to the procedure, I tried to stick as closely as I could to myfanwy94's (RIP) video. Here is what I did. I took 38g of Ca(ClO)2 and placed it in a flask, to generate chlorine, I dripped 50ml of 10Molar HCl on to it, i dissolved 15.5g of urea in 20ml of water and added .3g of glycerin. chlorine was bubbled through this solution until al of the Ca(ClO)2 was used. I treated it with NaOh and H2SO4. I cooled it until fine crystals appeared. continued