How to make benzene

In this video I will be synthesizing benzene from sodium benzoate and sodium hydroxide. This procedure was taken from the ScienceMadness forum: http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/vi... The ratios of reactants used and the method of using the can was suggested by Organikum. I forgot to mention in the video, but if you use glass, it does not conduct well and depending on how much you use, the glass can crack when cooling. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merch - https://nilered.tv/store ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the community: Patreon -   / nilered   Discord -   / discord   NileRed Newsletter - https://nile.red/home#newsletter You can also find me here: Facebook -   / nilered2   Instagram -   / nile.red   Twitter -   / nilered2   Nile talks about lab safety:    • Chemistry is dangerous.