Making Methylamine 3 Ways

Video Description

In this video I demonstrate three ways of making the incredibly commonplace (but fairly tough to buy) chemical methylamine. I used the methylamine produced here to make a photographic developer called Metol, which I'll demonstrate in a future video. There are numerous other methods of making methylamine and its salts, as it is the simplest primary amine and a simple byproduct of a multitude of biological and organic decompositions, but I believe these three methods to be the most useful. This video was done on the behalf of several Patreon requests, and I am sorry it took so long. Hopefully it was worth the wait. Enjoy! Join this channel to get access to perks and support my work: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw8axYTp2BtinEmM_rdzUjQ/join Since this is my longest video to date, I made numerous mistakes in my Narration. Many I caught during editing, but I'm sure you all will catch many more in the coming days. So far it's been noted that: At 2:22 methylene imine is being reduced and formaldehyde is oxidized. Not water. Note that this video involves the use of dangerous chemicals, and generates toxic gases. Nothing seen here should be reproduced except by professionals or under professional supervision. Synthesis of this chemical may violate local law or ordinance depending on your country of residence, so always check before proceeding with any chemical procedure. Also note that I will not now or ever be using this chemical to further manufacture any chemical that is illegal in any country, so do not ask.