Making Nitroaniline (And the Exploding Snake) - Video

In this video I make some p-nitroaniline from some acetanilide I made a few weeks ago. I use the chemical to then try out the exploding snake reaction, which is an awesome energetic reaction I've wanted to try for ages.
In the future I plan to use the rest of this to make some azo violet, along with para red which is the very oldest azo dye (and a brilliant color).
BTW: I forgot to mention in-video but I did a melting point test, and my main product melted at around 138-141C. The second smaller batch obtained by boiling away excess methanol melted between 105-108C indicating it is much less pure, and definitely contains a lot of the ortho product.

All included diagrams used are open-source educational material, and I'll try to provide specific sources when I can.

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