Turning Cinnamon into Benzaldehyde to Make DEA-Banned Dr.Pepper

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In this video I extract cinnamaldehyde from cinnamon and turn it into benzaldehyde to make a semi-legal Dr.Pepper while my lab becomes one with cinnamon powder.

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My very original counterfeit Dr.Pepper recipe:

Ingredients:
100ml of water
21g of sugar
30mg of caffeine (optional)
A few ml of vanilla flavoring
10ml of lemon juice or a few grams of citric acid
0,5 ml of benzaldehyde
200ml (or more) of carbonated water
Dark brown food coloring

Mix all the ingredients together except the carbonated water and shake them to make sure that everything is dissolved, then add the carbonated water and enjoy.
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0:00 Intro
3:04 Extracting cinnamaldehyde from cinnamon using steam distillation
7:40 Turning cinnamladehyde into benzaldehyde using retro aldol condensation
13:09 Making my own Dr.Pepper
15:53 Outro

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