Making Fluorescein

Today we will be making some fluorescein! I bought the resorcinol off ebay, and I used the phthalic anhydride that I made in a previous video.

The mechanism and procedure that I adapted mine from can be found here: http://sites.uci.edu/chem52labs/files...

Extraction from highlighter markers: How to Make Fluorescein from Highligh...

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