Making Cat Attractant (Nepetalactone)

Literature for full synth that contains CATalytic cycle: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.... In this video I am making Nepetalactone, a natural component of the catnip plant and some other plants. First I try to extract out Nepetalactones from dried catnip via a soxhlet extraction, but I was unsuccessfull in separating out the nepetalactones. So instead, I found a paper which makes it synthetically and I follow that completely. In the end, cats test it out. Don't conduct any chemical reactions without proper and professional safety analysis and risk management. Measures taken can be invisible, not filmed, not properly visible on camera or misjudged by the viewer due to setup or video construction. Always conduct own appropriate measures regardless of video setup.