From: cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Howard Black)
Subject: Re: 1,4-dichloro-2-butyne
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 13:35:22 GMT
Organization: Eastern Illinois University

In article <1992Sep15.062129.1023@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> aankrom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Anthony Ankrom) writes:
>
> I think I should perhaps clear up a few things. 

    Good idea.

>First, despite my youthful fervor in my interest in chemistry, I do have
>enough common sense to know what is dangerous and when not to do it. Trust
>me, I'm no fool.

    It is impossible to determine this from net postings.  I'm not saying
you're not trustworthy; I'm saying that you're an unknown quantity.  As
someone recently pointed out, in a very eloquent posting (IMHO), your
requests have been rather bizzare, and make me (and others) reticent to
provide certain information to someone about whom so little can be
ascertained.

> I am extremely adept at finding what I want in "the Journals", but
>searching for and reading 25-50 articles a day (or more) gets tiring. If i
>can cut that down I can save myself a little wear and tear. Of course the

    What, exactly, are you trying to accomplish?  You make your quests
sound like a full-time job, but the tone of your postings leads me to
believe that you are not a chemistry major.  As the previous poster noted,
you sound like someone who wants to cook up chemicals in his basement.

>exercise going back and forth between libraries isn't so bad (I frequent
>five or six different libraries on campus). Sci.chem seemed like a good
>adjunct. I apologize a little for sounding a little foolish. That's simply
						     ^^^^^^^
    Add defensive and evasive.

>zeal, I suppose. Then one has to allow for net-misinterpretation...
>
> Tremorine is only mildly toxic. It's Parkinsonian effects are temporary,
>lasting a few hours. Almost any cholinergic substance will produce
>Parkonsonism to varying degrees (and always reversable). Tremorine is
>merely an ideal neurological tool in that it produces the rigidity and
>tremors of Parkonsonism with few cholinergic side-effects (relative to
>other cholinergic agents). And it's not as if I would administer this
>compound at my whim. People assume far too much from a simple inquiry...

    As I said, it's not just this "simple inquiry".  It's the string of
requests from you that center on psychoactive (or neuroactive) substances,
in which you'd rather make a commercially-available starting material than
buy it (and, as all chemists know, most chemical supply houses won't sell
to individuals...).

    As far as I'm concerned, you'd enhance your credibility by telling us
more about yourself and your quests.  I assume you're a student.  What's
your major, if not chemistry?  Do you have access to a lab?  Is it on
campus (supervised?)?  Until some of us know more about this (and I can
speak for several sci.chem regulars who have written to me in email about
this), I think you'll find a lot of continued hesitation to provide you
with information that could be dangerous.
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     Howard Black                             cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu
     Department of Chemistry                  Eastern Illinois Univ.