Newsgroups: alt.drugs.chemistry
From: [an 216208] at [anon.penet.fi]
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 21:56:30 UTC
Subject: *ZWITTERION* - More on Isosafrole, BrCN



GREETINGS you whiney snivelling snot-nosed BRATS!

Well, old ZWITTERION isn't dead yet, though that CYANOGEN BROMIDE fiasco
almost did the TRICK.

Here's the followups to the fuckups, plus some NEW data all will be sure to
LOVE.

On Isosafrole:

ZWITTERION broke down and bought a goddamn HEATING MANTLE as a result of the
brake fluid nonsense in isomerizing SAFROLE TO ISOSAFROLE.

Why didn't someone tell me it'd be the BEST $85.00 I'd ever spend?

ZWITTERION assembled a fractional distillation setup using the following
equipment:

500mL boiling and receiving flasks.
10cm Liebig condenser w/ warm water flow.
20cm Vigreaux (whatever the fuck you spell it) column.
3-way and vacuum receiver adapter (left open).

Here's a HOT TIP that eleusis snuck onto a post in a.d.c a while ago which
probably NONE of you paid attention to.

Mount a bilge pump in a 5 gallon paint bucket (TAKE THE PAINT OUT,
GODDAMNIT!) with hoses leading to your condenser. Run the pump off a 12volt
power supply (can you say BATTERY CHARGER?) and VOI-FREAKIN'-LLA, you have a
self-contained cooling system without the need for a SINK!

Not to mention, you can charge the bucket with hot water for high
temperature condensations, like ISOSAFROLE, or ice water for ETHER RECOVERY
(an all-time favorite thing for ZWITTERION to do while smoking a 6 foot
water bong).

Now, where were we?

OH YES.

So, ZWITTERION took the dark-red product which resulted from the
ISOMERIZATION of OIL of OCOTEA CYMBARUM and fractionally distilled it on the
heating mantle. There was NO FORERUN. That means NO product came over at a
temperature less than ISOSAFROLE's bp of 253C. Approximately 75ml of the
crude isosafrole was distilled, with the COLUMN WRAPPED IN ALUMINIUM FOIL to
yield 72mL of a CLEAR distillate. There remained in the boiling flask a
nasty CRUD which has THUS FAR RESISTED ALL SANE AND INSANE ATTEMPTS AT REMOVAL.

Calculated yield, based on amount of oil of ocotea cymbarum, is 80% pure
ISOSAFROLE. There was NO decomposition of product noted as a result of
distilling at atmospheric pressure, but then again, ZWITTERION didn't
exactly run it through a GODDAMN gas chromatograph.


On cyanogen bromide:

That shit is STILL sitting in my freezer! It hasn't blown up yet, and I'm
not exactly sure what I'm going to do with it. Since I dissolved the
crystals in ether, I will likely have to FRACTIONALLY DISTILL the stuff off
with 53C water running through my condenser. THIS WILL BE A MONUMENTAL PAIN
IN THE ASS.

Why fractionally distill? Because the boiling point of BrCN is 62C and the
bp of ether is 37C and that's TOO GODDAMN CLOSE to get a decent separation
without a column. FUCK!

Next: Making MDP-2-P the hard way.

[END OF TRANSMISSION]
--****ATTENTION****--****ATTENTION****--****ATTENTION****--***ATTENTION***
Your e-mail reply to this message WILL be *automatically* ANONYMIZED.
Please, report inappropriate use to                [a--u--e] at [anon.penet.fi]
For information (incl. non-anon reply) write to    [h--p] at [anon.penet.fi]
If you have any problems, address them to          [a--m--n] at [anon.penet.fi]