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- From: cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Howard Black)
- Subject: Re: LSD
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.172633.20249@ux1.cts.eiu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:26:33 GMT
- References: <C03v93.LEo@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1htvogINNs46@shelley.u.washington.edu> <1hudadINN8gq@shelley.u.washington.edu>
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- In article <1hudadINN8gq@shelley.u.washington.edu> lamontg@stein.u.washington.edu (Lamont Granquist) writes:
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- >I don't know if LSD is an acid or not, but because it forms a salt with
- >tartric or maelic acid, I doubt any acidity could be very high...
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- LSD is a derivative of a carboxylic acid; it is not acidic itself. Its
- two amine functions, which are basic, allow it to form salts with acids.
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- Howard Black cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu
- Department of Chemistry Eastern Illinois Univ.
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