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- From: jfw@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM (John F. Woods)
- Subject: Re: My Favorite Molecule (or, Short Shameful Addiction)
- Message-ID: <BxCuA0.32F@jfwhome.FUNHOUSE.COM>
- Organization: Misanthropes-R-Us
- References: <1992Nov5.233737.13594@tc.cornell.edu> <1992Nov6.001837.21809@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 16:39:33 GMT
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- In <1992Nov6.001837.21809@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> pfinerty@nyx.cs.du.edu (big daddy hate box) writes:
- >> O CH
- >> || / 3
- >> H C C N:
- >> 3 \ / \ / \
- >> N1 C C - H
- >> | || //
- >> C C -- N
- >> // \ /
- >> O N
- >> |
- >> CH
- >> 3
- >ok, what the hell, it's caffeine or 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine, a purine
- >derivative much like inosine.
-
- And number 1635 on the charts.
-
- >the LD for mice is 127mg/kg. enjoy. buy a merck index. also a diuretic.
- > 50
-
- I keep mine with the cookbooks.
-
- The Merck Index, not the diuretics.
-
- >also, the guys in the trench coats have yet to arrive. i bet they show
- >tomorrow.
-
- No doubt, after you've demonstrated your in-depth knowledge of a POWERFUL
- PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG.
-
- Oh, sorry, there are 4 US patents relating to caffeine, and none on LSD,
- so caffeine must be profitable^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hperfectly safe.
-
- Of course, if you rip the methyl group off of N1 (label added for reader's
- convenience) you get another exciting chemical. Number 9209 on your
- Merck Index Dial.
-