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I wonder if Ergotamine could be an Amine from Ergot. Should probably be abbreviated EA in that case.
by mlonkibjuyhv 6y ago
I wonder if Ergotamine could be an Amine from Ergot. Should probably be abbreviated EA in that case.
- mallomarmeasle 6y agoET = ergotamine tartarate, the typical salt
- corobo 6y agoIt's been a while since I've done chemistry- does typical mean something in the context of chemistry? If someone asked me what the typical salt was I'd say table salt
- gallexme 6y agoTypical cause that's the end result of most commonly used mass synthesis Lsd is also exclusively sold as tartrate
- jschwartzi 6y agoOrganic chemicals are often “salted” to cause them to precipitate out of the solution they’re synthesized in. It’s a salt in the chemical sense, but not in the culinary sense.
- kerkeslager 6y agoThe way I learned it, if you mix an acid and a base, you get a salt and water. Table salt (NaCl) is the result of mixing hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH): HCl + NaOH -> HOH (water) + NaCl But if you mix a different acid and a different base, you'll get a different salt, for example if you mix sulphuric acid and calcium hydroxide, you get calcium sulfate: H2SO4 + Ca(OH)2 -> 2(HOH) + CaSO4 Calcium sulfate is just a different salt.
- kerkeslager 6y agoConsidering that this is coming from the same drug culture that uses the word "molly" refer to "some mixture of empatheogenic drugs and possibly some amphetamine", expecting specificity from your terminology is a bit unrealistic. I'm not (just) being judgmental here: volunteering harm reduction at festivals, the number 1 problem we had was that users had no idea what they had put into their bodies. Actual chemists, no doubt, don't use any of this terminology since chemical reactions don't produce the desired results if you're vague about what you put into them.