05-15-03 09:24
No 433361
At which point does the HCL, SO4, CO3, etc... attach to the MDA, MDMA molecule?
H H
/ /
R-N ? R-N ?
\ \ /H
H C-H
\H
How do the HCL, SO4, etc... attach?
Why will this not happen to imines?
/CH3
R-N
(Chief Bee)
05-15-03 13:40
No 433400
In MDMA.HCl only the H+ from the HCl attaches to the MDMA molecule, bonding to the nitrogen and making the latter positively charged. The negatively charged Cl- which is then "left over" does not covalently bond to anything, it just hangs around nearby (in a solution) to even out the electric charges.
In the MDMA.HCl crystals, the positive and negative ions end up in a lattice, where every other ion is positive or negative, repectively, much like as in a sodium chloride crystal (http://www.avogadro.co.uk/definitions/i