What was your first synthesis?

[Tony6Strings]

Hey braniac chemists!! (benzyme and mindlusion and trickster are the names that come to mind when I was thinking of this thread, but it is an open question for any experienced chemist). What was your first synthesis?

 

[Loveall]

Before I was even born, I synthesized in my mother's womb an entire brand new novel human genome. As a kid I synthesized glucose, CO2, and alcohol using starch. As a young man I made alcohol and CO2 from simple sugars. Later in life, I made some THH by adding a single Hydrogen atom to Haramline.

The older I am, the more dumbed down things get.

 

[KloudQ7]

Methcathinone is pretty simple, can't really talk about it here though.

 

[benzyme]

hexamine dinitrate (essentially flashbang powder).
was going for rdx, but the ol’ lady freaked when I spilled RFNA on my hand, so I scrapped the project.
probably for the best. that was when roguesci was still online

 

[Mindlusion]

When I was 11 years old I successfully synthesized a small amount of nitroglycerin. Adding a few drops to a piece of paper towel and hitting it with a hammer gave a loud bang, and ringing ears. Tasting it also resulted in light headedness, not the best idea.

 

[leratiomyces]

Nitrogen triiodide
A lot of fun!

 

[Tony6Strings]

Thanks everyone for the replies!

 

[blue.magic]

Some of the "drug related" compounds:

- alcohol (ethanol)
- nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
- n-butyl nitrite (poppers)
- phenyl-2-nitropropene (precursor to amphetamines)
- tetrahydroharmine
- gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB or 'liquid ecstasy')

My very first synthesis though calcium acetate and then a plethora of compounds most amateur chemists make (pyridine, nitric acid, silver nitrate, hydrobromic acid, iodoethane etc. etc.)

I cannot elaborate because of the Nexus' attitude.

 

[downwardsfromzero]

Mine was calcium acetate from chalk and vinegar, as feedstock for a dry distillation to produce (very crude and stinky) acetone.

Before that there were lots of simple inorganic reactions - so copper carbonate probably pre-dates all others - followed by setting fire to the box my chemistry set came in.

Since plants are adept at producing compounds of interest, I don't bother with synthesising drug molecules. THH might prove to be an exception.

 

[Th Entity]

My first synthesis was Calcium Acetate too, i used it to make alcohol jelly, to play with it. :lol:

 

[blue.magic]

Yeah it was calcium acetate, not sodium... also for making acetone. It was a sweet time when I thought I will synthesize all I need - before realizing how time consuming that is...

 

[null24]

Man, i don't remember the first, but just yesterday i was synthing the hell out of some vitamin D. It's been a long winter in the PNW, and when the sun comes back for a few days-oh boy! That sh#t's free, and oh so nice!

I've been working on synthesizing a style of satiric psychedelic art... in fact i might post some today! Thanks for reminding me.:thumb_up:

 

[benzyme]

oh yeah..almost forgot...I made tryptoline from tryptophan, a couple years before I joined the Nexus. that's how I learned about the pictet-spengler reaction.

 

[Samvidbuho]

Acetylsalicylic Acid for me !

 

[Trickster]

Tryptamine from Tryptophan.