Post 465461 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=11742.msg46546100#msg46546100)
(Bandil: "Proof of concept!", Novel Discourse),Post 465948 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=11742.msg46594800#msg46594800)
(GC_MS: "Reanalysis", Novel Discourse) andPost 465759 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=11742.msg46575900#msg46575900)
(GC_MS: "Confirmation", Novel Discourse). There should be enough information to start you up.(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/hive/hiveboard/picproxie_imgs/djvu.gif)
as both are nitro compounds
referring to nitromethane and chloropicrin
A nitro compound is a compound containing nitrogen - right?
And we would like it being reduceable to methylamine?
A compound which contains nitrogen and is reduceable to methylamine?
Hey: HMTA !
(at least those ancient germans call the Zn/HCl process in their patent from 189X a "reduction". Btw: Those ancient german patents have the advantage that in those days patents got deleted after some time if the use of the patented methods in industry wasnt proofen by the patentholder)