Rhodium,
Excellent, you have a quick mind. Never again will the hive be plagued with D and L
we can finally use -Methamphetamine. The chief of bees sets the standard and many rally around. The internet is a role playing situation. A chief of bees can be an evil tyrant, who hordes the glory for himself, torturing the not so adept.
However ,
the chief bee could also assume the role of a benevolent father, who nurtures the hive and gently brings others to full potential. Willing to share the limelight and good fortune because he has more than enough. Who needs not jealously protect his position because being confident and sure. Has no problem with stepping aside now and then to let others also have their moment of glory. Being a father who is kind and considerate to his children. He would be the most revered of all bees , The tyrant would be tolerated, smiled at publicly, but loathed in private.
Point #2
It is often the greenest New bee that is not tainted with shards of misinformation and old baggage of past drug lore. These New bees when asking the seemingly dumbest of questions are actually peering through a veil we put over our minds that is full of myth and misinformation. The new bee wonders at inconsistency, whereas the elder bee has accepted it, accepted an error in perception because he is standing on the shoulders of those before. It is vital to take each bee seriously as they often will pose the question that leads to the unraveling of another mystery.
Point #3
Time to get down to Stereochemistry
Let me remark on an inconsistency I have spotted, I could quote the source , but the gist of it is:
"[R,S] ephedrine and [S,S] pseudoephedrine are the precursors of methamphetamine, and it is the position that counts."
This is only partially correct, Alpacenturi was just about to expound up the stereochemistry of the different types of reaction mechanism , when he was interrupted.
The availability of the reaction site, the crowding by various side groups, is of vital importance to the ways with which the different types of reactions can effect the outcome of the molecule. . Simply because the rule is that secondary alcohols behave in this or that manner , assumes that other factors are insignificant like charge on nearby atom
Even though the beta carbon is vital. The groups on the rest of the molecule determine the direction of approach, ability to attack the main chain, or a side group. This will have a tremendous effect the configuration of the final product,. In some situations, as you well know, the tendency for rearrangement is more important than initial configuration. It is possible to start with [S,R] ephedrine , under the right conditions force the molecules to undergo a mechanism that results in reconfiguration of the molecule to {S] methamphetamine. It is a crime to mislead others away from this potential rich area of experimentation.
Point #4
You are quite correct about the amide , and the nitrogen not being chiral,. It was not a typo, nor was it a mistake. I used the wrong terms purposely. You gotta chum if you want to catch fish. Trolling ls a popular term.
I want to point out that , carbon is not the only atom that can be considered chiral. In certain oxidation states, some bonds become locked, in other they oxidation states they are transient.
I hope Alphacenturi still has the desire to continue his discussion of Stereochemistry without feeling that he is treading in areas, that are forbidden, because after all we are not here to learn only one point of view , but to absorb the collective knowledge of the hive.
It is said, I am a rabble rouser. The truth is I refuse to be lead into narrow minded ways of thinking. I accept everything, including my self as a source of potential missinformation.
Most of all, I scoff at attempts to socially stratify the hive into cliques. Is that rabble rousing, or not? It depending on where you stand.