Hmm, interesting, I thought about similar possibilities about two months ago, but figured Id be laughed at for posting such a possibility.........
Well, to address a few points:
1.TNT/TNP/TNX can all be made easily at home, much easier than drugs, with simple mixtures of nitric and sulfuric acids. Both acids must be concentrated. Even though the nitric is the active partaker in the nitrating reaction of the aromatic, there is usually more sulfuric acid used than nitric in the mixture. This is because the mechanism for nitration is through loss of water, forming a nitro group instead of a nitrate. Concentrated nitric acid is ~67% and thus contains too much water to be used alone. Sulfuric acid promotes dehydration, and an excess eliminates the hindrance of the excess water in HNO3.
SWIPP has made TNP/TNT/TNX b4 in a garage
By the way, DNP is not used as a detonator for TNT. TNP is the booster phase of the detonation sequence, acting as a power amplifyer. The detonator is DDNP, Diazo-dinitro-phenol, usually as a heavy metal salt, like lead, to assist in its instability. This, by the way, would also be of interest (DDNP) as it is similar, and more substituted.
I have synthesized DDNP as well, but I can tell you right now: I will contribute all I know in these threads, but in the current times, I will not post writeups on the synthesis of any explosives, even if TNT was proven to be a useable drug precursor, I will not post it, so dont ask in the threads for synthesis. Find it yourself or PM me and MAYBE I will tell you. Just figured Id get it out of the way early......
2.The configuration for TNT is 2,4,6-trinitro-1-methylbenzene. Replace the nitro groups with your alkoxy of choice and the methyl with the alkylamine of choice, and you have the configuration of your drug. I have never seen any drugs in these configurations. Im not saying they dont exist, Im merely asking "will this pose a problem psychoactively?"
3.SWIPP never used Hg(NO3)2 in his aromatic nitrations, just the standard H2SO4/HNO3 mixture. Never heard if using it, dont know a thing about it. Id be willing to try it if it will raise yields though.
4.If you get busted period, you're going to jail for a loooooooooong time. Yes, your sentence will be bigger if you have explosives onhand. So, DONT have them onhand. And while you're at it, dont have drugs on hand either. Use them as soon as you make them, theoretically speaking of course.
PrimoPyro
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