Re: [aroid-l] Amorphophallus

From: Al Wootten awootten at nrao.edu> on 2003.08.01 at 14:12:59(10467) Hmmmm dimethyl disulfide CH 3 SSCH 3 only has ten atoms which would make it a candidate for detection in interstellar space, a safe distance for sensitive nostrils. CH 3 SH Methyl mercaptan has been known for years there. I'll have to check on the spectrum when our local microwave spectrum guru Barry Turner returns--looks pretty symmetric bad for rotational transitions) but big enough for some floppiness. Couldn't find an online sprectral treatment but... In Ontario at least, growing too many blooming amorphophalli may be illegal (though I don't know how many might produce 40 micrograms of dimethyl disulfide...): +More Environmental Protection Act Loi sur la protection de l'environnement Revised Regulations of Ontario, R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 346 Amended to O. Reg. 342/01 GENERAL - AIR POLLUTION 27. Dimethyl Disulphide Micrograms of dimethyl disulphide per cubic metre of air 40 28. Dimethyl Sulphide Micrograms of dimethyl sulphide per cubic metre of air 30 Clear skies, Al

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