It seem that India has far more liberties than Europe(EU member states) in respect of private individuals, such as chemistry hobbyists, being able to obtain interesting chemicals. In Europe, even a scientifically qualified person, such as a doctor, can not easily obtain certain reagents for private/personal use (for example, if they had enjoyed exploring practical chemistry as a hobby).
Until 2015 there were few problems regarding hobby chemistry in the EU. You could order even from the big suppliers like Across or Merck as private individual through a pharmacy or small time distributor without problems. You could buy all the common acids, 30-50% H2O2, chlorates, nitrates off the shelf at a druggist. The rule here was as long as you stored under 25 kg combined chemicals in your home you were fine, above that the insurance company needs to know. However, since the ISIS attacks around 2014-15, EU legislators have gone completely mental. Now you can't buy HNO3 in any strength anymore as a private individual, nor H2SO4 above 15% (before that pure sulfuric acid used to be sold as cheap, strong drain opener, now they sell something that doesn't even unclog your drains, 36% battery acid also has been taken off the shelf, you can't refill car batteries anymore). You can't buy H2O2 over 12% anymore as a private individual, nor pure alkali nitrates or chlorates. When I was a kid with a chemistry set in the 1990s you could just buy these from a pharmacist no questions asked. It's not only chemistry hobbyists that are affected by these draconic new regulations, people who refine noble metals from electronics waste need nitric acid, can't have that anymore. Or you need to register as a business, which costs money and means you need to do bookkeeping. Other hobbies have been affected too, ceramics, even hairdressers as they can't use 30% H2O2 as hair bleach anymore. And all for what? These nanny state regulations get me angry, talk about overreach.
Now we have a silly situation where you are allowed to order chlorosulfonic acid from a chemical suppliers as private person, but not sulfuric acid over 15%. Also these draconic regulations don't help, if terrorists want to make bombs they can just make it from fireworks. And drug cooks don't need the sulfuric acid either they can use practically any acid to make their amine salts, what's next banning citric acid from kitchens? Most off the illegal drugs is made in Chinese factories anyway nowadays. You can see that these laws were not made by chemists but bureaucrats that didn't think these things through.
I have something i want to work on where i might use this reaction. Could this reaction be used to make 1-methylnaphthalene or 2-methylnaphthalene from the corresponding chloronaphthalene?
@@Exotic_Chem_Lab even i have never seen any supportive comment of yours . At least i am giving suggestions so that content can be improved but you are not even giving that. And how can u say that i always comment negatively do you check where and what i comment . Vibzz lab is my friend and who are u to speak in between .
