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The reaction between propanone and sodium hypochlorite will make trichloromethane. If you do it, do it outside or in a fume hood because it stinks to high heaven. It could also make you tired and give you a headache if you breathe it in too much.

My favorite metal is magnesium. I really like the way it looks when it burns. I'm guessing this would change if I got to see gallium or indium, but sadly I have never seen them You're gonna laugh at my favorite nonmetal, but I just love it. Sulfur. It's so innocent looking, yet it forms pretty dangerous compounds like the incredibly caustic sulfuric acid, and the deadly poison hydrogen sulfide. Phosphorus is also a very cool nonmetal. Oxygen is cool too, particularly in liquid state.

Good idea, thanks budullewraagh. Al is much cheaper. I didn't even think of it because I kind of have a fixation on magnesium and it's the first thing that popped into my mind.

Could you try converting dextromethorphan to dextrorphan? I'm pretty sure that's a perfectly legal experiment to conduct, and dxm is readily avaliable OTC.

If I react KMnO4 with glycerin, the residue remaining will be mostly Mn2O3, correct? Like this... 14 KMnO4 + 4 C3H8O3 ---> 7 K2CO3 + 7 Mn2O3 + 5 CO2 + 16 H2O My question is, could I then replace the Mn with Mg to get Mn metal? I think this would work. This would be a type of thermite, correct? Mn2O3 + 3 Mg ---> 3 MgO + 2 Mn I'm interested in taking the classic KMnO4 + glycerin experiment further. That's why I'm thinking about doing this.