Comments on: Help with total synthetic spam http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/help-with-total-synthetic-spam.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:31:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/help-with-total-synthetic-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-127455 David Bradley Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:58:14 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/help-with-total-synthetic-spam.html#comment-127455 Aarif, nice to hear from you. I must correct a misunderstanding. I sent an immediate reply to the very first email I received from your wife, despite the fact that I was later to learn of a colleague receiving a similar email and my suspicions about the email being spam having been aroused. I must say, given that the original structure was scrapped I'm so glad I haven't been spending any time working on it! Good luck with your quest. Aarif, nice to hear from you. I must correct a misunderstanding. I sent an immediate reply to the very first email I received from your wife, despite the fact that I was later to learn of a colleague receiving a similar email and my suspicions about the email being spam having been aroused. I must say, given that the original structure was scrapped I’m so glad I haven’t been spending any time working on it! Good luck with your quest.

]]> By: Aarif Khatri http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/help-with-total-synthetic-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-127443 Aarif Khatri Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:14:13 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/help-with-total-synthetic-spam.html#comment-127443 Hi David, please don't misunderstand the email we sent to you was a genuine inquiry. Dr. Suhasini is my wife and we are working seriously on our research topic. The second email was from me as a reminder since Suhasini didnt receive a reply she asked me to send one mail from my side. In fact if you can help us we have another compound which is simpler and it needs to be synthesized too. The earlier one was scrapped I am afraid. I look forward to hearing from you. Hope this clears the spam controversy. Regards, Aarif Khatri Hi David, please don’t misunderstand the email we sent to you was a genuine inquiry. Dr. Suhasini is my wife and we are working seriously on our research topic. The second email was from me as a reminder since Suhasini didnt receive a reply she asked me to send one mail from my side. In fact if you can help us we have another compound which is simpler and it needs to be synthesized too. The earlier one was scrapped I am afraid. I look forward to hearing from you. Hope this clears the spam controversy.
Regards,
Aarif Khatri

]]> By: Trish http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/help-with-total-synthetic-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-81379 Trish Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:37:47 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/help-with-total-synthetic-spam.html#comment-81379 Milo over on Chemical Musings gave this post a mention and generated several answers (obviously there are no synthetic organic chemists reading Sciencebase or else they just didn't feel like helping out). Anyway, here's a link to Milo's <a href="http://chemicalmusings.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/total-syn-spam/" rel="nofollow">discussion</a>. Milo over on Chemical Musings gave this post a mention and generated several answers (obviously there are no synthetic organic chemists reading Sciencebase or else they just didn’t feel like helping out). Anyway, here’s a link to Milo’s discussion.

]]> By: James Dale http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/help-with-total-synthetic-spam.html/comment-page-1#comment-55215 James Dale Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:01:29 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/help-with-total-synthetic-spam.html#comment-55215 Hi, I also just received the e-mail you are talking about. I too was taken by the subject line, it is rare to have a spam e-mail that actually has a sensible subject line. Also, my interest in chemistry and curiosity made me open the e-mail. In answer to your question, the compound would easily be made in several simple steps. So the choice of structure (requiring several steps for commercial starting materials) and the writers apparent lack of synthetic knowledge seem to fit. As for the reason for making the compound, that I am unsure about. I'm going to look further in to it out of my own interest now. James. Hi,

I also just received the e-mail you are talking about. I too was taken by the subject line, it is rare to have a spam e-mail that actually has a sensible subject line. Also, my interest in chemistry and curiosity made me open the e-mail. In answer to your question, the compound would easily be made in several simple steps. So the choice of structure (requiring several steps for commercial starting materials) and the writers apparent lack of synthetic knowledge seem to fit. As for the reason for making the compound, that I am unsure about. I’m going to look further in to it out of my own interest now.

James.

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