My Questions...

Phill Cook (pac@physchem.ox.ac.uk)
Fri, 29 Nov 1996 17:31:08 GMT

To all those who replied to my questions about gibberelic acid, 'thanks'. I've
managed to glean the following 8-) ;

(1) The IUPAC name is ridiculously long. However, after a quick lunch break
doodle: It looks pretty. Has any chemist performed molecular mechanics to
ascertain its preferred conformer *grin*?

(2) Its available at your local garden centre as a celery enhancer!

(3) 1000ppm is by mass, not by moles (or molecules), that is to say 1g/1L, as
opposed to 1mole of acid per 1000moles of water. Looks like I've been making
things too hard for myself again!

No answers to hints on propogating Drosophyllum, so if anyone can help....

Yours slightly tongue in cheekly,
Happy growing,

Phill Cook 8-)